UC Davis Voluntary University Review on the SDGs by UC Davis Global

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About Global Affairs

Global Affairs brings the world to UC Davis, welcoming more than 10,000 international students, scholars and leaders, and hosting programs that inspire global curiosity, understanding and engagement. Compelled by the valuable outcomes of thinking globally, we make transformative opportunities a reality by supporting the thousands of students and faculty learning and researching globally—and by facilitating collaborations that tackle the world’s most pressing challenges through more than 150 global partnerships. Putting our vision of a UC Davis community that engages, thrives, and leads in this interconnected world into action, Global Affairs is in pursuit of an ambitious goal: Global Education for All.

About Sustainability

Sustainability is the lead office for campuswide sustainability efforts. We provide vision, direction and support for sustainability in all its dimensions, from campus infrastructure and operations to programs that enhance understanding and motivate action toward a more environmentally and socially sustainable campus. Our role is to demonstrate leadership, foster connections, and create a culture of sustainability. Sustainability is responsible for performance assessment and reporting to campus and university leadership as well as external governing agencies.

About Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) leads UC Davis efforts to build a more diverse, equitable and inclusive university through the implementation of five campus-wide goals that are guided by the UC Diversity Statement and the UC Davis Principles of Community. ODEI is comprised of four units: the Office of Campus Community Relations, the Office of Academic Diversity, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (Davis Campus) and the UC Davis Health’s Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Affiliated units include the Office for Student and Resident Diversity, Faculty Development and Diversity at UC Davis Health and the UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities.

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Acknowledgments Global Affairs Coordination, Drafting and Editing Leads: Jolynn Shoemaker, Director, Global Engagements; Tom Rosen-Molina, Global Affairs Analyst; Communications: Bonnie Shea, Executive Director of Communications and Marketing; Jennifer Wade, Assistant Director, Communications and Development; Joanna Regulska, Vice Provost and Dean, Global Affairs; Professor, Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies; Sustainability Camille Kirk, Director of Sustainability and Campus Sustainability Planner; Kelli O’Day, Assessment Program Manager; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Renetta Garrison Tull, Vice Chancellor, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Rachel Jean-Baptiste, Faculty Director, Institute for Diversity, Equity and Advancement (IDEA), Associate Professor, Department of History; Additional VUR Support Karen Beardsley Director, Global Professional Programs, Global Affairs; Gail Lampinen, Information Systems Analyst, Global Affairs; Nathan Camp, Partnership Manager, Global Affairs; Michael Lazzara, Associate Vice Provost of Academic Programs and Partnerships, Global Affairs; Professor of Latin American Literature and Cultural Studies, Department of Spanish and Portuguese; Elizabeth Langridge-Noti, Director of Faculty Engagement; Mary Martin-Mabry, Director of Communications and Marketing, Public Scholarship and Engagement; Members of the UC Davis Global Strategy Advisory Committee Tata Markosyan; Natalya Minchenko and Vindyani Jayasinghe, Humphrey Fellows; Eleni-Athena Chrysoula Piliotis and Arisa Oshiro, Global Affairs SDG Interns (2021); Alexandra Renee Bucheli; Alexander Jackson; Roshni Desai, and Michael Siu, Global Affairs SDG Interns (2020-2021); Christal Juarez; Jeanett Lor, Global Affairs SDG Interns (2020); Abigail Louie; Ally Russell and Yitian Lu, Global Affairs Student Assistants;  Akshita Gandra and Cora Ballek, Student Sustainability Data Analysts  Readers for SDG Chapters Bernadette Austin, Executive Director, Center for Regional Change; Kent Bradford, Distinguished Professor, Department of Plant Sciences; Director; Seed Biotechnology Center; Paul Dodd, Associate Vice Chancellor, Interdisciplinary Research and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Research; Nancy Erbstein, Associate Vice Provost of Global Education, Global Affairs; Associate Professor in Residence, School of Education; Beth Greenwood, Associate Dean, International Programs, School of Law; Director of LL.M. programs and Lecturer in Law; Rachel Jean-Baptiste, Faculty Director, Institute for Diversity, Equity and Advancement (IDEA), Associate Professor, Department of History; Bryan Jenkins, Distinguished Professor and Department Chair, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering; Ermias Kebreab, Professor and Sesnon Endowed Chair, Associate Dean of Global Engagement, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; Camille Kirk, Director of Sustainability and Campus Sustainability Planner; John Largier, Professor, Environmental Science and Policy; Associate Director, Coastal Marine Science Institute; Jonathan London, Associate Professor, Department of Human Ecology; Travis Lybbert, Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics; Jonna Mazet, Vice Provost, Grand Challenges; Professor, UC Davis Department of Epidemiology and Disease Ecology; Founding Executive Director, One Health Institute; Majdi Abou Najm, Associate Professor, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources; Associate Director of Initiatives, John Muir Institute of the Environment; Kathryn Olmsted, Interim Chair, Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies; Joanna Regulska, Vice Provost and Dean, Global Affairs; Professor, Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies; Keith Taylor, Assistant Economic Development Specialist, Department of Human Ecology; Renetta Garrison Tull, Vice Chancellor, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Laura van Auker, Assistant Clinical Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing Additional thanks to UC Davis Schools and Colleges, and individual faculty, staff, students who provided input into SDG surveys, participated in SDG events, shared information at SDG coffee hours and continued to champion the 2030 Agenda through their work.

Executive Summary Introduction .................................................................................. 1 Methodology............................................................................... 11 Key Findings and Next Steps ................................................... 13 SDG 1: No Poverty ..................................................................... 20 SDG 2: Zero Hunger ................................................................... 27 SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being ....................................... 35 SDG 4: Quality Education ......................................................... 42 SDG 5: Gender Equality ............................................................ 50 SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation ......................................... 57 SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy ....................................... 65 SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth ........................... 73 SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure ...................... 80 SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities .................................................. 87 SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities ........................ 95 SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production ........... 102 SDG 13: Climate Action ........................................................... 110 SDG 14: Life Below Water ....................................................... 118 SDG 15: Life on Land ............................................................... 125 SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions ................... 132 SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals ....................................... 139 UC Davis SDG Engagement Timeline .................................... 145 Appendices............................................................................... 147

Executive Summary As a public, land-grant institution and comprehensive research university, the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) has a critical role to play in contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UC Davis involvement in the SDGs builds upon an institutional history and culture that prioritizes inclusion, public service and interdisciplinary approaches to solving local and global challenges. UC Davis is one of only five public universities in the U.S. with a breadth of expertise that spans human health, animal health, agriculture and the environment. Interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches, which are central to addressing complex global challenges, are interwoven across the university, as is a strong commitment to environmental, social and racial justice. UC Davis has a long tradition of collaborating with partners – across disciplines and geographic boundaries – to develop practical solutions to pressing social, environmental and economic challenges. This first-ever UC Davis Voluntary University Review (VUR) documents a broad range of activities that support the full scope of the 2030 Agenda and the core principle of Leave No One Behind. All 17 SDGs are represented in UC Davis research, teaching, service and operations. According to surveys conducted for this VUR, research, teaching and service activities are distributed across 82 countries, and about 50 percent of respondents indicated that their SDG-relevant work takes place in the U.S., demonstrating the local and international relevance of the SDGs. This inaugural VUR was developed through a collaboration among three units at UC Davis: Global Affairs, Sustainability and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. It is not intended to be a comprehensive report of all SDG activities. Rather, this is a first attempt to document, share and ultimately assess campus contributions towards the Global Goals. The VUR process highlighted the value of the SDGs for UC Davis and showed that numerous individuals and units are championing the SDGs across campus and the world. The process also demonstrated that there are emerging opportunities to connect in a campus community of practice and explicitly link many additional areas of work to the SDGs. This VUR is an initial, important step forward to deepen and expand UC Davis contributions to achieving the 2030 Agenda.

Introduction As a land-grant university, the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) is engaged in a mission of teaching, research and service for the greater public good. UC Davis is committed to solving some of today’s most pressing challenges—locally and globally. Many of the challenges faced by humanity are common, interlinked and increasingly borderless. UC Davis strives to reflect the principles of collaboration, community and interdisciplinary approaches in developing solutions to these universal concerns. The UC Davis mission, principles and collaborative approaches form the basis for the university’s commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2015, all UN member states around the world agreed to an ambitious and transformative agenda to achieve the 17 SDGs by the year 2030. This Agenda “provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.” The Agenda includes 17 SDGs and 169 targets that are broad in scope and address the root causes of poverty, inequality and insecurity. The SDGs “are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental.” “We the peoples” are the celebrated opening words of the Charter of the United Nations. It is “we the peoples” who are embarking today on the road to 2030. Our journey will involve Governments as well as parliaments, the United Nations system and other international institutions, local authorities, indigenous peoples, civil society, business and the private sector, the scientific and academic community – and all people. Millions have already engaged with, and will own, this Agenda. It is an Agenda of the people, by the people and for the people – and this, we believe, will ensure its success. - Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. As a public institution of higher education in the state of California, UC Davis has a critical role to play in contributing to this transformative Agenda. UC Davis is one of only five public U.S. universities with a breadth of expertise that spans human health, animal health, agriculture and the environment, which gives the university a unique foundation from which to contribute to the SDGs. UC Davis engagement with the SDGs is informed by a number of factors:

First, interdisciplinary approaches are interwoven across the university. This reflects a core tenet of the SDGs – that they are intended to be integrated and indivisible. From social sciences and humanities, to environmental science, to health and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines across the university, UC Davis places a central focus on interdisciplinary research, teaching and practice, and this is exemplified by the university’s structure and culture. For example, UC Davis graduate level studies are organized by graduate groups and designated emphasis options. These groups include both faculty and students from multiple departments who come together to address complex challenges across disciplines. UC Davis also includes a multitude of centers and institutes that involve affiliated faculty from numerous departments. Second, UC Davis is geographically situated to contribute in unique ways to complex challenges that are affecting the state of California, the region surrounding the campus, and many other areas around the world. UC Davis is located in close proximity to the capital of the state of California, which has the world’s fifth-largest economy. California is an influential actor both domestically and internationally on many policy issues that relate to the SDGs. For example, California has a history of leadership on environmental protection and is a party to many bilateral and multilateral agreements on climate change. UC Davis faculty, staff and students have contributed in various ways to developing and implementing state policies and actions. Third, UC Davis sits at a crossroads of wealth and poverty in California, as it is located between the coastal San Francisco Bay Area, the state’s wealthiest region, and the inland San Joaquin Valley, the poorest region of California. UC Davis is in a rural area of California, and the university community works closely with community partners to address the needs of the underserved and barriers to prosperity – issues that are central to the 2030 Agenda. Fourth, UC Davis has a long tradition of collaborating with partners to develop practical solutions to pressing social, environmental and economic challenges, both locally and globally. This is reflected in the myriad initiatives with communities in the areas surrounding UC Davis, and more than 150 partnerships with institutions in other countries.

About UC Davis The University of California, Davis, originally known as the University Farm, was established by an act of the State Legislature in 1905. Today, UC Davis is the most academically comprehensive university on the West Coast of the U.S. and in the University of California system. UC Davis is a public, land-grant, research university with highly-ranked academic programs within four colleges (Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering and Letters and Science) and six schools (Education, Law, Management, Medicine, Nursing and Veterinary Medicine), offering over 100 undergraduate majors and over 100 graduate programs. The 2020-21 total full-time equivalent student population is 36,459 and total full-time equivalent employee (faculty, academic staff and administrative staff) population is 21,577. UC Davis is internationally known for working across disciplines to solve the world’s most pressing challenges and for its commitment to artistic and cultural expression. UC Davis earned $968 million in sponsored research funding in 2020-21 and contributes more than $8.1 billion each year to the California economy. The campus is over 5,400 acres (2,193 hectares) in size, with nearly 1,300 buildings encompassing nearly 20 million gross square feet (almost 1.9 million square meters), with much of that square footage built as wet labs, clinical space or other high resource-intensity space. UC Davis also has five campus sites, a clinic network and a variety of small facilities and leased spaces. UC Davis owns and operates infrastructure and systems that a medium-sized city would operate: drinking water supply, a wastewater

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UC Davis is second in the world in veterinary science, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject (2021). UC Davis ranks second in the world in agriculture and forestry in the QS University Rankings by Subject (2021).

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UC Davis is recognized as the fifth among public universities in the The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings (2020). UC Davis ranks first in in agriculture and agricultural sciences in the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings (2020).

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UC Davis is first in the U.S. (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017) and fifth worldwide in the University of Indonesia’s GreenMetric World University Ranking (2020).

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UC Davis ranks first among U.S. universities in the diversity and internationalization category within QS USA University Rankings (2020, 2021).

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UC Davis ranks second among U.S. public universities for social mobility according to Washington Monthly’s annual college rankings (2020).

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UC Davis earned the Platinum Institutional Award for Global Learning, Research and Engagement from the Association of Public and LandGrant Universities (2020).

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UC Davis earned the Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Campus Internationalization from NAFSA, the Association of International Educators (2020).

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UC Davis  ranks twelfth among public universities in the U.S. for hosting the most international students and fifth for hosting the most international scholars (IIE Open Doors, 2019-20) and is consistently recognized as a top Fulbright Program producer.

treatment plant, central/district heating and cooling plants, an electrical substation, a large-scale solar power plant, a data center and telecommunications network center, a bus transit system that serves the Davis campus and surrounding city, and a biodigester. The campus also self-hauls its waste to a local landfill and recycling center. UC Davis strives to meet a variety of ambitious sustainability goals set forth in the University of California Policy on Sustainable Practices, and annually assesses sustainability performance towards those goals. The campus also assesses sustainability performance in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS).

Alignment of the 2030 Agenda with UC Davis Mission and Vision In 2018, UC Davis released a 10-year strategic plan titled To Boldly Go, which articulated the mission, vision and five major goals for the university. The strategic plan, which was formulated with extensive stakeholder input from all members of the campus community, clearly reflects a shared recognition of the university’s role both locally and internationally through research, teaching, innovation and partnerships, with a central focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. It forms an important strategic foundation for UC Davis engagement with the 2030 Agenda. In addition to the campus-wide strategic plan, there are numerous other strategic vision and mission statements and plans that embody the SDGs across campus. Generally, the SDGs are not mentioned specifically, but the wording and intention of these strategies and plans align closely with multiple SDGs –as well as the universal principles that underpin the Global Goals, including human rights, gender equality, participation of all stakeholders and a focus on vulnerable and marginalized populations. For more information on strategic plans, taskforces and committees, please see Appendix A. Institutional diversity, systemic inclusion and social equity are critical in all interactions and areas of work for the university, as articulated in the UC Davis Principles of Community and the University of California Diversity Statement. All members of the UC Davis community agree to abide by these shared principles. The UC Davis Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategic Plan also guides this work.

