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===Sustainability=== Dalhousie University is actively involved in sustainability issues and has received a number of sustainability awards and recognition for academic programs, university operations, and research. In 2022, Dalhousie received a GOLD rating from [[AASHE STARS]] (Version 2.2). In 2009, the university signed the University and College Presidents' Climate Change Statement of Action for Canada to reduce [[Greenhouse gas emissions|emissions of greenhouse gases]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.climatechangeaction.ca/|title=Climate Change Statement of Action for Canada|date=14 May 2015|access-date=14 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302193241/http://www.climatechangeaction.ca/|archive-date=2 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dalhousie is also a signatory of UNEP's International Declaration on Cleaner Production.<ref name=factsheet1>{{cite web|title=Sustainability at Dalhousie|url=https://www.dal.ca/content/dam/dalhousie/pdf/sustainability/SustainabilityFactSheet.pdf|publisher=Dalhousie University|access-date=2 December 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050929/http://www.dal.ca/content/dam/dalhousie/pdf/sustainability/SustainabilityFactSheet.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1999, the university signed the [[Talloires Declaration]], which committed Dalhousie and other higher education institutions to developing, creating, supporting, and maintaining sustainability.<ref name=factsheet1/> In 2008, the College of Sustainability,<ref>{{cite web|title=College of Sustainability|url=https://www.dal.ca/faculty/sustainability.html|publisher=Dalhousie University|access-date=26 August 2017|archive-date=7 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707153135/https://www.dal.ca/faculty/sustainability.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the Office of Sustainability,<ref>{{cite web|title=Office of Sustainability|url=https://www.dal.ca/dept/sustainability.html|publisher=Dalhousie University|access-date=26 August 2017|archive-date=31 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331075152/https://www.dal.ca/dept/sustainability.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Dalhousie Student Union Sustainability Office<ref>{{cite web|title=Dalhousie Student Union Sustainability Office|url=http://dsusustainabilityoffice.ca/|publisher=Dalhousie Student Union|access-date=14 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083615/http://dsusustainabilityoffice.ca/|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> were formed. During 2008, the President's Advisory Council on Sustainability was also created. The council meets quarterly to discuss pan-university sustainability issues. Dalhousie's College of Sustainability offers an undergraduate Major in Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS) integrating with seven bachelor's degrees and 40 subjects across five faculties.
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