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SDSN USA, hosted by Carnegie Mellon University, the University of California, San Diego, and Howard University mobilizes its members in the United States of America and leverages their strengths to help realize the SDGs. Established in 2018, key focus areas and activities include decarbonization pathways via its involvement in the U.S. Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project, producing a Zero-Carbon Action Plan and collaborating with cities to develop decarbonization pathways; human rights; and SDG localization, including tracking SDG progress in the U.S. and linking science-based research with policymakers and community leaders.

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Workshop Connects Politicians and Stakeholders on Local Decarbonization

SDSN USA and SDSN's Climate and Energy Program began working with the City of Cleveland’s Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and Climate Justice on a workshop focused on bringing together city council members and high-level stakeholders for training, information sharing, and discussion of needs and barriers to decarbonizing the City of Cleveland. In April 2023, the City of Cleveland, SDSN USA, and the Cleveland Foundation held the city’s first Decarbonization Summit to discuss pathways for reducing the city’s carbon emission levels.

Youth-led Innovation Webinar Series Leads to White Paper at COP28

SDSN USA’s Mission 4.7 Community of Practice, focused on Education for Sustainable Development and led by SDSN USA members, held the US Summit on Transformative Education in February 2023, which had over 400 attendees and presenters. The working group carried out the "Fostering Youth-Led Innovation for the SDGs" webinar series, that was followed by a white paper released at COP28 in Dubai titled "Fostering Youth-Led Innovations to Accelerate Progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A Guide for Policymakers."

Youth Host Workshop to Develop Position Statement on Climate

SDSN Youth USA held the Youth Knowledge XChange, an online workshop for youth from the US, Canada, Mexico, and Australia/NZ/Pacific to develop a position statement to be shared with their university leadership and wider community.