The Evolution of the UC Davis Commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) UC Davis’ engagement to advance the SDGs has gained significant momentum over the past three years. Since the launch of the Agenda in 2015, UC Davis has spearheaded many programs, projects and initiatives on topics that support the Global Goals, while simultaneously increasing awareness within the UC Davis community of this global framework. As the higher education field began to embrace the SDGs, it was clear that they resonated closely with UC Davis’ mission and work around social, racial and environmental justice—and that there was opportunity for UC Davis to contribute more fully.

• UC Davis provides internal grant funding support to faculty, staff and students to help the campus community advance the SDGs in their work. These grant funds range from faculty research grants, to conference registration grants, to studentoriented project funding. Detail about these various funding programs are offered in Appendix B.

UC Davis Grants that Support Efforts on Global Challenges

UC Davis’ institutional commitment to the Agenda began to emerge in 2018 with this recognition. In 2019, UC Davis began to pursue a two-pronged SDG strategy to (1) raise awareness and inspire involvement in the SDGs among the UC Davis community, and to (2) participate in meaningful ways in supporting the 2030 Agenda with collaborators around the world. UC Davis took initial steps to understand the SDG efforts across campus, to develop new programs to support contributions by members of the university community, and to join and become active in key networks that are promoting collaborations for the SDGs. Through these efforts, UC Davis has brought together SDG champions, benefited from connections and knowledge sharing, and identified new opportunities to contribute both locally and globally. As UC Davis attention and engagement on the Agenda has expanded, it is also clear that there is much more that the university can do to contribute to inclusive, global solutions to social, economic and environmental challenges. UC Davis is at the beginning of this journey.

The Development of a Campus Partnership in Support of the SDGs The first UC Davis Voluntary University Review (VUR) is a collaborative effort among three units at UC Davis: Global Affairs, Sustainability and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). This on-campus partnership emerged through a shared commitment to understanding and strengthening UC Davis contributions to the SDGs through interdisciplinary approaches. 5

The three units began to work together on the SDGs in 2019-20. Global Affairs was spearheading global engagement on the SDGs through international networks and partnerships as well as grants and opportunities for students, faculty and staff. At the same time, Sustainability was connecting the SDGs to UC Davis reporting on sustainability performance (including UC Davis participation in The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System - STARS). DEI was seeking to raise awareness on campus and to engage underrepresented scholars and connect their work with the SDGs. It was an opportune time to come together and leverage individual portfolios for a common purpose. All three units recognized the 2030 Agenda as a strategic priority for their own work and for the university mission as a whole. The three units began to build the partnership by sharing information and opportunities, collaborating on joint presentations at conferences, and inviting one another to provide expertise in various networks and venues. In 2020, the partnership grew stronger as the units began to co-fund Global Affairs’ Grants for Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals. The partnership and joint funding have advanced global conversations and incentivized inclusive collaborations among interdisciplinary teams of UC Davis faculty and international partners to contribute to the SDGs. One grant each year is reserved for a project focused on reducing inequalities, and two grants are reserved for Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS) Scholars and for Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspective on Social Science, Arts and Humanities (CAMPSSAH) Scholars. In 2020-21, the partners developed new virtual events and gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic to support and expand SDG engagement among all members of the campus community. This included a three-part, virtual campus SDG Forum Series, which launched in fall 2020. The Forums, held in October 2020, February 2021 and May 2021, brought together a campus-wide community of faculty, staff and students who are deeply committed to advancing the SDGs to develop a campus SDG community of practice. The Forums featured updates on UC Davis SDG engagement and opportunities for involvement, spotlights by faculty, staff and students about SDG projects and programs and insights from external speakers. One of the events focused specifically on the connection between diversity equity and inclusion and the SDGs, specifically the connections between racial equality and the SDGs, an area that is being examined through emerging research. These events also provided information that directly informed the VUR. The collaborations on these programs led the three units to recognize that a VUR process would be extremely valuable to the university at this juncture. After many months of outreach, listening and awareness raising that involved many units across campus, it was an opportune moment to begin a VUR. The VUR would build on the

growing interest and momentum on campus and in the international higher education arena on the SDGs. It would also enable UC Davis to identify SDG contributions across all 17 Goals, and to incorporate efforts by faculty, staff and students from all schools and colleges. In February 2021, the units formally announced the beginning of a campus process to complete the first UC Davis VUR.

UC Davis VUR Objectives and Process Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) were established as a way for governments around the world to share experiences, strengthen policies and institutions and mobilize stakeholders and partnerships to accelerate implementation of the SDGs. In recent years, beginning with New York City, cities around the world have developed Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs). As universities have become more involved in implementing the SDGs, the concept of Voluntary University Reviews (VURs) has also gained interest. Very few universities have completed VURs, and there is no established structure or methodology for these reports. Universities that are conducting VURs are creating new models that can be adapted by other universities and institutions around the world to track their own progress. UC Davis completed this VUR with the following objectives: •

Begin to measure UC Davis progress in addressing the SDGs

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Build SDG awareness and inspire involvement among faculty, students and staff across campus units

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Bring together campus strengths in internationalization, sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion towards the Global Goals

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Inform UC Davis SDG-related programs and projects with collaborators across campus, the community, region and globally

The first UC Davis VUR is not intended to be a comprehensive report of all SDG activities. That would be an impossible task in a large research university such as UC Davis. This is a first step in documenting and ultimately assessing contributions. The VUR process, and the information that has been brought together in this report, enables the university to see a clearer picture of the strengths, synergies and areas for further, deliberate investment and effort. During the last ten years of the 2030 Agenda (20202030), the Decade of Action, it will be critical to move forward in new and bold ways. The VUR provides crucial information to support these endeavors.

Stages of the UC Davis VUR Process First stage: Planning Together

March 2020

• Global Affairs, Sustainability and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion began discussing the possibility of completing a VUR.

August 2020

• Developed an initial outline and timeline to launch VUR in September 2021.

SeptemberNovember 2020

• Identified other VURs and university reporting as potential models. • Student assistants and SDG interns began desk research for each SDG. • Established sharing mechanism to enable units to add data. Agreed on initial methodology. • Developed format for SDG repository spreadsheets to track collected data. • Co-hosted inaugural campus SDG Forum

Second Stage: Creating Opportunities for Campus Input

December 2020

• Developed plans for VUR “office hours” for informal sharing of SDG activities on campus. • Discussed and determined communications channels and timing for outreach on campus. • Created outreach lists to distribute SDG news and event information, including for VUR outreach.

Third Stage: Focusing on Data Collection

January – February 2021

• Formally announced intent to produce a VUR through campus announcements. • Collectively reviewed and prepared the SDG survey portal for campus sharing. • Co-hosted coffee hours and co-hosted the second campus SDG Forum.

March 2021

• Engaged in targeted distribution of the SDG survey on campus. • Co-hosted multiple student events as part of SDG Awareness Week to build campus involvement in the SDGs and VUR effort.

April 2021

• Reached out to associate deans and deans of schools and colleges on the VUR process and to gather data. • Launched SDG survey portal via newsletters, outreach lists, and other channels. • Compiled data and began anaylsis of data

May 2021

• Humphrey Fellows began professional affiliation with UC Davis to support VUR data analysis. • Co-hosted the third campus SDG Forum where the VUR was a focus.

Fourth Stage: Analyzing and Drafting

June 2021

July 2021

• Began drafting VUR sections. • Completed course assessment, and mapping of other specific student programs. • Targeted outreach to centers and institutes across campus for additional data. • Began to plan layout and format for each SDG section.

• Completed analysis of data. • Finalized detailed outline for final report. • Collected all SciVal information available for publications on each SDG.

Final Stage: Completion

August 2021

• 17 SDG sections sent to individual faculty readers for review of research, teaching and service. • Substantive review of content. • Decided on key findings and next steps. • Incorporated and finalized edits.

September 2021

• Completed final report design and layout. • Finished proofreading. • Shared report on websites/other communications channels.

Methodology The first UC Davis VUR is based on both qualitative and quantitative data obtained from a combination of desk research, survey instruments, targeted outreach and campus community participation through meetings, webinars and presentations. The VUR team was comprised of leadership and staff from three campus units (Global Affairs, Sustainability and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) and a small cohort of SDG undergraduate interns and other student assistants. For six weeks in spring 2021, two Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows collaborated with the team to provide additional analytical support. UC Davis made the decision to address all 17 SDGs in the first campus VUR, in order to take into account the breadth of campus activities across the 2030 Agenda. The VUR cannot be completely comprehensive due to the multitude of individuals, departments, units and activities across the campus, but this document offers a first glimpse into UC Davis engagement with the 2030 Agenda by identifying, categorizing and analyzing SDG-related activities at UC Davis. The findings and observations presented in this report are based on available data that could be assessed by the three units during the 2020-21 academic year. The VUR process included outreach to the following:

Faculty, researchers, scholars

Centers, institutes, campus units

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Outreach

Student clubs and organizations

Students

Data Collection for Research, Teaching/Learning, Service and Operations The VUR team reviewed relevant literature on conducting Voluntary University Reviews (VURs) and Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs). The team decided to develop benchmark measures for SDG activity by utilizing existing datasets and by developing new ones through desk research, surveys and a course mapping exercise using a curated list of SDG keywords. The VUR methodology focused on four key areas of work. These are listed below with their associated data sources: •

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Research – SDG surveys (2019 and 2021), SciVal, Student Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities Conferences, desk research of websites and articles Teaching and Learning – SDG surveys (2019 and 2021), course mapping, global learning programs and opportunities, desk research of websites and articles Service – SDG surveys (2019 and 2021), University of California Public Engagement Database, desk research of websites and articles Operations – STARS Reports, UC Annual Reports on Sustainable Practices, SDG survey (2021)

A more detailed explanation of the VUR methodology and data sources is provided in Appendix C.

Campus Programming UC Davis implemented a number of programs during the year to raise awareness about the 2030 Agenda, support campus stakeholders in connecting their work to the SDGs and build a community of practice. These programs were an important part of the VUR methodology, as members of the campus community were able to share their contributions to the SDGs. The information that they shared is incorporated into this VUR. Programming included: • • •

Three campus Forums on the SDGs, co-hosted by Global Affairs, Sustainability and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion SDG coffee hours, informal gatherings that connected members of the campus community working on the SDGs. SDG-specific events with partner institutions, including virtual events that focused on poverty, hunger, water, sustainable cities and other SDGs.

Key Findings and Next Steps Key Findings  The VUR process reinforced the value of the 2030 Agenda as a unifying framework that bridges disciplines and fosters a culture of campus engagement on local and global challenges. The Agenda directly supports UC Davis commitments to environmental, social and racial justice.  UC Davis is engaged in a broad range of activities that support the full scope of the 2030 Agenda and the core principle of Leave No One Behind. All SDGs are represented in Research, Teaching, Service and Operations.  UC Davis faculty, staff and students self-reported that they were engaged in 2,583 SDG-related activities taking place globally. Research, teaching and service activities are distributed across 82 countries and every continent. About 50 percent of survey respondents indicated that their SDG–relevant work takes place in the United States.  The VUR revealed the difficulties in creating a comprehensive picture of SDG efforts across a large research university. UC Davis utilized various sources to collect and analyze SDG-related activities, but these efforts were subject to the limitations of existing data collection tools. This VUR could not capture every SDG activity occurring at UC Davis.  The VUR highlighted the ways that the UC Davis organizational structure shapes a culture of collaboration and interdisciplinary approaches. Faculty are engaged in a multiplicity of academic units, centers and institutes, and more than 50 percent of graduate programs at UC Davis are organized as interdisciplinary graduate groups (a unique structure of inter-departmental collaboration). Faculty, staff and students who self-reported indicated that they work on more than one SDG, demonstrating that the SDGs are integrated and indivisible.  The VUR process highlighted that numerous individuals and units are championing the SDGs across campus by incorporating the SDGs through their own work. The VUR also revealed emerging opportunities to connect in a campus community of practice on the SDGs. 13

 The number of publications related to SDGs increased for almost all of the SDGs over the period 2016-20. The increase was highest for SDG 4: Quality Education, SDG 5: Gender Equality, SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities, SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production and SDG 13: Climate Action. The COVID 19 pandemic had a visible effect on publications that addressed the SDGs. The number of publications decreased for SDG 1: No Poverty, SDG 2: Zero Hunger, SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth and SDG 15: Life on Land, but the number of publications increased for SDG 4: Quality Education, SDG 5: Gender Equality, SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production and SDG 13: Climate Action.  More than 50 percent of courses offered during the Spring 2021 Quarter were determined to have content related to the SDGs. Most of these courses focused on SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing, SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth and SDG 15: Life on Land.  UC Davis faculty, staff and students self-reported that they were engaged in about 625 service activities globally, or about 24 percent of all self-reported SDG activities. These activities were concentrated within the United States and tended to focus on SDG 2: Zero Hunger, SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation.  The VUR underscored that UC Davis is making steady strides toward a more sustainably operated campus, but has room for further improvement. Sustainability created a crosswalk between the SDG targets and the 2020 Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) Report, which showed that 112 of the 169 individual SDG targets are being addressed through campus operations.  This VUR highlighted the vital importance of external partnerships and collaborations – at the local, domestic and international levels. UC Davis is working with local communities and partners around the world. This is also reflected in international collaborations on publications, which were highest for SDG 2: Zero Hunger, SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities and SDG 13: Climate Action.  A multitude of strategic plans, entities and activities at UC Davis are in alignment with and making strides towards achieving the SDGs across research, teaching, service and operations, but there are opportunities to improve and to explicitly connect these efforts directly to the 2030 Agenda.

Figure 1: Approximate Geographical distribution of SDG activities according to survey responses

This map shows the approximate geographical distribution of SDG activities, as self-reported by respondents to the two SDG surveys. Activities are distributed across 82 countries and on every continent. About 14.5 percent of survey respondents indicated that their SDG activities did not focus on any particular region of the world, but rather were global in nature.

