2025 Progress Report
Over the past year, JHU has made major strides in advancing our institutional sustainability efforts, including the endorsement of a new strategic framework—the Climate Action and Sustainability Plan (CASP)—and the establishment of a governance charter and Climate and Sustainability Executive Committee to oversee progress.
The 2025 Progress Report features campus highlights and measurable progress towards the goals and objectives in the plan spanning JHU’s academic mission, operations, and community engagement. Highlights cover a range of activities and data focuses on JHU’s performance during the 2024 calendar year for which data is most recently available.
Following this year’s report, the Office of Climate and Sustainability will publish a 2026 report highlighting the first full year of progress towards the university’s CASP goals including additional metrics to quantify progress towards our commitments.
We encourage you to explore each area below for more details on how we are working to advance sustainability across the university and in our communities.
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Research, Teaching, & Scholarship
Learn about JHU’s progress to serve as a leading source of sustainability solutions and to develop the next generation of climate leaders.
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Climate Action
Learn about JHU’s progress to boldly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare our campuses and communities for future climate conditions.
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Built & Natural Environments
Learn about JHU’s progress to plan, design, and maintain buildings and landscapes that enhance biodiversity and safeguard planetary health.
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Responsible Consumption
Learn about JHU’s progress to create pathways to zero waste, develop sustainable food systems, and foster a culture of sustainable procurement.
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Transportation & Mobility
Learn about JHU’s progress to increase the use of sustainable transportation, reduce emissions, and improve health and well-being.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The 2025 progress report features campus highlights and measurable progress towards the goals and objectives in the plan spanning JHU’s academic mission, operations, and community engagement. Highlights cover a range of activities from 2024 – 2025 and data focuses on JHU’s performance during the 2024 calendar year for which data is most recently available.
Johns Hopkins adopted a university-wide Climate Action & Sustainability Plan in fall 2024, which leverages the university’s unique multidisciplinary expertise to create an ambitious and holistic vision for a healthy, just, and sustainable future.
The Plan outlines a series of short- and long-term strategic goals, objectives, and actions in areas including Research, Teaching, & Scholarship; Climate Action; Built & Natural Environments; Responsible Consumption; and Transportation & Mobility.