SDSN United States Network Members

Organization	Country	Network	Sector
Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC)	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA)	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Global Masters in Development Practice Consortium	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
Global Education Motivators	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communications Technologies (G3ict)	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
IDEAS For Us	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Case Western Reserve University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Redlands	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Ball State University, Center for Emerging Media Design & Development	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of California Los Angeles, World Policy Analysis Center	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of South Florida, Patel College of Global Sustainability	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Jonas Salk Legacy Foundation	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Montclair State University	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
City College of New York, Spitzer School of Architecture, Sustainability in the Urban Environment	United States	United States	Foundation/Donor Organization
University of Kansas, Work Group for Community Health and Development	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Conservation International	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Notre Dame University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
HelpAge USA	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
University of the Virgin Islands	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University at Albany, Office of Sustainability	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Community Systems Foundation	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Utah, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Greenhouse Gas Management Institute	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Dev4X	United States	United States	Research Institution,Non-Governmental Organization
Solar Head of State	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
University of Florida	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Indiana University	United States	United States	Research Institution
Millennium Institute	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Columbia University, The Earth Institute, Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), & Sabin Center for Climate Change Law	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas Sustainable Energy Research Institute	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Arizona, MDP Program	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Northwestern University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Heifer International	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
Texas A&M, Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture & Water-Energy-Food Nexus Initiative	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Boston University, Engineers Without Borders	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
St. Francis College	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Antioch University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Puerto Rico	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Viridis Graduate Institute, Ecopsychology and Environmental Humanities	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Nevada Las Vegas, The School of Environmental and Public Affairs	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Carey Institute for Global Good	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Delaware	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Emory University	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
University of Pittsburgh	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Presidio Graduate School	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Pennsylvania, Environmental Innovations Institute	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Central Florida Center for Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Kent State University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Michigan, School for Environment and Sustainability	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Hawaii Manoa	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California San Diego	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
North Carolina A&T State University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Yale University, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
School of Education, Howard University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Colorado Boulder	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Missouri State University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Doane University, Institute for Human and Planetary Health	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Newborn Foundation	United States	United States	Research Institution
New York Academy of Sciences	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin School of Business & Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of South Dakota, Department of Sustainability & Environment	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
SUNY Stony Brook University, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Dartmouth College, Arthur L Irving Institute for Energy and Society	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Harvard University, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Nutrition	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of California Berkeley	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Auburn University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Fordham University, Law School, National Center for Access to Justice	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Minnesota	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Rollins College, Department of Social Entrepreneurship	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of California Davis	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Louisville Envirome Institute	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Georgia Tech	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Connecticut	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Purdue University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Morehouse College, Department of Economics	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
New School Department of Economics	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Iowa State University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Johns Hopkins University, Center for American Indian Health	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Southwest Florida Community Foundation	United States	United States	Foundation/Donor Organization
Colorado School of Mines, Payne Institute	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of the People	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
College of the Atlantic	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Sustainable Development Institute	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
Rollins College	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Tennessee Knoxville	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
George Mason University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
National Council for Science and the Environment	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
Dickinson College	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Brown University, Institute at Brown for Environment and Society	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Cornell University, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Wesleyan University, College of the Environment	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Penn State University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Miami Business School	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Earth Rebirth	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
Smith College	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Environmental Solutions Initiative	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
International Senior Lawyers Project	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
University of North Dakota	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
College of Art and Architecture, University of Idaho	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Haverford College	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA)	United States	United States	Research Institution
University of Alaska Southeast, School of Arts & Sciences	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Zakat Foundation of America	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
Arizona State University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
College of New Jersey	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Cascadia College Sustainability	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Commitment to Equity Institute	United States	United States	Research Institution
Global Minnesota	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
Ohio State University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
SUNY Buffalo, Global Health Institute	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Alabama, Center for Sustainable Infrastructure	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Academic Council on the United Nations System	United States	United States	Civil Society Organization
Erivan K. Haub School of Business	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Arizona Association for Environmental Education	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
Bucknell University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Environic Foundation International	United States	United States	Research Institution
Moravian University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Saybrook University, Department of Business Administration	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
The George Washington University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Smithsonian Science Education Center/Smithsonian Institution	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
Biomimicry Institute	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP) – University of Cincinnati	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
SIMA Studios / SIMA Classroom	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF)	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Nebraska, Lincoln	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Applied Survey Research	United States	United States	Research Institution
Northeastern University School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Second Nature	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
Curious Learning	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
Global Wellbeing Institute	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
The Community Solution (TCS) Education System	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
UNA-USA PUERTO RICO CHAPTER	United States	United States	Civil Society Organization
Creative City KC Inc.	United States	United States	UN Agency/Affiliate
Walker College of Business, Appalachia State university	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
American University, Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Institute of Environment, Florida International University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute),Research Institution
International Humanistic Management Association (IHMA)	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute),Research Institution,Civil Society Organization
Global Financial Integrity	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization,Civil Society Organization
Sustainable Systems Analysis Group, University of California, Irvine	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Center for Creative and Cultural Industries, Chapman University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute),Research Institution
UNA Greater Philadelphia Chapter	United States	United States	Civil Society Organization
Alabama State University, College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
North American Association for Environmental Education	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
Graduate Programs in Sustainability at Bard College	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
College of Charleston	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Universidad de Puerto Rico en Arecibo	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities - Network (EPIC-N)	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
EarthGame	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
University of Oregon	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of South Carolina	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Boise State University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Prairie View A&M University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Montgomery College	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Fairleigh Dickinson University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Earth, Society & Environment	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
College of Forestry, Oregon State University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
United Nations Association of the National Capital Area (UNA-NCA)	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Metabolism of Cities Living Lab, Center for Human Dynamics in the Mobile Age at San Diego State University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Climate Watch	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
New Markets Lab	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
Creative Enterprise Leadership International Graduate Programs, Pratt Institute	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
U.S Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
Northeast-Midwest Institute	United States	United States	Research Institution
Hunt Institute for Engineering & Humanity	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute),Research Institution
Global Campaign for Peace Education	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization,Civil Society Organization
The Global Female Civility Leadership Institute	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
California State University, Sacaramento	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute),Research Institution,Non-Governmental Organization
University of Chicago	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute),Research Institution
American Manufacturing Communities Collaborative (AMCC)	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
United Nations Association Northern New Jersey Chapter	United States	United States	Civil Society Organization,Non-Governmental Organization
Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
Center for Urban Ecology Sustainability, Butler University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Data-Pop Alliance	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization
University of Alabama at Birmingham	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Oregon State University	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
University of Illinois, Chicago	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute),Research Institution
Social Impact Movement	United States	United States	Civil Society Organization
St. Olaf College	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Rutgers University - Newark	United States	United States	University (Department/Institute)
Association for Communty Empowerment Solutions (ACESWorld)	United States	United States	Non-Governmental Organization