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The American University and the Global Agenda 30 | FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION (Continued) such as solar, wind, and geothermal power, and in finding more efficient ways to use carbonbased fuels. More recently, universities began to play a different role, taking the lead in setting standards for carbon emissions that are substantially more restrictive than those adopted by national governments. In 2005, Yale made a commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 2020 to 10 percent below our 1990 level, which translates to a 43 percent reduction in our 2005 carbon footprint. This reduction is in the range of what will be needed to keep global temperatures from Universities have been at the forefront of modeling the economic, social, and environ- mental impact of rising global temperatures and sea levels. rising more than 2 degrees centigrade by the end of the century. Our goal is ambitious. If the nations of the world negotiate a reduction of this magnitude in Copenhagen in 2009, we will take a giant step toward saving the planet. Here is the good news: we believe that a reduction of this magnitude is not only possible, but also relatively inexpensive. We think that we can achieve our goal at a cost of less than 1 percent of our annual operating budget, probably no more than 0.5 percent. We made this commitment because we believe that we are being faithful to our mission as a teaching institution. We are leading by example. We have encouraged our sister institutions in the Ivy League to join us in setting a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions, and five of them have already done so. The other two have promised to do so by the end of this academic year. We are working on eliciting similar commitments from our nine partners in the International Alliance of Research Universities, which spans the globe, and from the 34 Chinese universities with which we have been working over the past four years on curriculum reform. We have no illusion that the collective action of universities will have a measurable impact on global carbon emissions, but we hope that our action will inspire others to believe that significant carbon reduction is feasible. In leading by example, we hope to make a global carbon compact more likely.
We have no illusion that the collective action of universities will have a measurable impact on global carbon emissions, but we hope that our action will inspire others to believe that significant carbon reduction is feasible. Let me recapitulate: I have argued that America’s universities are a highly effective instrument of U.S. foreign policy because they give America decisive leadership in science, educate students with the capacity to innovate, educate international students who strengthen our nation by staying here or by serving as ambassadors when they return home, give U.S. students a deeper understanding of foreign nations and cultures, prepare international leaders to tackle global agenda, and demonstrate solutions to global problems. I hope that I have convinced you. Yale University President Richard Levin delivered this address at the Foreign Policy Association Associates’ Lecture in New York City on April 16, 2008. FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION | 31 PRESENTATION BY RICHARD LEVIN
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