SOURCE: UC DAVIS SDG SURVEYS, 2019-2021 NOTE: PLEASE SEE APPENDIX C FOR DESCRIPTION OF METHODOLOGY INCLUDING PRELIMINARY ARCGIS ANALYSIS

Figure 2: Self-reported SDG activities, by SDG and by activity type SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being had the highest number of self-reported activities, followed by SDG 13: Climate Action, SDG 4: Quality Education and SDG 2: Zero Hunger.

SOURCE: UC DAVIS SDG SURVEYS, 2019-2021

Recommended Next Steps for UC Davis  As appropriate, collaborate with relevant campus units and governing bodies to incorporate the SDGs into university strategic plans such as To Boldly Go and the forthcoming Global Strategic Plan, and into relevant university policies and committees. Strengthen institutional commitment to the SDGs including in ways that UC Davis can contribute meaningfully to advance racial, social and environmental justice.  Expand information on UC Davis websites, and explore developing an SDG dashboard and/or other visual platforms to share information on SDG efforts on a continuing basis, to support the formation and strengthening of partnerships and joint projects.  Make deliberate efforts to engage diverse communities at UC Davis in the 2030 Agenda. This should include faculty, staff and students of all races, ethnicities, genders, ages, religions, languages, abilities/disabilities, sexual orientations, gender identities, socioeconomic status and geographic regions.  Amplify and recognize the projects and initiatives that are directly contributing to the SDGs through storytelling, events and funding opportunities.  Explore opportunities to collect and tag data against all 17 SDGs in areas of research, teaching, service and operations. Utilize existing university databases and develop other methods to tag such areas as internal and external funding, and curricular and co-curricular programs.  Incorporate SDGs into teaching by offering SDG-related courses, and pursue partnerships among departments and units to further interdisciplinary SDG teaching. Integrate SDG material into majors, minors, certificates and/or badging to support and recognize competencies on the SDGs. Explore ways to assess students’ literacy on global learning, sustainability and the SDGs.  Expand opportunities for student engagement with the SDGs on campus, so they can become campus ambassadors for the 2030 Agenda. Work closely with academic and non-academic units, and with student groups and associations, to raise awareness and connect the SDGs with their missions. Incorporate the Agenda 2030 into career development initiatives including Aggie Launch.

 Develop new strategies and create incentives to engage faculty who are championing the SDGs. Facilitate and coordinate internal collaboration, joint projects and efforts to pursue external funding with domestic and international partners.  Share results of the VUR with relevant campus committees, task forces and working groups that are engaging on issues that closely align with the SDGs (e.g. the campus advisory committee on sustainability) and incorporate, as appropriate and relevant, findings and next steps into committee projects and programs.  Continue to assess campus progress in achieving SDG targets and indicators that are relevant to a university setting through regular VURs.  Implement a 17 Rooms process on campus to raise awareness and connect members of the campus community around each of the SDGs, and to galvanize transformative actions and initiatives to accelerate UC Davis contributions to the 2030 Agenda. Continue to plan opportunities to share SDG efforts on campus, including through SDG Forums and other participatory events.  Advance partnerships with Davis, Sacramento and other cities in California to collaborate on the SDGs, including possible assistance with the development of Voluntary Local Reviews.

Individual SDG Chapters

The following section provides information on UC Davis Research, Teaching, Service and Operations for each of the 17 SDGs based on available data sources. Please see Methodology and Appendix C for further information. 19

ferSDG: 1 No Poverty

Summary SDG 1 aims to eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere by 2030. The foremost objectives of SDG 1 are to ensure social protection and access to basic services for the poor and vulnerable, and to support people harmed by climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters. UC Davis has numerous faculty members whose research touches upon SDG 1, including those who study the impact of immigration on wages and employment, and the link between education and poverty. Other experts study childhood and rural poverty, tax policy and safety net programs, agricultural markets and farm productivity, or disparities in health resulting from income inequality. Several centers on campus are dedicated to studying the nexus between poverty and these socioeconomic issues, including the Center for Poverty and Inequality Research, the Center for Reducing Health Disparities, the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience and the Global Migration Center. UC Davis offers services, some involving student volunteers, to provide assistance to low income students and members of the community. These services include emergency and short-term loans to students who are experiencing financial hardship, a food pantry and meal share service, housing assistance, as well as counseling and urgent medical and mental health care services.

SDG 1–related centers at UC Davis Aggie Compass Basic Needs Center Blum Center for Developing Economies Center for Poverty and Inequality Research Center for Reducing Health Disparities Center for Regional Change Global Fellowships for Agricultural Development Global Migration Center National Tribal TANF Institute USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Assets and Market Access USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Climate Resilient Chickpea USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab Climate Resilient Millet USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture World Food Center * THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY DEPARTMENT OR UNIT CONTRIBUTING TO SDG 1.

Figure 3: Number of SDG 1 activities by category, self-reported

SOURCE: UC DAVIS GLOBAL AFFAIRS SDG SURVEYS, 2019-2021 NOTE: “ALL” REFERS TO TOTAL NUMBER OF RESPONSES RECEIVED; TOTAL OF OTHER COLUMNS MAY EXCEED “ALL” COLUMN BECAUSE MULTIPLE SELECTIONS BETWEEN CATEGORIES WERE PERMITTED

Research According to SciVal, UC Davis faculty authored 154 research publications related to SDG 1 between 2016 and 2021. More than 670 authors worked on these publications, and about 36 percent of the articles were the result of international collaboration. The largest share of publications fell in the subject area of Social Sciences (23.7%), followed by Medicine (15.7%) and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (12.9%). Within these subject areas, the topics with the highest number of publications included sanitation and hygiene-related diseases, community-supported agriculture and local food systems, wages and labor market effects of immigration policy, as well as social and occupational segregation and inequalities.

Figure 4: UC Davis SDG 1 Research Publications by Subject Area, 2016-2021

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. INCLUDES DATA THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021.

Figure 5: UC Davis SDG 1 Publications by Year, 2016-2020

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. ONLY COMPLETE YEARS SHOWN

Teaching According to the responses provided by faculty to the SDG surveys, 42 faculty members incorporate SDG 1 into their teaching curriculum. These faculty are primarily based in the department of Plant Sciences, followed by Sociology, Human Ecology and Economics. The course mapping exercise showed 31 courses with SDG 1 content were offered during the 2021 Spring Quarter. The highest number of courses were in Economics (9), followed by Agricultural and Resource Economics (4) and Sociology (4). The School of Medicine offered three courses with SDG 1 content. These courses are in the department of Family and Community Medicine and focus on the health care needs of poverty-level populations in nearby communities.

The UC Davis Center for Poverty & Inequality Research The mission of UC Davis Center for Poverty and Inequality Research is to focus and encourage academic research on poverty in the United States. Current research topics include labor markets and poverty, children and intergenerational transmission of poverty, the non-traditional safety net and immigration. The Center for Poverty and Inequality Research shares its knowledge through conferences, seminars, podcasts and policy briefs. Its pilot program, UC Network on Child Health, Poverty and Public Policy, aims to connect UC-wide researchers and policymakers in order to learn and improve poor children’s life chances with a multidisciplinary approach. Key Related SDGs:

Service During the VUR process, 31 service activities were identified as related to SDG 1. A significant share of these activities is focused on efforts to improve the livelihoods of small holder farmers and livestock herders in less developed countries located primarily in Africa and South Asia. UC Davis has hosted the National Tribal TANF Institute, which offers tribal-specific training in case management and leadership development to Native American social services agencies that provide support to eligible needy children and families. Other identified service activities focus on the effects of poverty on childhood development and healthcare provision for low-income populations in less developed countries and within California.

Operations In AASHE STARS, UC Davis measures the proportion of students who benefit from campus support to access basic services and other economic resources. An estimated 41 percent of UC Davis students participate in or directly benefit from the institution’s policies and programs that support low-income and non-traditional students. Students who were awarded any need-based aid have 81.3 percent of their financial need met on average. The Student Emergency Relief AID (SERA), is a student founded and led philanthropy program that was conceived to cover food, rent and other essential costs not covered by other programs to keep students on track for academic success during short-term financial crises. The UC Davis-supported Aggie Compass provides housing assistance, food and other basic necessities to low-income students. In February 2018, the UC Davis Chancellor appointed the Affordable Student Housing Task Force to review and make recommendations to improve the affordability of existing student housing options. UC Davis, as part of the UC system, participates in the UC Fair Wage/Fair Work plan, a minimum wage plan for UC employees (discussed further in SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth). The UC Davis School of Medicine has an initiative to redistribute unused medical supplies to impoverished communities within the United States and abroad, and the Food Recovery Network brings surplus food from campus dining operations to locations that will redistribute the food to local community members in need.

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience is an economics lab based at UC Davis that develops and tests financial innovations to combat poverty and food insecurity in developing economies. Funded by the U.S. government through the United States Agency for International Development, the program examines poverty in rural areas in order to empower families and communities, and particularly women and children, to share in inclusive agricultural growth. One project in particular, which concentrates on a pastoralist region in northern Kenya, is an example of how the lab’s projects contribute to multiple SDGs simultaneously. Key Related SDGs:

`SDG 2: ZERO HUNGER

Summary SDG 2 seeks to end hunger and all forms of malnutrition by 2030, through the promotion of sustainable agriculture, increased investment in rural infrastructure and agricultural research and development, and the elimination of agricultural export subsidies and other trade restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets. According to the United Nations, nearly 690 million people are hungry (about 8.9% of the world population). The World Food Programme reports that 135 million people suffer from acute hunger and the COVID-19 pandemic is increasing this number substantially. Hunger is a worldwide crisis that requires urgent action. As the top university in the nation for agricultural sciences, forestry and plant sciences, UC Davis is at the forefront of creating tangible solutions in these fields that can help end the struggles with local and global hunger. UC Davis is home to more than 60 centers and institutes that conduct research on topics related to agriculture or food systems. Among faculty who completed the SDG survey instruments, 81 indicated that they perform research related to SDG 2. Roughly the same number of faculty indicated that they teach (48) or engage in service activities (49) related to SDG 2, and a handful (6) responded that they are involved in campus operations that touch upon SDG 2. UC Davis student-led organizations and initiatives, such as the Food Recovery Network and the Pantry, are dedicated towards ending food insecurity, promoting sustainable agricultural practices and educating the campus on proper nutrition – all of which align with SDG 2.

SDG 2–related centers at UC Davis Aggie Compass Basic Needs Center

Nutrition Education Program

Agricultural Experiment Station (UCANR)

Plant Breeding Center

Agricultural Sustainability Institute

Postharvest Technology Center

Agronomy Research and Information Center

Program in International and Community Nutrition

Blum Center for Developing Economies California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System California Center for Urban Horticulture California Crop Improvement Association California Institute of Food and Agricultural Research Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance

Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture Robert Mondavi Institute Sustainable Agriculture Research And Education Program (SAREP) Seed Biotechnology Center UC Cooperative Extension (UCANR) UC Davis Coffee Center

Center for Food Animal Health

UC Davis Olive Center

Center for Aquatic Biology & Aquaculture

UC Davis Student Farm

Center for Health & Nutrition Research

University of California Agricultural Issues Center

Chile Life Sciences Innovation Center Clarity and Leadership for Environmental Awareness and Research Global Healthshare Initiative (CLEAR Initiative) Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation Center Dairy Research and Information Center Foods for Health Institute Food Loss and Waste Collaborative Food Recovery Network Foundation Plant Services Fruit and Nut Research and Information Center

University of California CalFresh Nutrition Education Program USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Assets and Market Access USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Climate Resilient Chickpea USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab Climate Resilient Millet USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture

Global Fellowships for Agricultural Development

USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center

Honey & Pollination Center

Western Institute for Food Safety & Security

Innovation Institute for Food and Health

World Food Center

Institute for Global Nutrition  * THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY DEPARTMENT OR UNIT CONTRIBUTING TO SDG 2.

Figure 6: Number of SDG 2 activities by category, self-reported

Research Between 2016 and 2021, UC Davis faculty authored more than 1,640 research publications related to SDG 2, according to SciVal. Including co-authors, more than 8,220 authors worked on these publications, and more than half of the articles were the result of international collaboration. The largest share of these publications fell in the subject area of Agricultural and Biological Sciences (35.8%), followed by Biochemistry, Genetics, Molecular Biology (12.8%), Environmental Science (12.4%) and Medicine (8.3%). Within these subject areas, the topics with the highest number of publications were related to human nutrition (severe acute malnutrition, child nutrition disorders and stunting) and crop science (pollination, insecticides and plant pathology).

Figure 7: UC Davis SDG 2 Research Publications by Subject Area, 2016-2021

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. INCLUDES DATA THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021.

Figure 8: UC Davis SDG 2 Publications by Year, 2016-2020

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. ONLY COMPLETE YEARS SHOWN

Teaching Among faculty who completed the SDG surveys, 48 indicated that they incorporate SDG 2 into their teaching curriculum. These faculty were heavily concentrated in the natural and health sciences (primarily Plant Sciences and Nutrition), followed by Human Ecology and Political Science. Faculty experts also reported that SDG 2–relevant coursework was offered by the interdisciplinary International Agricultural Development program, hosted within the department of Plant Sciences. The course mapping exercise indicated that 118 courses offered during the 2021 Spring Quarter have SDG 2 content. The highest number of courses were offered by Animal Science (14), followed by Nutrition (13), Food Science and Technology (13), Agricultural and Resource Economics (11), Viticulture and Enology (9) and Plant Sciences (8). The remaining courses were spread across departments, graduate groups and interdepartmental teaching programs, including, among others, Biotechnology, Environmental Science and Management, Food Service Management, Hydrologic Science, International Agricultural Development and Science and Society.

Service A high share of the 49 service activities identified as related to SDG 2 have to do with international consultative work, project management and other development assistance. Often performed in partnership with NGOs (non-governmental organizations), international organizations and donor agencies, these service activities were concentrated in less developed countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia. As a public land-grant university with cooperative extension services, a significant share of SDG 2related service activities was also performed within California, which is the nation’s most important agricultural region and is consistently on the leading edge of agricultural markets and technology.

