Campus & Climate Action Plan

Campus and Climate Action Plans (CCAP)

UMD completed its joint Campus and Climate Action Plans (CCAP) in October 2023. These bold and ambitious plans are shaping how the University adapts and changes to meet climate action goals while simultaneously providing high quality academic and research facilities. 

What is a Campus Plan? A strategic plan that outlines the long-term direction of a higher education institution's physical and built environment. It ensures the highest and best use of land to meet a college or university's academic, research, and outreach missions.

What is a Climate Action Plan? A strategic plan to identify critical actions to mitigate our greenhouse gas emissions, make the University more resilient, and address climate change through the delivery of our mission. 

Quick Facts about the CCAP:

  • UMD is one of the first higher education institutions to create a seamless and integrated CCAP.
  • The CCAP covers a wide variety of topics, such as landscapes and vegetation, space and facilities, mobility and transportation, energy supply and demand, and more! 
  • The initiative advances the priorities of MPACT2025. 

Climate Action PlanCampus Plan

Highlights the framework the plans follow for the next 15 years which include the following: New residence hall, new health center, parking ramp if needed, dining center expansion and mobility hub, reconfigured fields with potential low-temperature geothermal, visitor gateway, better pedestrian access to Bagley and Chester Park, Reforestation throughout campus, New park with geothermal wells, Kirby Drive multimodal vehicle access, resolution on Woodland Ave access, Future campus suppport