U of T Committee on the Environment, Climate Change, and Sustainability (Ceccs)

the president’s advisory committee on the environment, climate change, and sustainability (ceccs) was created in 2017. ceccs operates on the principle that sustainability is more than a subject-area or discipline. it is a cross-cutting framework, ethic, and key component of the university of toronto (u of t) identity. its goals are: to make sustainability a key component of the u of t identity, to achieve local and international leadership in the integration of operational and academic sustainability, and to recognize, share and aggregate good sustainability practices across the university. the committee is co-chaired by professor john robinson and ron saporta. the collaborative leadership between the two co-chairs signifies the unique and important connection the committee has achieved between academic and operational activities. the 4 cross-cutting themes of the ceccs are: • campus as a living lab (cll) involves addressing operational sustainability issues by connecting students