The World Food Center Challenges to producing sufficient, safe and nutritious food are increasing: population growth, climate change, resource scarcity and environmental degradation are threats to economically viable food systems worldwide. The UC Davis World Food Center works in tandem with university researchers, public sector officials, civic organizations and private industry partners to create durable, innovative solutions to improve food systems in our region and beyond. In 2021, the World Food Center hosted the 2021 Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit, which was jointly planned by the World Food Center, the University of California Office of The President and the Hunger Solutions Institute at Auburn University. The World Food Center has also partnered with the United States Department of Agriculture - Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS) to convene a series of expert-to-expert (E2E) dialogues focused on USDAFAS contributions to the September 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit. Key Related SDGs:

Operations Under the UC Policy on Sustainable Practices, UC Davis aims to reach 25 percent sustainable food and beverage purchases by 2030, and as of 2019 aligns sustainability criteria with AASHE STARS. AASHE STARS considers food and beverage products with specific sustainable agriculture, sustainable seafood, fair trade or labor and humane animal care standards or certifications to be sustainably or ethically produced. UC Davis measures progress on sustainable food and beverage purchases annually 32

and began tracking plant-based food and beverage purchases in fall 2019, aligning criteria with the Culinary Institute of America’s Menus of Change program. The UC system is in the process of determining a plant-based food purchasing target. In fiscal year 2019-2020, 12 percent of the $11.2 million food budget at UC Davis was spent on sustainable food and beverage purchases, and 33 percent of the food budget was spent on plant-based purchases. Figure 9: UC Davis Sustainable and Plant-based Food and Beverage Spend

SOURCE: HTTPS://SUSTAINABILITY.UCDAVIS.EDU/GOALS/FOOD *SUSTAINABLE FOOD AND BEVERAGE CRITERIA CHANGED IN FISCAL YEAR 2019-20.

UC Davis shows its commitment to reducing food insecurity with programs that focus on food access, such as the Aggie Compass Basic Needs Center, The Pantry, the Food Access Map and the Food Recovery Network. In addition to meeting direct student need, the Aggie Compass Basic Needs Center on campus is also contributing research and programmatic findings to public health journals and conferences, and participating in UC-wide initiatives to combat student hunger and promote food security. In recent years, UC Davis has invested significant resources in developing nutrition education outreach, resulting in the creation of the Nourish program and the Healthy Beverage Initiative.

Campus dining services supports local agriculture and small-scale food producers by sourcing organic produce from the 23-acre Student Farm and sponsoring the UC Davis Farmer’s Market, making locally grown fruits and vegetables available on campus. The UC Davis 2018 Long Range Development Plan retains 2,700 acres of land for agricultural teaching and research fields; and the Foundation Seed Program, run by the Department of Plant Sciences, manages a seed bank of cultivars developed by the university and public plant breeders in order to increase supply, maintain genetic purity, and ensure certified seed of the cultivars is made available to the public.

Aggie Compass Basic Needs Center The Aggie Compass Basic Needs Center is a comfortable space for UC Davis students to build community and learn about basic needs resources, pick up fresh fruits and vegetables, receive CalFresh enrollment assistance and help finding stable housing. The Aggie Compass Basic Needs Center provides an extensive list of resources for students including: food access maps, produce guides, cooking classes, healthy low-cost recipes, free food available immediately and other resources. Key Related SDGs:

SDG 3: GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

Summary The aim of SDG 3 is to ensure health and well-being for all people. It includes a commitment to end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other communicable diseases by 2030. Another target of SDG 3 is to achieve universal health coverage and to provide access to safe and effective medicines and vaccines for all. Inequalities in healthcare access can be reduced through workforce development, education and distribution to provide appropriate levels of care when needed and by a skilled healthcare provider. The 2020-2021 COVID-19 health crisis has stalled recent progress on health measures, and the pandemic has reinforced the importance of adequate universal health coverage. The pandemic has necessitated innovation in healthcare workforce education through expansion of simulation trainings and changes to healthcare delivery using telemedicine and alternative remote care delivery systems. Through more efficient funding of health systems, improved measures for sanitation and hygiene, and increased access to healthcare services, significant progress can be made to help save the lives of millions. With two health-focused professional schools – a graduate school of nursing and a medical school – as well as several undergraduate majors and graduate emphases that concentrate on human health and wellbeing, UC Davis is doing a significant amount of work in support of SDG 3. In addition to the research being done at the two professional schools and within individual academic departments, health-relevant research is also being carried out at centers such as the Center for Health and Technology, the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, the Center for Mind and Brain, the Center for Precision Medicine, the Center for Reducing Health Disparities and the Center for Vector-borne Diseases. Many individual departments outside of the traditional health sciences also teach SDG 3–relevant coursework, ranging from Nutrition, Plant Sciences and Environmental Toxicology to Human Ecology and Psychology. Through close work with the local 35

community and in less developed countries, UC Davis also strives to share its expertise on SDG 3 beyond the university campus and in service of the public good.

SDG 3–related centers at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center Center for Health and Technology Center for Healthcare Policy and Research Center for Mind and Brain Center for Precision Medicine Center for Reducing Health Disparities Center for Vector-borne Diseases MIND Institute One Health Institute | UC Davis PREDICT School of Medicine School of Medicine Student Run Clinics School of Nursing Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety Western Institute for Food Safety and Security * THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY DEPARTMENT OR UNIT CONTRIBUTING TO SDG 3.

Figure 10: Number of SDG 3 activities by category, self-reported

Research Between 2016 and 2021, UC Davis faculty authored 6,065 research publications related to SDG 3, according to SciVal. Just under 32,450 authors worked on these publications, and about 41 percent of the articles were the result of international collaboration. The largest share of publications fell in the subject area of Medicine (38.7%), followed by Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (17.6%) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (5.6%). Within these subject areas, the topics with the highest number of publications included cancer immunotherapy drug treatments, precursors to antiinflammatory and genotoxicity regulating compounds, contraceptive procedures, and gun violence prevention.

Figure 11: UC Davis SDG 3 Research Publications by Subject Area, 2016-2021

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. INCLUDES DATA THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021.

Figure 12: UC Davis SDG 3 Publications by Year, 2016-2020

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. ONLY COMPLETE YEARS SHOWN

Teaching According to the responses provided by faculty to the SDG surveys, 65 faculty members incorporate SDG 3 into their teaching curriculum. These faculty are primarily based in the departments of Nutrition, Plant Sciences, and Human Ecology. A smaller but still significant share of faculty in the departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Economics and the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine also indicated that they taught coursework related to SDG 3. The course mapping exercise showed that 315 courses offered during the 2021 Spring Quarter have SDG 3 content. This was the highest course count for any of the 17 SDGs, and this high number is likely attributable to the presence of two large healthrelated professional schools – the UC Davis School of Medicine and the UC Davis Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, in addition to numerous health-related graduate groups and departments on the main campus. The School of Nursing offered the highest number of SDG 3-related courses (20), followed by the School of Medicine’s Department of Public Health Sciences (19), the Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior (18) and the Department of Psychology (17).

Service During the VUR process, 49 service activities were identified as related to SDG 3. Some of these service activities are focused locally and on campus, and these services are generally aimed at providing low-cost medical and counseling services to students and community members, such as the student-run volunteer clinics of the School of Medicine. A significant share of service activities take place internationally, and these are mainly focused on collaborating with governmental health ministries and training healthcare practitioners in less developed countries. The PREDICT program monitors emerging pathogens in areas at the highest risk for zoonotic disease emergence to establish a proactive approach to containing pandemics. A related service activity is the USAID One Health Workforce program, which includes training frontline workers in Africa and Southeast Asia to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

Healthy Davis Together Healthy Davis Together is a joint project between UC Davis and City of Davis to prevent and minimize the spread of COVID-19 as a community. Healthy Davis Together’s goal is for the city to gradually return to regular activities and operations, as well as bring students back to campus safely. The program offers free COVID testing, personal protective equipment, community-supported quarantine and isolation services, incentives that reward healthy practices, environmental monitoring to detect SARS-CoV-2 virus and access to vaccinations. The campus expanded the program across much of Yolo County, including to all agriculture/farm workers, as Healthy Yolo Together, a Public Health Project of UC Davis. Recently, UC Davis researchers and the City’s Department of Public Works expanded its COVID-19 monitoring system across more neighborhoods by deploying wastewater operations and adding new wastewater sampling equipment. This new wastewater testing system will allow Heathy Davis Together to detect spikes in COVID-19 and further prevent the spread with early warning signs. Key Related SDGs:

Operations The University of California launched a workgroup in early 2021 to incorporate health and well-being into the UC Policy on Sustainable Practices. The policy process will include deliberation regarding appropriate targets. UC Davis also assesses certain aspects of progress on SDG 3 through relevant AASHE STARS credits, including operations, investments, compensation, wellness programs and workplace health and safety. Beyond pandemic response activities, UC Davis provides health and counseling services, including mental health support, to students and employees, as well as health 40

education, wellness programs and work-life balance programs. UC Davis Health provides community health education resources with a commitment to helping the underserved through a clinic network and facilities throughout the Northern Sacramento Valley. All University of California campuses are Smoke and Tobacco-Free, by policy. UC Davis trains the next generation of healthcare providers at the UC Davis School of Medicine, the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing and the School of Veterinary Medicine through a lens of One Health.

Center for Reducing Health Disparities The UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities takes a multidisciplinary, collaborative approach to the inequities in health access and quality of care. This includes a comprehensive program for research, education and teaching, and community outreach and information dissemination. The center builds on UC Davis’ long history of reaching out to the most vulnerable, underserved populations in the region. A comprehensive medical interpretive services program helps overcome limitations in access for those who do not speak English. Its regional telehealth network provides a high-tech link between UC Davis physicians and smaller clinics around the state that cannot afford to maintain medical specialists on staff. Key Related SDGs:

SDG 4: QUALITY EDUCATION

Summary The focus of SDG 4 is to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all people. Major progress has been made in recent decades to ensure increased access to education, particularly for girls. However, more than 250 million children are still not enrolled in school programs, and the 2020-2021 COVID pandemic led to widespread school closures that worsened the situation. Never before have so many children been out of school at the same time, and this has disrupted learning especially among the most vulnerable and marginalized young people. Significant efforts will need to be taken to ensure that the targets of SDG 4 are met by 2030 and that all children receive quality primary and secondary educations. As an educational institution, UC Davis conducts a significant amount of work in support of SDG 4. Indeed, most of what goes on at the university can be viewed as either directly or indirectly supporting one or more of the targets of SDG 4. At the center of these SDG 4 activities is the UC Davis School of Education and its associated research, teaching and technical assistance centers, including the California Education Lab, the Center for Applied Policy in Education, the Center for Community and Citizen Science, Resourcing Excellence in Education, the Sacramento Area Science Project and Transformative Justice in Education. UC Davis work in support of SDG 4 goes beyond the campus itself, with numerous community, regional and international programs aimed at supporting vulnerable student populations. These are administered by various schools, colleges and other units across campus, including student success centers that support the recruitment and academic success of historically underrepresented groups.

SDG 4–related centers at UC Davis AB540 and Undocumented Student Center Arboretum Learning by Leading Program Article 26 Backpack California Education Lab Center for African Diaspora Student Success Center for Applied Policy in Education Center for Community and Citizen Science Center for Regional Change COSMOS Early Academic Outreach Program EnvironMentors Global Affairs: Global Education for All Guardian Professions Program MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement) MIND Institute Native American Academic Student Success Center Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Project SEED Resourcing Excellence in Education Sacramento Area Science Project STEM Strategies TANA Transformative Justice in Education Center UC Davis Center for Integrated Computer and STEM Education (C-STEM) UC Davis School of Education UC LEADS Program Veterans Success Center * THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY DEPARTMENT OR UNIT CONTRIBUTING TO SDG 4.

Figure 13: Number of SDG 4 activities by category, self-reported

Research According to SciVal, UC Davis faculty authored 387 research publications related to SDG 4 between 2016 and 2021. 1,879 authors worked on these publications, and about 20 percent of the articles were the result of international collaboration. The largest share of publications fell under Social Sciences (30.6%), followed by Medicine (14.4%), Psychology (13.6%) and Arts and Humanities (5.2%). Within these subject areas, the topics with the highest number of publications included phonological awareness and reading comprehension, dyslexia and autism, competency-based education, postsecondary education and intercultural education.

Figure 14: UC Davis SDG 4 Research Publications by Subject Area, 2016-2021

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. INCLUDES DATA THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021.

Figure 15: UC Davis SDG 4 Publications by Year, 2016-2020

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. ONLY COMPLETE YEARS SHOWN

Teaching According to the responses provided by faculty to the SDG surveys, 64 faculty members incorporate SDG 4 into their teaching curriculum. These faculty are primarily based in the School of Education and the departments of Psychology and Human Ecology. A smaller but still significant share of faculty in the departments of Chemistry, Design, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Plant Sciences also indicated that they taught coursework related to SDG 4. During the course mapping exercise, 31 courses for the 2021 Spring Quarter were identified as having SDG 4 content. All but one of these courses were offered by the School of Education. The department of Art and Art History offered one course during the 2021 Spring Quarter that was identified as including SDG 4-related coursework.

Article 26 Backpack The Article 26 Backpack is a universal human rights tool that provides academic mobility for people who may be at risk for displacement. The Backpack online tool can be used to safely restore important documents and videos, and share them with universities, scholarship agencies and potential employers. Backpack users can share their educational background, employment history, professional achievements and ambitions easily in different countries. In this way, Article 26 Backpack project aims to empower young people and promote education for all. To help with implementation, Article 26 Backpack has partnered with the American University in Beirut, local NGOs and student groups across many countries and territories, including Rwanda, Myanmar, Hong Kong and Afghanistan. Key Related SDGs:

Service During the VUR process, 50 service activities were identified as related to SDG 4. A high share of these service activities provide training and educational support resources to low-income and vulnerable student populations. These service activities include sharing with parents and teachers evidence-based learning practices for children on the autism spectrum or with other developmental disabilities, as well as efforts to provide cloud-based resources for refugees or at-risk students from across the world. Another significant area of work focuses on encouraging women and underrepresented groups to seek out majors and careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) through workshops and other educational resources. UC Davis also supports college preparation for students in the wider Northern California region and transfer students from community colleges through other programs, including the Guardian Professions Program, COSMOS, Project SEED, MESA, EnvironMentors and the Early Academic Outreach Program. Several student success centers support the academic success of students from underrepresented groups. These centers include the AB540 and Undocumented Student Center, the Center for African Diaspora Student Success, the Center for Chicanx and Latinx Academic Student Success the Native American Academic Student Success Center and the Veterans Success Center.

