{"id":5370,"date":"2026-02-25T20:50:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/?page_id=5370"},"modified":"2026-02-25T21:15:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:15:32","slug":"quantifying-finances-emissions-at-nau-a-novel-data-bases-approach-to-fossil-fuel-divestment-movement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/quantifying-finances-emissions-at-nau-a-novel-data-bases-approach-to-fossil-fuel-divestment-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantifying Finances Emissions at NAU: A Novel, Data-bases Approach to Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row bg-color-extra-light-gray\"><div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row-content\">\n<h2>Quantifying Finances Emissions at NAU: A Novel, Data-bases Approach to Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement<\/h2>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Project Summary: <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>This pioneering research project brings a data-driven lens to the fossil fuel divestment conversation at NAU. By applying the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) standards, the project leader is quantifying the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the university&#8217;s endowment\u2014specifically Scope 3, Category 15 (Investments). The research seeks to move beyond categorical calls for divestment by providing concrete metrics on the climate impact of NAU&#8217;s financial portfolio. Through collaboration with the NAU Foundation, this work aims to align investment strategies with the Climate Action Plan, ensuring that the university&#8217;s financial growth supports its carbon neutrality goals<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-uncropped-large wp-image-3660\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2023\/07\/scope_3_resource_image-600x385.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2023\/07\/scope_3_resource_image-600x385.png 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2023\/07\/scope_3_resource_image-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2023\/07\/scope_3_resource_image-1024x657.png 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2023\/07\/scope_3_resource_image-768x493.png 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2023\/07\/scope_3_resource_image-1536x985.png 1536w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2023\/07\/scope_3_resource_image-2048x1314.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Project Lead:<\/h5>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Brandon McNamara<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Project Advisor:<\/h5>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Dr. Deborah Huntzinger<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Date:<\/h5>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">12\/12\/2022<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Funding Amount:<\/h5>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">$3,000<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Department:<\/h5>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">School of Earth and Sustainability<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2026\/02\/McNamara-Research-Grant-Application.pdf\">Supporting Documents<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2198,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5370","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5370"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5403,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5370\/revisions\/5403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}