<div>Apologies for any redundancy of the following message about the Academia United open letter. Read on for the link to sign and share widely to students, staff, and faculty at U.S. colleges or universities. -Sara Brown</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: Sarah Partan <<a href="mailto:partan@hampshire.edu">partan@hampshire.edu</a>><br>Date: Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 10:20 AM<br>Subject: [ClimateChange] Letter: Unified effort by Academia on Climate Change<br>To: <<a href="mailto:climatechange@lists.hampshire.edu">climatechange@lists.hampshire.edu</a>><br></div><br><br>
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Hello to all faculty, staff and students on the Climate Change List,<br>
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There is an open letter circulating nationally to ask all academic
institutions to lead on climate change. I invite you to take a look
and consider signing it. The link is <a class="m_-1827547683181175182moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://academiaunited.org" target="_blank">http://academiaunited.org</a>, and
the letter includes the below brief statement. Best, Sarah<br>
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"We, the undersigned faculty, students, and staff of U.S. colleges
and universities, urge the leaders of our institutions to develop a
unified, national academic climate initiative that includes:<br>
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(1) working with states, cities, and businesses to lead the U.S.
effort to fight climate change;<br>
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(2) agreeing on local measures for our campuses that reflect Paris
Agreement guidelines;<br>
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(3) coordinating and strengthening science, technology, and
education on climate change;<br>
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(4) informing the public about climate change science, impacts, and
potential solutions."<br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Monday, June 5,
2017 at 4:31 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> "E.J.
Chichilnisky" <<a href="mailto:ej@stanford.edu" target="_blank">ej@stanford.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Unified
effort by academia on climate change<br>
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Dear colleagues --<br>
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As you know, the U.S. government is withdrawing from
the Paris Agreement. This is a serious blow to the
effort to prevent catastrophic climate change.
Fortunately, coalitions of local governments and
businesses are stepping forward now to provide
American leadership on the biggest issue of our time.
Academia has a central role to play in these efforts,
and our impact will be greatest if we work together.
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<div><b>Therefore, we are
circulating an open letter urging the leaders of
U.S. academic institutions to unite in their
efforts to combat climate change</b>. We will
forward this letter to the leadership of colleges
and universities nationwide:
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<a href="http://academiaunited.org/" target="_blank">http://academiaunited.org</a><br>
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We hope you will consider signing this letter,
and forward it to other faculty, students, and
staff. </div>
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<div>Thank you,</div>
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<div>E.J. Chichilnisky<br>
John R. Adler Professor of Neurosurgery,
Professor of Ophthalmology<br>
Stanford University<br>
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Roger Levy<br>
Associate Professor of Brain and Cognitive
Sciences<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
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Nancy Kanwisher<br>
Walter A Rosenblith Professor of Cognitive
Science<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
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Scott Plous<br>
Professor of Psychology, Wesleyan University<br>
Executive Director, Social Psychology
Network<br>
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Michelle Wyman<br>
Executive Director <br>
National Council for Science and the
Environment<br>
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