Operations The UC Davis Strategic Vision for Diversity & Inclusion, guided by the UC Diversity Statement and UC Davis Principles of Community, features goals and objectives that specifically focus on integrating concepts of equity (in addition to diversity and inclusion) into campus operations. Specifically, Goal 1 (Identify, attract, retain and graduate a diverse student body) and Goal 4 (Promote diversity and inclusion in research, teaching, public service and training across campus and in neighboring) address inclusive and equitable education and learning opportunities. The university’s strategic plan, To Boldly Go, emphasizes campus commitments to providing an educational experience and research contributions that contribute to a sustainable planet with Goal 1 and Goal 2. UC Davis ensures equal access to affordable and quality higher education by offering need-based aid through programs such as the Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan. At UC Davis, 52 percent of all students graduate without student loan debt, 32 percent of all entering students are from low-income families, and 82.9 percent of all students from low-income families graduate, as measured in AASHE STARS. The campus continues its efforts to serve students that have been traditionally underrepresented by making progress towards achieving federal Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) designation. UC Davis hosts several textbook affordability projects, 47

such as the UC Davis Inclusive Access program, and free and publicly accessible versions of peer-reviewed scholarly works by its employees on eScholarship. The UC Davis Campus Goals for Undergraduate Learners includes objectives to “cultivate the virtues” (ethics, responsibility, honor, tolerance, respect for others and empathy) and “develop a global perspective.” In line with these goals, UC Davis has extensive programs focused on ensuring that students acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development. In AASHE STARS, UC Davis measures programs that offer sustainability coursework. 6,280 (20.29%) UC Davis graduates are from programs that require an understanding of the concept of sustainability and 67 (64.42%) academic departments offer sustainability-related courses. UC Davis utilizes campus infrastructure and operations as living environments for multidisciplinary learning and applied research to advance sustainability on campus with projects such as the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden’s Learning by Leading program. The Grants for Advancing Sustainable Development Goals program offers up to $7,500 in funding for internationally oriented and multi-disciplinary programs, such as lectures and workshops to enhance campus connections to the SDGs. The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) program, run by a student-majority committee, offers grants up to $20,000 to students, staff and faculty to develop sustainability projects. The TGIF grant application includes questions about the connection of the proposed project to the SDGs.

Global Classrooms on SDGs In 2020, UC Davis was selected as a one of the winners of the new Universitas 21 Global Education Enhancement Fund to support the delivery and enhancement of higher education in a rapidly changing and highly interconnected world. UC Davis is the lead institution on a global classroom pilot project, partnering with Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China to create a framework for teaching the SDGs using a global classroom model that has been developed and utilized by Tecnológico de Monterrey and will be enhanced by UC Davis and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The project—administered within Global Affairs at UC Davis—focuses on a combination of virtual, hybrid and in-person collaboration. The collaboration will bring together expertise, best practices and experiences across the three universities to support faculty with teaching strategies and enable further student engagement with the SDGs. Key/Selected/Related SDGs:

Summary SDG 5 calls for the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against women, as well as universal access to sexual and reproductive health services and equal rights in terms of property ownership. It also calls for equal opportunities for participation and leadership at all levels of political and economic decision-making. Despite progress in certain areas, significant barriers remain to achieving gender equality, especially in terms of discrimination, gender based violence and full representation in decision-making structures. COVID-19 has exacerbated gender inequalities in society and violence against women. UC Davis is consistently ranked highly for its inclusiveness and diversity, including gender diversity. As of late 2020, about 61 percent of the university’s undergraduate students identify as women and about 39 percent identify as men. Among graduate students, about 55 percent identify as women and 45 percent as men, while the split among faculty is roughly 40 percent and 60 percent, respectively. UC Davis remains dedicated to building a more diverse workforce through gender equity in hiring, promotion and retention. From 2011 to 2021, the share of UC Davis faculty who identify as women has increased from 36.5 percent to 39.9 percent. During the same period, the share of non-academic staff who identify as women increased from 63.3 percent to 66 percent. Currently, about 33 percent of staff who identify as women also identify as women of color, and about 43 percent of faculty who identify as women also identify as women of color. UC Davis is a home to a vibrant interdisciplinary research and teaching program that explores gender identities, transnationally and locally. In 1981, a Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies Program was established and it has become a critical space of inquiry and learning for faculty and students. The Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies at Davis offers both an undergraduate major and minor, and it seeks

to explore issues of gender in relation to race, class, ability, ethnicity, sexuality, nation and culture in a transnational framework. The university is home to several faculty research centers, including the Feminist Research Institute, the Gender Research Cluster within the Sociology Department, the Designated Emphasis in Feminist Theory and Research and several other related graduate groups. There are also several SDG 5–related resource centers that serve the student population, including the Women's Resources and Research Center. Every year, the Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies Department and Sexuality Studies Minor hosts the Feminist, Queer and Trans Undergraduate Research Symposium to bring together undergraduate scholars to share their research.

SDG 5–related centers at UC Davis Designated Emphasis in Feminist Theory and Research Family Protection and Legal Assistance Clinic Feminist Research Institute Girls' Outdoor Adventure in Leadership and Science Gender Research Cluster Hatch Project UC Davis ADVANCE Women’s and Gender History Women's Resources and Research Center * THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY DEPARTMENT OR UNIT CONTRIBUTING TO SDG 5.

Figure 16: Number of SDG 5 activities by category, self-reported

Research According to SciVal, UC Davis faculty authored roughly 340 research publications related to SDG 5 between 2016 and 2021. Close to 1,790 authors worked on these publications, and about 27 percent of the articles were the result of international collaboration. The largest share of publications fell in the subject area of Medicine (28.3%), followed by Social Sciences (22.4%) and Psychology (11.1%). Within these subject areas, the topics with the highest number of publications were related to reproductive medicine, domestic violence, occupational segregation and wage inequality.

Figure 17: SDG 5 Research Publications by Subject Area, 2016-2021

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. INCLUDES DATA THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021.

Figure 18: SDG 5 Publications by Year, 2016-2020

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. ONLY COMPLETE YEARS SHOWN

Teaching The SDG survey instruments indicate that 40 faculty members incorporate SDG 5 into their teaching curriculum. These faculty tend to be concentrated in Psychology and Human Ecology followed by programs in the natural and health sciences (primarily Plant Sciences and Nutrition). Faculty in the creative arts (including Design, Cinema and Digital Media, Writing and Theater and Dance) also indicated that they include SDG 5– related material in their curricula. According to the course mapping exercise, 41 courses offered during the 2021 Spring Quarter have SDG 5 content. The highest number of courses were in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies (6), followed by Chicana and Chicano Studies (4) and AsianAmerican studies (4). African American and African Studies, Middle East/South Asian Studies, Human Ecology, Public Health Sciences, Religious Studies and Sociology each offered two courses with SDG 5 content.

Feminist Research Institute The Feminist Research Institute at UC Davis creates more impactful and accurate knowledge by combining a commitment to social and gender justice with contextualized methodologies. Through funding and conducting feminist research that is intersectional, inclusive, justiceoriented and transformative, FRI stewards deeply collaborative and change-oriented projects that address the roots of inequality and provide forward-looking solutions—across disciplines and between the university and communities. In 2019, FRI launched a project called Asking Different Questions: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Science, which provides STEM scholars with a commitment to justice with the intellectual tools to follow through on their values. It includes a training series that applies feminist science studies and ethnic studies research to a STEM context, designed for experts, scholars and researchers who want to use their talents to create a more just and sustainable world. Key Related SDGs:

Service Based on responses to the SDG survey instruments, 43 service activities were identified as related to SDG 5, and a high share of these activities are concerned with genderrelated inequalities in less developed countries and the attendant imbalances in health, education, nutrition, occupation choice and degree of political participation. In terms of geographical focus, these activities primarily take place in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Central- and South Asia. A significant number of service activities are related to efforts on campus and within academia to increase female representation in higher education, particularly among graduate student cohorts in areas such as the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields. A similar program aimed at young girls aged 10-12 is the STEM for Girls program, which provides students from the local area with full day experiences in the STEM fields through workshops and meeting STEM role models. Another program is Girls Outdoor Adventure in Leadership and Science (GOALS), a free summer science program for high school girls and gender expansive youth to learn science hands-on while backpacking with UC Davis and National Park scientists.

Operations As part of AASHE STARS, UC Davis regularly assesses the institution’s highest governing body, the UC Board of Regents, for representation of women and individuals who do not self-identify as men. In 2020 42.3 percent of official members were women or individuals who do not self-identify as men. At UC Davis, the Status of Women at Davis Administrative Advisory Committee (SWADAAC) is responsible for analyzing existing campus policies or programs on women’s issues and recommending necessary changes to improve the status of University of California women staff, students, and faculty. SWADAAC is charged to specifically focus on career development for women and issues related to hiring, training, promotion and retention for women at UC Davis and UC Davis Health. In 2020 SWADAAC helped improve the UC’s paid family leave policy by endorsing a proposal, which was later approved, for a new policy that will provide UC faculty and staff with eight weeks of leave at 70 percent of regular wages. The group also identified recommended action steps to focus future work on advocating for the well-being of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and transgender women on campus. In 2020, in response to California legislation, UC Davis created a Lived Name and Gender Marker Taskforce to examine campus information systems, policies, practices and professional development processes, in order to develop recommendations to address institutional gender identity inequities and align with the new laws. This was 55

followed by the formation of a campus-wide Lived Gender Marker Implementation Committee to provide oversight and a detailed plan to execute the actionable recommendations. UC Davis hosts many on-campus projects that focus on women’s issues and resources. The Harassment & Discrimination Assistance and Prevention Program educates campus communities about issues on harassment and discrimination and assists with conflicts and complaints related to sexual harassment and sexual violence. The campus requires that all staff, faculty and students complete a sexual violence prevention and education training. The Women’s Resources and Research Center offers programs on awareness, community building, and wellness, such as the Faculty and Staff Womxn of Color Group. Davis Period, the Davis campus chapter of PERIOD, advocates for the provision of free pads and tampons on campus.

Women’s Resources and Research Center The Women’s Resources and Research Center (WRRC) provides education, advocacy, resources, and opportunities for womxn, transgender, femme and nonbinary individuals to achieve gender equality and create a safe space for people of all genders in the UC Davis community. The WRRC supports academic, community building, wellness, awareness programs and events for people to connect, share space and thrive at the university. For example, Women in Science and Engineering Program (W.I.S.E.), one of its academic programs, empowers people with marginalized gender identities by pairing these students with mentors to work together and achieve their academic and professional goals. As part of the awareness program, the WRRC hosts pay negotiation workshops and launches social media campaigns to highlight pay disparity and intersectional issues for Equal Pay Day. Key Related SDGs:

SDG 6: CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION

Summary SDG 6 focuses on ensuring a clean and stable water supply and effective water sanitation for all people by the year 2030. The World Health Organization estimates that one in three people still do not have access to safe drinking water, and two out of five people lack access to a basic hand-washing facility with soap and water. Accomplishing SDG 6 by 2030 requires investments in water and sewage infrastructure, increasing water-use efficiency, and protecting and restoring water-related ecosystems to mitigate water scarcity. In addition to the work being done within academic departments and graduate groups, UC Davis is home to several centers that work on issues related to SDG 6, including the Center for Watershed Sciences, the Center for Water-Energy Efficiency, the Agricultural Sustainability Institute, the Tahoe Environmental Research Center, the UC Agricultural Issues Center and the World Water Initiative. Using the expertise and policy tools developed in response to water issues in California, UC Davis faculty, staff and students are sharing their knowledge with partners throughout the world, often through direct involvement in water and sanitation-related construction projects. By working with governments, NGOs, international partners and organizations, and local communities, UC Davis is advancing global water science and management practices and directly supporting the targets underlying SDG 6.

SDG 6–related centers at UC Davis Agricultural Sustainability Institute Aoki Water Justice Clinic Center for Water-Energy Efficiency Center for Watershed Sciences Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute The John Muir Institute UC Davis Engineers without Borders UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center UC Agricultural Issues Center World Water Initiative * THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY DEPARTMENT OR UNIT CONTRIBUTING TO SDG 6.

Figure 19: Number of SDG 6 activities by category, self-reported

Research According to SciVal, 1,079 research publications related to SDG 6 were authored by UC Davis faculty between 2015 and 2021. 4,113 authors worked on these publications, and about 45 percent of the articles were the result of international collaboration. The largest share of publications fell in the subject area of Environmental Science (35.8%), followed by Agricultural and Biological Sciences (19.4%) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (7.1%). Within these subject areas, the topics with the highest number of publications were related to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary and the delta smelt, neonicotinoid insecticides, deficit irrigation and groundwater management, and hand washing, sanitation and diarrheal disease.

Figure 20: UC Davis SDG 6 Research Publications by Subject Area, 2016-2021

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. INCLUDES DATA THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021.

Figure 21: UC Davis SDG 6 Publications by Year, 2016-2021

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. ONLY COMPLETE YEARS SHOWN

Teaching Responses to the SDG survey instruments indicate that 44 faculty members incorporate SDG 6 into their teaching curriculum. These faculty tend to be concentrated in the departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Land, Air and Water Resources, followed by the departments of Chemistry and Human Ecology. The Western Institute for Food Safety and Security and the Veterinary School’s department of Population Health and Reproduction also indicated that they engaged in teaching material related to SDG 6. The VUR team identified 28 courses with SDG 6 content that were offered during the 2021 Spring Quarter. The highest number of courses were in the department of Land, Air and Water Resources (10), followed by Civil and Environmental Engineering (5), the School of Law (4), Environmental Science and Policy (2), and Biological and Agricultural Engineering (2). The departments of Animal Science and Agricultural and Resource Economics, as well as the graduate program in Community and Regional Development and the Humanities Program each offer one course with SDG 6 content.

UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center The UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) aims to achieve and maintain healthy aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems by conducting research, advancing and sharing knowledge and developing science-informed solutions globally. For example, its Tahoe Science Center allows people to learn about the latest research findings on the lake ecosystem with interactive exhibits and tours. Additionally, the Tahoe Environmental Research Center Monthly Lecture Series provides a forum to the public to learn more about on-going research from science experts in various fields. Key Related SDGs:

Service During the VUR process, 39 UC Davis service activities were identified as related to SDG 6. Many of these activities fall into the category of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions that aim to improve health outcomes through the provision of safe water supplies and improved sanitation facilities, most often in communities in less developed countries. The identified service activities emphasize market-based development approaches and sometimes involve advising governmental or NGO actors as part of larger programs. Some of the activities are organized by the UC Davis Chapter of Engineers Without Borders, which has ongoing projects in Bolivia, Peru and Kenya. These activities involve teams of 10-20 students and usually focus on building capacity in their partner communities through educational outreach and training programs. Other SDG 6–related service activities focus on water issues in underserved communities within California and the United States. These activities tend to focus on the legal framework surrounding water infrastructure and governance. The UC Davis School of Law’s Aoki Water Justice Clinic is one such center that engages in policy advocacy, community education and legal proceedings to help ensure that vulnerable populations across the United States have adequate access to safe water and sanitation.

Operations Under the UC Policy on Sustainable Practices, UC Davis strives to reduce per capita potable water consumption by 36 percent by 2025 from a 3-year (2005-2008) averaged baseline. The Davis campus is attaining this goal, although it may become more difficult to continue to attain as the on-campus resident population grows (mainly in student housing) and irrigated campus landscape around new campus facilities and housing increases. In AASHE STARS, the campus attained full credit for having comprehensive policies, plans and guidelines for low impact design (LID), and attained 96.5 percent of possible credit for water use management efforts.

Figure 22: Davis Campus Potable Water Use, Fiscal Year 2019-20

SOURCE: OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY

The Davis campus owns and operates a wastewater treatment plant that produces tertiary-level recycled water, which the campus uses in cooling towers to reduce potable water use. New buildings are designed with high-efficiency, low water use fixtures, and facilities staff are replacing older buildings’ fixtures with more efficient ones through work orders. The campus has multiple groundwater and surface water supplies to increase resiliency, and partners with two nearby cities in the Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency to deliver high-quality drinking water to both cities and the campus. With California being subject to frequent droughts, UC Davis maintains a Drought Response Action Plan to guide campus actions to reduce water use. The campus is also a partner member of the Yolo Subbasin Groundwater Agency, formed as a broad collaborative to sustainably manage groundwater supplies.

UC Davis Engineers without Borders Engineers Without Borders (EWB) at UC Davis is a non-profit student organization established to help communities in less developed countries with their engineering needs, while involving and training internationally responsible engineering students. Collaboration with a wide variety of other disciplines is required for projects to be sustainable. In addition to engineers, the group welcomes students in agriculture, marketing, education, international development and other areas as might be demanded by the specific project. Key Related SDGs:

SDG 7: AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY

Summary SDG 7 calls for “affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all” by 2030. Significant progress has been made in expanding access to electricity in poorer countries, improving energy efficiency and shifting towards sources of renewable energy. However, close to 800 million people – mostly in sub-Saharan Africa – live without access to electricity, and hundreds of millions more only have access to very limited or unreliable sources of electricity. To meet SDG 7 by 2030, further efforts are required to increase energy efficiency, develop new clean and renewable energy sources and to expand the use of renewable energy beyond the electricity sector. UC Davis has a long history in renewable and sustainable energy development, particularly beginning in the late 1960s and then accelerating after the oil shock of 197374. Since then, UC Davis has established numerous centers that are leading the way to a low-carbon future, including the Energy and Efficiency Institute, the Institute for Transportation Studies, the California Lighting Technology Center, the Western Cooling Efficiency Center, the Center for Water-Energy Efficiency, the Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy and the Program for International Energy Technologies. Through international collaboration and advisory roles with state, national and international bodies, UC Davis goes beyond performing cutting-edge energy research and training the next generation of clean energy professionals. UC Davis experts are helping to develop low-cost, clean and efficient energy technologies worldwide, as well as address the associated economic, social and political challenges.

SDG 7–related centers at UC Davis California Lighting Technology Center Center for Water-Energy Efficiency Energy and Efficiency Institute (EEI) Institute for Transportation Studies Program for International Energy Technologies UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy UC Davis Renewable Energy Anaerobic Digester (READ) UC Davis West Village Western Cooling Efficiency Center Wild Energy * THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY DEPARTMENT OR UNIT CONTRIBUTING TO SDG 7.

Figure 23: Number of SDG 7 activities by category, self-reported

Research According to SciVal, UC Davis faculty authored 1,023 research publications related to SDG 7 between 2016 and 2021. 3,749 authors worked on these publications, and about 49 percent of the articles were the result of international collaboration. The largest share of publications fell under the subject areas of Engineering (18.1%), followed by Energy (13.6%), Environmental Science (10.9%) and Computer Science (7.9%). Within these subject areas, the topics with the highest number of publications included alternative fuel and electric battery vehicles, reflectometry and synchrotrons, methane production and anaerobic digestion, solar cells, energy crops and hydropower. According to additional input from faculty experts, UC Davis also conducts significant research into the environmental impact of energy systems.

Figure 24: UC Davis SDG 7 Research Publications by Subject Area, 2016-2021

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. INCLUDES DATA THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021.

Figure 25: SDG 7 Publications by Year, 2016-2020

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. ONLY COMPLETE YEARS SHOWN

Teaching During the VUR process, 32 faculty members indicated that they incorporate SDG 7 into their teaching curriculum. These faculty are primarily based in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chemistry and Land, Air and Water Resources. Faculty based in the Institute of Transportation Studies and the Energy and Efficiency Institute also indicated that they taught coursework related to SDG 7. Faculty experts also reported that Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering offer instruction related to SDG 7. In addition, the interdisciplinary International Agricultural Development program, hosted within the department of Plant Sciences, has had numerous students and programs in international energy over the years. During the course mapping exercise, 14 courses for the 2021 Spring Quarter were identified as having SDG 7 content. The highest number of courses was offered by the department of Materials Science and Engineering (4), followed by the Community and Regional Development program (2). The School of Law and several departments, including Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Economics and Environmental Science and Policy each offered one course related to SDG 7 during the Spring 2021 Quarter.

Service According to the survey responses provided by faculty, staff and students, UC Davis currently has 26 service activities related to SDG 7. A few of these activities take place on campus or within the local community, such as efforts by the UC Davis Food Loss and Waste Collaborative to turn local food waste biomass into a source of renewable energy or to reduce energy use in food production by developing new drying techniques. The California Lighting Technology Center has played a leading role in launching the Million LED Challenge, a state-wide partner collaboration between the University of California, California State University, California Community Colleges and the Department of General Services to deploy high-quality, high-efficacy LED lighting to students, staff, faculty, alumni and retirees. The majority of other service activities involve advising public agencies or private entities that are implementing energy and carbon reduction policies. A high share of these advisory activities take place within California, which is at the forefront of developing sustainable solutions for a future low-carbon society. These advisory efforts include those focused on environmental justice strategies for transportation, zero

emission vehicle policy, bioenergy and low carbon fuels, hydrogen energy and advanced mobility. The UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) operates statewide programs and research centers, including UC Cooperative Extension and the Agricultural Experiment Station, both of which provide service contributions throughout agriculture and related industries on topics that include energy efficiency and sustainable energy development. Some of the reported advisory roles take place at the international level. For example, faculty have advised international agencies, including the International Atomic Energy Agency, on how to design new sustainable nuclear power installations and modify existing ones to ensure a safe and reliable energy infrastructure.

UC Davis Energy and Efficiency Institute The UC Davis Energy and Efficiency Institute is a leading university program advancing energy and energy efficiency solutions. Established in 2006, the Institute has three affiliated research centers: the California Lighting Technology Center, the Western Cooling Efficiency Center and the Center for Water and Energy Efficiency. It also has strong publicprivate partnerships and collaborations with industry, government, nonprofits and university partners. With over 50 affiliated faculty, the Institute works at the nexus between energy and many related fields. The Institute is also home to one of the top energy graduate programs in the nation, providing students with the interdisciplinary training required to tackle the energy challenges of the 21st century and beyond. Key Related SDGs:

Operations The UC Policy on Sustainable Practices targets call for UC Davis to reduce campus energy use intensity (EUI) by an average of 2 percent per year; install on-site renewable electricity supplies; buy 100 percent clean electricity by 2025; and use biogas in place of at least 40 percent of natural gas use by 2025. The Energy Conservation Office has implemented energy efficiency projects for nearly two decades, helping the Davis campus use less energy today than twenty years ago, despite growth in both building area and population. Currently, the Davis campus is attaining the EUI goal and in AASHE STARS, the campus attained 85 percent of possible credit for building energy efficiency. Figure 26: UC Davis and UC Davis Health Energy Use Intensity, 2009-2020

SOURCE: OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, UCOP SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE REPORTING CYCLE, 2021

UC Davis is a higher education leader in the amount of on-site renewable energy production, with over 17 megawatts of installed solar production and an on-site biodigester. UC Davis is an integral part of helping the entire UC system rank first in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2020 Top 30 College & University Partners in the Green Power Partnership, with UC Davis contributing more than one-third of the UC’s total renewable power use. Even so, the Davis campus attained just 35 percent of the Clean and Renewable Energy credit in AASHE STARS due to high electricity and natural gas use to support a large campus with many research and healthcare facilities.

Energy efficiency and conservation actions are a primary climate action goal for UC Davis, and the Davis campus expects to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through a major infrastructure renewal project under construction called the Big Shift. This project will move the district steam heating system to lower temperature hot water heating, reducing energy and water used for heating and ultimately positioning the campus for electrification of the heating system. West Village, a public-private partnership mixed-use neighborhood on the Davis campus, aims for zero net energy and is home to many of the UC Davis centers related to energy and efficiency research.

The Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy The mission of the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy (“Policy Institute”) is to foster productive engagement between policymakers and university researchers on pressing energy and environmental issues. Building a sustainable energy and environmental future must be an “all hands on deck” effort, and the Policy Institute strives to engage a diverse set of stakeholders at the local, state, national and international levels. Given UC Davis’ unique position as the premier research university in the Sacramento region, the Policy Institute places particular emphasis on informing energy and transportation policy for the state of California. Key Related SDGs:

SDG 8: DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

Summary The focus of SDG 8 is to promote “sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.” The past 25 years have seen a dramatic decline in the number of workers living in extreme poverty. However, global growth has slowed in recent years and the emergence of the COVID19 pandemic has led to dramatic falls in global income and employment. SDG 8 aims to encourage sustained economic growth by achieving higher levels of productivity through diversification and technological innovation. It also calls for policies that encourage entrepreneurship and job creation, as well as effective measures to eradicate forced labor, slavery and human trafficking. Work on SDG 8 at UC Davis spans a multitude of academic departments and centers, including the Center for Regional Change, the Global Migration Center, the Center for Poverty and Inequality Research, the UC Agricultural Issues Center, the Center for Wine Economics, the Blum Center for Developing Economies, the Postharvest Technology Center and the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience, among others. Given the university’s history as a public land-grant university, many of these centers traditionally focused on agriculture and developed a strong track record of applied research and service aimed at improving the livelihoods of agricultural producers and workers within California and the region. In recent years, UC Davis has gained prominence internationally for generating novel business and policy solutions through the application of economic acumen backed by scientific rigor.

SDG 8–related centers at UC Davis Blum Center for Developing Economies Center for Poverty and Inequality Research Center for Regional Change Center for Wine Economics CoLaborator @ Bayer CropScience Global Migration Center Health Equity Academy - Leaders for Tomorrow's Healthcare (HEALTH) Medical Surveillance Program Postharvest Technology Center Sacramento Employment and Training Agency and UC Davis Seed Central UC Davis - HM.CLAUSE Life Sciences Innovation Center UC Agricultural Issues Center USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety * THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY DEPARTMENT OR UNIT CONTRIBUTING TO SDG 8.

Figure 27: Number of SDG 8 activities by category, self-reported

Research According to SciVal, UC Davis faculty authored 527 research publications related to SDG 8 between 2016 and 2021. 2,529 authors worked on these publications, and about 45 percent of the articles were the result of international collaboration. The largest share of publications fell under Environmental Science (17.2%), followed by Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16.3%), Social Sciences (15.3%) and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (12.4%). Within these subject areas, the topics with the highest number of publications include immigration policy and labor market effects, crop models and crop insurance, trade liberalization, climate policy, and wage inequalities and occupational segregation.

Figure 28: UC Davis SDG 8 Research Publications by Subject Area, 2016-2021

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. INCLUDES DATA THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021.

Figure 29: UC Davis SDG 8 Publications by Year, 2016-2020

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. ONLY COMPLETE YEARS SHOWN

Teaching According to the responses provided by faculty to the SDG surveys, 38 faculty members incorporate SDG 8 into their teaching curriculum. These faculty are primarily based in the departments of Human Ecology, Plant Sciences and Design. During the course mapping exercise, 190 courses for the 2021 Spring Quarter were identified as having SDG 8 content. The Graduate School of Management offered the highest number of courses (92), followed by Economics (32), Agricultural and Resource Economics (31) and the School of Law (14).

Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety The Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (WCAHS), located at UC Davis, is one of 11 agricultural health and safety centers in the U.S established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). WCAHS has an almost 30-year history of engaging agricultural communities in the Western states of Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada through innovative research and outreach. WCAHS faculty and staff conduct research on high hazard topics, including air quality, ergonomics, dairy pathogens and heat illness. Through its robust outreach program, WCAHS reaches over 3,000 individuals annually with health and safety trainings, health fairs and presentations. Recently, WCAHS led a project in collaboration with the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences to reduce farm workers’ risk of contracting COVID-19. Key Related SDGs:

Service During the VUR process, 32 service activities were identified as related to SDG 8. A significant share of these service activities were self-reported by faculty who advise small holder farmers within California and internationally, including in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Honduras, India, Lebanon, Lithuania, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda and Tanzania. As reported by these faculty, they help these farmers to adopt sustainable farming practices and to access existing markets or establish and support emerging agricultural value chains. By supporting these micro- and small- enterprises, these service activities support economic growth and job creation within rural communities abroad and within California.

Operations UC Davis investments are managed by the University of California (UC) Office of the Chief Investment Officer, guided by the UC General Endowment Pool (GEP) Investment Policy and assessed by looking at the percent of positive sustainability assessments as defined by the AASHE STARS. The UC investment policy has a sustainability objective for the Office of the Chief Investment Officer to incorporate environmental sustainability, social responsibility and governance (ESG) as part of its overall risk assessment. In 2018-2019, the UC kept 4.2 percent of the investment pool in positive sustainability investments. Positive sustainability assessments include sustainable industries, businesses selected for exemplary sustainability performance, sustainability investment funds, community development financial institutions (CDFIs), socially responsible mutual funds with positive screens and green revolving funds funded from the endowment. In May 2020, the UC announced that it had divested from all fossil fuels and surpassed its goal of investing $1 billion in clean energy projects. The UC Fair Wage/Fair Work Plan guarantees that UC employees working at least 20 hours a week are paid at least $15 per hour and requires contractors working with UC to guarantee a $15 minimum hourly compensation for their workers. In AASHE STARS, 93.06 percent of UC Davis employees receive a living wage, excluding benefits. UC Davis has a Code of Conduct for UC Davis-license products and is a member of both the Fair Labor Association (FLA) and the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC). The campus maintains an Injury and Illness Prevention program and is regularly inspected by California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal-OSHA). UC Davis is designated a Fair Trade University through Fair Trade Campaigns, a designation requiring that all campus vendors stock fair trade items and in turn, encourages the purchase of products that support humane working conditions and 78

environmentally sustainable production methods. The UC Davis campaign to become a Fair Trade University was led by the Environmental Policy and Planning Commission, an advisory board to the UC Davis student government.

Workforce Development Agreement Between Sacramento and UC Davis Starting in 2021, economically disadvantaged Sacramento residents have been able to access scholarship-funded career training offered by UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education (CPE), the workforce development arm of UC Davis. These career training opportunities are available due to a recently signed agreement between the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (SETA)/Sacramento Works and CPE, which allows access to customers enrolled in SETA’s Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act programs. The agreement focuses on teaching high-demand job skills in Business, Health Sciences, Technology, Sustainability and other fields that support the evolving needs of the region’s employers. Key Related SDGs:

SDG 9: INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Summary SDG 9 seeks to build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation. Infrastructure investment and industrialization are drivers of economic growth that spur job creation and income growth, while innovation advances the technological capabilities of industrial sectors and prompts the development of new skills. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, global manufacturing growth was steadily declining. The pandemic disrupted global supply and value chains and severely impacted manufacturing industries in the short term. Increased investment in scientific research and innovation is required to accelerate the development of manufacturing sectors in order to meet the goal by 2030, especially in less developed countries. UC Davis conducts cutting-edge interdisciplinary research in support of SDG 9 across numerous departments and within various centers, including the Institute for Transportation Studies, the Energy and Efficiency Institute , the Center for NanoMicroManufacturing, the Advanced Materials Characterization and Testing Laboratory, the Western Center for Agricultural Equipment, the UC Pavement Research Center, the Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging, the Center for Geotechnical Modeling and the Space Technology Research Institute for Deep Space Habitat Design.

SDG 9–related centers at UC Davis Advanced Materials Characterization and Testing laboratory Aggie Square Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) Center for Geotechnical Modeling Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging Center for Nano-Micro Manufacturing CoLaborator @ Bayer CropScience Energy and Efficiency Institute Institute for Transportation Studies SBDCtech @ UC Davis Venture Catalyst Space Technology Research Institute for Deep Space Habitat Design UC Davis West Village UC Pavement Research Center Western Center for Agricultural Equipment * THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY DEPARTMENT OR UNIT CONTRIBUTING TO SDG 8.

Figure 30: Number of SDG 9 activities by category, self-reported

Research According to SciVal, UC Davis faculty authored 612 research publications related to SDG 9 between 2016 and 2021. 2,422 authors worked on these publications, and about 42.8 percent of the articles were the result of international collaboration. The largest share of publications fell under Engineering (22.1%), followed by Environmental Science (13.5%), Computer Science (9.3%), Social Sciences (7.3%) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (7.1%). Within these subject areas, the topics with the highest number of publications included solid state lasers, laser cladding and selective laser melting, machine tools and sustainable manufacturing, alternative fuel and electric battery vehicles, and traveling wave tubes and slow wave structures.

Figure 31: UC Davis SDG 9 Research Publications by Subject Area, 2016-2021

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. INCLUDES DATA THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021.

Figure 32: UC Davis SDG 9 Publications by Year, 2016-2020

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. ONLY COMPLETE YEARS SHOWN

Teaching According to the responses provided by faculty to the SDG surveys, 42 faculty members incorporate SDG 9 into their teaching curriculum. These faculty are primarily based in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Plant Sciences. A smaller but still significant share of faculty in the Energy and Efficiency Institute, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Design and Human Ecology also indicated that they taught coursework related to SDG 9. During the course mapping exercise, 95 courses for the 2021 Spring Quarter were identified as having SDG 9 content. The highest number of courses were offered by Agricultural and Resource Economics (29), followed by the Graduate School of Management (18), Electrical and Computer Engineering (9), Statistics (5) and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (4).

Aggie Square Aggie Square is a $1.1 billion project located at Stockton Boulevard and Second Avenue in Sacramento, located on the UC Davis Sacramento campus. Aggie Square will create a state-of-the-art hub for research, innovation and education, co-locating university, industry and community partners. The agreement between the city of Sacramento, UC Davis and the Aggie Square developer, Wexford Science & Technology, includes inclusive economic development measures that reflect community priorities, including: creation of an affordable housing fund with a minimum of $50 million for the Stockton Boulevard corridor; prioritizing local residents for entry-level and higher-wage jobs and providing training pathways to those jobs; and improving biking, walking and transit access around the UC Davis Sacramento campus on Stockton Boulevard. The Aggie Square project will also create a community fund, where neighborhood representatives will have a voice in setting priorities for investments in their communities. Key Related SDGs:

Service During the VUR process, 39 service activities were identified as related to SDG 9. Most of these service activities involve faculty who serve in advisory roles with industry groups or local, state, national or international agencies. For example, faculty work with entities within the agricultural sector on how to minimize environmental impacts and increase resource-use efficiency in cropping systems, or how to reclaim salt-affected soils. Other faculty participate in United Nations Working Groups on such issues as nuclear power infrastructure or on how to reduce carbon dioxide emissions associated with concrete production.

Operations The UC Policy on Sustainable Practices includes a target for decarbonization of major fossil fuel-using campus infrastructure, and sets zero waste, water conservation, energy conservation, fleet vehicle and greenhouse gas emissions targets, all of which influence and impact campus physical infrastructure. UC Davis owns and operates infrastructure and systems that a medium-sized city would operate, and maintains extensive campus grounds, an arboretum and an on-campus habitat reserve, the Putah Creek Riparian Reserve. UC Davis assesses certain aspects of progress on SDG 9 through relevant AASHE STARS credits, including research, green building and transportation. To Boldly Go, the UC Davis strategic plan, shows the university’s commitment to fostering an inventive approach to developing a sustainable world with Goal 5. UC Davis has conducted planning studies for a new surface water treatment facility to bolster water supply resiliency, a next phase of the Big Shift project to convert the university’s district steam heating to hot water heating to save energy and water and reduce maintenance costs, and electrical distribution improvements that would enable more electrification of natural gas-powered infrastructure and installation of more electric vehicle charging stations. UC Davis is actively planning for and addressing resiliency challenges posed by climate change, with a newly prepared Living Landscape Adaptation Plan and a resiliency planning workshop slated for campus in October 2021. Additionally, UC Davis has developed a decision matrix for campus response to ensure worker and student safety during poor air quality events caused by wildfire smoke conditions. This specific and focused resiliency response includes plans for power outages.

Venture Catalyst UC Davis is known worldwide for its leadership in research. Each year, this research generates new technologies and inventions that are translated into commercial applications, often becoming the foundation of startup companies. In order to facilitate this process, the Office of Research established Venture Catalyst to provide campus entrepreneurs the resources and support to successfully form and grow new ventures. One program within Venture Catalyst is the Biotech Innovation Gallery (BIG) Accelerator program, which provides UC Davis-associated startups with targeted mentoring and training around IP and regulatory strategy as well as coaching on business models, market fit and investor pitches. The 4-month accelerator program culminates in the Biotech Innovation Gallery Open House, Showcase and Networking Event, coinciding with the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. The event offers a platform for UC Davis innovators to showcase their emerging biotech companies to industry experts, potential strategic partners and investors. Key Related SDGs:

SDG 10: REDUCED INEQUALITIES

Summary SDG 10 calls for reducing inequalities within and among countries. Social and economic inequalities undermine social cohesion and waste human capital and potential. By reducing inequalities in income as well as those based on age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status, countries can reinforce the social fabric and improve population wellbeing. COVID-19 has deepened existing inequalities around the world, hitting the poorest and most vulnerable communities the hardest. It has put a spotlight on social, economic and racial inequalities and fragile social safety nets that leave vulnerable communities and communities of color to bear the brunt of the crisis. At the same time, social, political, economic and racial inequalities have amplified the impacts of the pandemic. Bold steps are required to address these inequalities and to invest in policies and institutions that can help build a more inclusive society. UC Davis remains dedicated to building a more diverse workforce through hiring, promotion and retention practices, particularly from under-represented racial and ethnic populations. From 2011 to 2021, the share of UC Davis faculty who identify as nonwhite increased from 26.9 to 37.5 percent. During the same period, the share of nonacademic staff who identify as non-white increased from 45.5 to 56.3 percent. Beyond the work being done within individual academic departments and administrative units, UC Davis operates numerous centers that are addressing SDG 10 issues, including the Center for Poverty and Inequality Research, the Global Migration Center, the Center for Regional Change, the Center for Reducing Health Disparities, the UC Davis Humanities Institute, the Perinatal Origins of Disparities Center, the Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies, the Migration and Health Research Center, the LGBTQIA Resource Center, the Imagining America consortium, the Indigenous Research Center of the Americas and the Tribal Justice Project at the UC Davis School of Law. UC Davis also aims to become a leader in innovative, scalable and replicable 87

programs and research that reduce barriers, expand access and facilitate educational success of all students, faculty and staff at UC Davis and beyond, and has launched the Institute for Diversity, Equity and Advancement to facilitate research and action to further these goals.

SDG 10–related centers at UC Davis Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies Center for Poverty and Inequality Research Center for Reducing Health Disparities Center for Regional Change First Generation Advocates Imagining America consortium Indigenous Research Center of the Americas Institute for Diversity, Equity and Advancement King Hall Legal Foundation LGBTQIA Resource Center Migration and Health Research Center Perinatal Origins of Disparities Center Transformative Justice in Education Center Tribal Justice Project at the UC Davis School of Law UC Davis Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: CAMPO/CAMPSSA UC Davis Global Migration Center UC Davis Humanities Institute * THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY DEPARTMENT OR UNIT CONTRIBUTING TO SDG 1.

Figure 33: Number of SDG 10 activities by category, self-reported

Research SciVal shows that UC Davis faculty authored 685 research publications related to SDG 10 between 2016 and 2021. 2,737 authors worked on these publications, and about 23 percent of the articles were the result of international collaboration. The largest share of publications fell under Medicine (29.4%), followed by Social Sciences (23.5%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (7.9%), Psychology (6.1%) and Arts and Humanities (4.5%). Within these subject areas, the topics with the highest number of publications included immigration policy and labor market effects, deferred action and undocumented immigrants, trade liberalization, racial identity and perceived discrimination, cancer mortality and racial disparities, and immigration law and deportation.

Figure 34: UC Davis SDG 10 Research Publications by Subject Area, 2016-2021

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. INCLUDES DATA THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021.

Figure 35: UC Davis SDG 10 Publications by Year, 2016-2020

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. ONLY COMPLETE YEARS SHOWN

Teaching According to the responses provided by faculty to the SDG surveys, 48 faculty members incorporate SDG 10 into their teaching curriculum. These faculty are primarily based in the departments of Psychology, Sociology and Human Ecology. During the course mapping exercise, 97 courses for the 2021 Spring Quarter were identified as having SDG 10 content. The highest number of courses were in the School of Law (8) and African American and African Studies (8), followed by Chicana and Chicano Studies (7), the School of Education (6), Asian American Studies (6), Native American Studies (6) and Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies (4).

King Hall Legal Foundation The King Hall Legal Foundation (KHLF) is a student-run 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing equal access of underserved populations to the American legal system. The Foundation funds public interest and public service projects proposed and executed by UC Davis law students. KHLF awards all proceeds raised throughout the academic year as Summer Public Interest Grants to first and second-year law students who will perform summer legal work in the public interest sector. In order to apply for a grant, the applicant must first secure summer employment with a qualifying public interest organization. Applicants may apply for a grant for summer employment with any 501(c)(3) non-profit or government organization dedicated to serving the legal needs of underrepresented or disadvantaged population. Key Related SDGs:

Service During the VUR process, 40 service activities were identified as related to SDG 10. These service activities tend to focus on policy advocacy and dialogues, as well as service on advisory boards for NGOs, public agencies or private foundations. Areas of work include advising local school boards about issues related to special-needs education, inclusion and equity, as well as advocacy for disability rights through law reform organizations. To further discussions concerning discrimination and inequality in the United States, UC Davis Health staff have initiated a series of diversity and inclusion dialogues that provide employees and community members the opportunity to discuss critical topics concerning race, culture, gender, stereotypes, diversity and multiculturalism in a safe, caring and professional environment. The Global Migration Center supports the goals of SDG 10 by helping policymakers and the general public better understand the conditions faced by vulnerable migrants. It provides in-depth information and training to community organizations, NGOs, and policy agencies dealing with vulnerable and economically disadvantaged migrants and their integration, and with the laws and policies governing migration enforcement, detention and deportation. Similarly, the bilingual, digital project, “Humanizing Deportation,” developed by faculty affiliated with the Global Migration Center, along with a team of UC Davis graduate students and research collaborators in Mexico, has helped document the stories of hundreds of adults and children deported from the United States to Mexico. The UC Davis School of Law runs several programs related to migration, including the Immigration Law Clinic, which is one of the only clinics in the nation devoted to representing detained immigrants. The law school also provides legal support to unaccompanied immigrant minors through the Childhood Arrivals Project and to immigration detainees through the King Hall Immigration Detention Project.

communities) address equal opportunity, reduction of inequalities and the promotion of social, economic and political inclusion of all. The overall campus strategic plan, To Boldly Go, also addresses these concepts with Goal 3 (Embrace diversity, practice inclusive excellence and strive for equity). UC Davis has a diversity index rating of 0.72, based on the U.S. News 2021 Campus Ethnic Diversity ranking. According to the Campus Pride Index, an overall indicator of institutional commitment to LGBTQ-inclusive policy, UC Davis has an LGBTQ+ recognition that is above mid-level (4.5 stars out of 5). On April 27, 2021 UC Davis released a document, UC Davis Strategic Investments: DEI, which outlines investments made to reflect goals included in the UC Davis Strategic Vision for Diversity & Inclusion and To Boldly Go. One example of this is the Hispanic Serving Institution Taskforce, which is charged with making recommendations to improve the success of all UC Davis students, including Chicanx/Latinx students, and to identify reforms and resources necessary to achieve these goals. The taskforce report includes a goal of preparing and attracting a broad profile of Rising Scholars to UC Davis. In AASHE STARS, UC Davis assesses the institution’s highest governing body, the UC Board of Regents, for diverse representation including stakeholder (staff, student and faculty) and gender (women and individuals who do not self-identify as men). Currently the UC system does not have an adequate way of measuring the number of people from underrepresented groups serving as official members of the UC Board of Regents. UC Davis has a publicly posted a non-discrimination statement and offers a Harassment & Discrimination Assistance Prevention Program to help support an inclusive and diverse campus. The Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS) and the Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Social Science, Arts and Humanities (CAMPSSAH) are two initiatives at UC Davis that focus on expanding the presence of women and underrepresented faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics as well as social science, arts and humanities. The Diversity & Inclusion Education Program, a unit within the Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, offers several educational opportunities to the campus community on cultivating an inclusive and respectful environment.

CAMPOS/CAMPSSAH The UC Davis Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is committed to supporting diversity and equality through education, services and administration. This department has developed the Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science (CAMPOS), an initiative that works to expand representation and the presence of women and underrepresented faculty in STEM. The Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Social Science, Arts and Humanities (CAMPSSAH) builds on the CAMPOS mission to encompass the multicultural perspectives of academic faculty in social science, arts and humanities as well as STEM. Both of these centers promote diversity and inclusion through career advancement opportunities with networking and mentorship, fostering an inclusive and equitable environment by including integrative policies and practices, and through honing in on research to understand barriers to gender and multicultural perspectives. In 2020, Global Affairs, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Sustainability office jointly decided to reserve two Grants for Advancing Sustainable Development Goals for CAMPOS and CAMPSSAH Scholars. One other grant was reserved for a project that was clearly focused on SDG 10.3: “Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies, and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies, and action in this regard.” Key Related SDGs:

SDG 11: SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES

Summary The aim of SDG 11 is to make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. The world is becoming increasingly urbanized, and the proportion of people living in cities is projected to rise to 60 per cent by 2030. Increased urbanization has contributed to cities and metropolitan areas becoming centers of global economic growth. Today, cities account for about 60 percent of global GDP, but about 70 per cent of global carbon emissions and over 60 per cent of resource use, according to the United Nations. Rapid urbanization is also leading to housing crises. The influx of migrants to employment centers leads to populations living in substandard housing, including in overcrowded and slum conditions. It is also causing strains on inadequate and overburdened infrastructure and services, and worsening air pollution and unplanned urban sprawl. Sustainable growth will require investments in basic services and infrastructure, transportation systems and disaster preparation measures, including those precipitated by climate change. Various departments at UC Davis work on issues relating to SDG 11, including the Department of Human Ecology which houses programs of study for Community and Regional Development, Landscape Architecture and Sustainable Environmental Design. UC Davis also has numerous centers that are working to decarbonize transportation and make our cities more sustainable and resilient, including the Institute of Transportation Studies, the Center for Regional Change, the California Pavement Research Center, the Climate Adaptation Research Center, the Environmental Health Sciences Center, the Advanced Highway Maintenance and Construction Technology Research Center, the Air Quality Research Center, the California Center for Urban Horticulture, the China Center for Energy and Transportation, the Energy and Efficiency Institute and the Manufacturing and Sustainable Technologies Research Laboratory.

SDG 11–related centers at UC Davis Advanced Highway Maintenance & Construction Technology Research Center Air Quality Research Center California Center for Urban Horticulture California Pavement Research Center Center for Regional Change China Center for Energy and Transportation Climate Adaptation Research Center Energy and Efficiency Institute Environmental Health Sciences Center Institute for Transportation Studies Manufacturing and Sustainable Technologies Research Laboratory * THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY DEPARTMENT OR UNIT CONTRIBUTING TO SDG 11.

Figure 36: Number of SDG 11 activities by category, self-reported

Research UC Davis faculty authored 835 research publications related to SDG 11 between 2016 and 2021, according to SciVal. 3,490 authors worked on these publications, and about 50 percent of the articles were the result of international collaboration. The largest share of publications fell under Environmental Science (23.6%), followed by Social Sciences (13.7%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (13.2%) and Engineering (12.4%). Within these subject areas, the topics with the highest number of publications included air pollution source apportionment, urban forests and green spaces, earthquakes and soil liquefaction, and brown carbon and biomass burning.

Figure 37: UC Davis SDG 11 Research Publications by Subject Area, 2016-2021

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. INCLUDES DATA THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021.

Figure 38: UC Davis SDG 11 Publications by Year, 2016-2020

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. ONLY COMPLETE YEARS SHOWN

Teaching According to the responses provided by faculty to the SDG surveys, 47 faculty members incorporate SDG 11 into their teaching curriculum. These faculty are primarily based in Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Institute of Transportation Studies. A smaller but still significant share of faculty in the departments of Design and Human Ecology also indicated that they taught coursework related to SDG 11. During the course mapping exercise, 42 courses for the 2021 Spring Quarter were identified as having SDG 11 content. The highest number of courses are offered by Civil and Environmental Engineering (10), Human Ecology (7), Anthropology (3) and Design (3).

Institute for Transportation Studies The Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS) is one of the leading centers in the world for sustainable transportation and hosts the National Center for Sustainable Transportation, which is one of the seven national centers funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s University Transportation Program. ITS utilizes cutting-edge research to inform policy and business decisions used to influence international, national and regional initiatives on electric, automated and shared vehicles, low carbon fuels, urban mobility, bicycle use and much more. Through collaborative efforts with the Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways Program, UC Davis has been able to effectively assist governments and companies to assess energy and climate strategies. Key Related SDGs:

Service During the VUR process, 29 service activities were identified as related to SDG 11. Most of these activities involve faculty in advisory roles with NGOs and local governments to support sustainable urban development. Survey respondents 99

highlighted several areas of work, including addressing the environmental impact of urban developments through improved design processes and land-use planning, as well as through the engineering and selection of sustainable building materials with the aid of life-cycle assessments. Other respondents noted efforts to support the development of affordable housing aimed at addressing homelessness and encouraging economic and social integration of minority residents. Several faculty members also mentioned urban farming and sustainable transportation as areas of focus. UC Davis faculty co-chaired the transportation working group as part of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s (SDSN) US Deep Decarbonization Action Plan Project to support the transition of energy infrastructure throughout the country in line with carbon neutrality.

Operations The UC Policy on Sustainable Practices specifies several sustainable transportation goals related to campus fleet and commuting with a target year of 2025. UC Davis aims to have 50 percent of all light-duty fleet vehicles purchased each year be zero-emission or hybrid vehicles. In fiscal year 2019-2020, 44 percent of all new light-duty fleet vehicles were zero-emission or hybrid. The campus strives to reduce the percentage of employees and students commuting by single-occupancy vehicles (SOV) by 10 percent relative to 2015 SOV commute rates with the ultimate goal of having no more than 40 percent of employees and 30 percent of the entire campus (employees and students combined) commuting to campus by SOV by 2050. UC Davis is making progress towards this goal with 65 percent of UC Davis employees and 31 percent of the entire campus commuting by SOV as of fiscal year 2019-2020. The campus aspires to have at least 4.5 percent of commuter vehicles be zero-emission vehicles. Currently the campus estimates that 14 percent of the campus uses electric or alternative fuel vehicles and plans to survey specifically on zero-emissions vehicles in the future. UC Davis measures progress on transportation goals on an annual basis with the Campus Travel Survey. The campus promotes sustainable and affordable transportation with public transit options. The Causeway Connection is an all-electric bus service running between the Davis and Sacramento campuses. Unitrans is a student-run Davis-wide bus system that is launching electric-bus service in fall 2021. UC Davis has a unique bicycle culture and maintains a platinum certification as a Bicycle Friendly University. In addition to transportation, UC Davis participates in formal community partnerships related to resiliency planning. The Arboretum and Public Garden, Native American

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Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAAGPRA) Project and the Office of Environmental Planning all play a role in strengthening campus efforts to protect the world’s cultural and natural heritage.

Center for Regional Change The Center for Regional Change (CRC), which is housed within the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, develops action-oriented research through collaborative efforts to unite faculty and students to build prosperous and sustainable regions throughout California and the world. The CRC supports the Environmental Justice Research Initiative, a field study that addresses the inequitable distribution of hazards within the environment and its impact on lowincome communities. Using a collaborative research approach, the CRC’s Environmental Justice Research Initiative helps inform public policy, support community self-empowerment, and improve conditions for people who are most affected by environmental harm. Key Related SDGs:

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Summary SDG 12 emphasizes responsible consumption and production, which are instrumental for achieving economic, social and environmental objectives while decoupling economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions. Failure to do so means that economic and social progress will continue to be accompanied by a degree of environmental degradation that endangers the systems upon which human development and survival depend. Successfully implementing the goals of SDG 12 will require improvements in resource efficiency, consideration of the entire life cycle of economic activities and active engagement in multilateral environmental agreements. SDG 12 is supported by the work of various UC Davis departments and centers, including the Agricultural Sustainability Institute, the California Institute of Food and Agricultural Research, the Manufacturing and Sustainable Technologies Research Laboratory, the Plant Breeding Center, the Institute for Global Nutrition, the World Food Center, the Seed Biotechnology Center, the UC Agricultural Issues Center, the UC Postharvest Technology Center, the USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture and the Food Loss and Waste Collaborative.

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SDG 12–related centers at UC Davis Agricultural Sustainability Institute California Institute of Food and Agricultural Research Drink Tahoe Tap Food Loss and Waste Collaborative Institute for Global Nutrition Manufacturing and Sustainable Technologies Research Laboratory Plant Breeding Center Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility Seed Biotechnology Center UC Agricultural Issues Center UC Davis Renewable Energy Anaerobic Digester UC Postharvest Technology Center USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture World Food Center * THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY DEPARTMENT OR UNIT CONTRIBUTING TO SDG 12.

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Figure 39: Number of SDG 12 activities by category, self-reported

Research According to SciVal, UC Davis faculty authored 463 research publications related to SDG 12 between 2016 and 2021. 2,377 authors worked on these publications, and about 42 percent of the articles were the result of international collaboration. The largest share of publications fell under Environmental Science (24.6%), followed by Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18.8%), Engineering (11.4%) and Social Sciences (7.8%). Within these subject areas, the topics with the highest number of publications included sludge composting and pig manure, alternative fuels and electric battery vehicles, soil solarization and fungal plant pathogens, methane production and anaerobic digestion, and food loss and waste prevention.

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Figure 40: UC Davis SDG 12 Research Publications by Subject Area, 2016-2021

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. INCLUDES DATA THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021.

Figure 41: UC Davis SDG 12 Publications by Year, 2016-2020

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. ONLY COMPLETE YEARS SHOWN

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Teaching According to the responses provided by faculty to the SDG surveys, 53 faculty members incorporate SDG 12 into their teaching curriculum. These faculty are primarily based in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Plant Sciences. Faculty in Design, Chemistry, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Nutrition also indicated that they taught coursework related to SDG 12. During the course mapping exercise, 12 courses for the 2021 Spring Quarter were identified as having SDG 12 content. Environmental Science and Policy accounted for three of these courses. Other departments offering SDG 12–related coursework include Agricultural and Resource Economics, Design, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Plant Sciences.

UC Davis Renewable Energy Anaerobic Digester In April 2014, UC Davis officially opened the Renewable Energy Anaerobic Digester (READ), a waste-to-energy facility located at the former UC Davis campus landfill. The READ facility is designed to process up to 50 tons of organic waste per day. The facility produces biogas which is burned locally in campus boilers for process and space heating needs. As of 2021, the digester is fed by the Davis campus’ pre-consumer food waste and food waste from Raley’s supermarket stores and other external customers. Production is about one-third of total design capacity – with nearly 17 tons of organic waste going into the digester daily, and about 13,300 MMBtu of biogas being produced annually. When the nitrogen fertilizer production is operational, it is expected to produce about 50,000 pounds of fertilizer a year. Key Related SDGs:

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Service During the VUR process, 39 service activities were identified as related to SDG 12. Most of these service activities focus on agriculture and emphasize reducing food waste, minimizing other resource inputs or on finding effective ways to reuse waste streams. For example, the UC Postharvest Technology Center works with producers to minimize postharvest losses and improve the quality, safety and marketability of fresh horticultural products, while the Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility is exploring how to turn agricultural, urban and industrial wastes into fertilizers and other soil amendments. The Food Loss and Waste Collaborative attempts to turn food waste into renewable energy and a nutrient rich soil amendment.

Operations The UC Policy on Sustainable Practices goals call for UC Davis to reach zero waste (a minimum 90 percent diversion of municipal solid waste from landfill) as soon as possible and to lower per capita waste reduction by 25 percent from fiscal year 2015-2016 levels by 2025. While UC Davis still has progress to make on reaching zero waste, the campus is making strides towards reducing per capita waste reduction as evidenced by the graph below. UC Davis focuses first on waste reduction and reuse to help meet zero waste goals. Campus food operations regularly conduct waste audits, sorting through edible and non-edible food waste, to gather data on consumer food waste. As a renowned veterinary and agricultural research university with many animals on campus, UC Davis washes and reuses gravel for animal bedding on campus, preventing 567 tons of waste from entering the landfill in fiscal year 2018-2019. Aggie Surplus facilitates the reuse and resale of campus surplus equipment and supplies for campus faculty and staff members.

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Figure 42: UC Davis Waste Generated Per Capita by Fiscal Year

SOURCE: OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, UC ANNUAL REPORT ON SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES

The UC Policy on Sustainable Practices also calls for UC Davis to increase green spend on electronics and indoor office furniture by 25 percent each and on cleaning supplies by 75 percent. The campus is currently meeting its electronic and indoor office furniture green spend goals with 79 percent and 93 percent green spend, respectively in fiscal year 2019-2020. The campus is still working towards green cleaning purchase goals with a green spend of 59 percent during the same year. Green spend for various categories is outlined in the UC Sustainable Procurement Guidelines. UC Davis Supply Chain Management practices Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) to procure products and services with a reduced or minimal environmental impact as compared to other products or services that serve the same purpose. The campuses online purchasing system, Aggie Buy, allows departments to filter search results for sustainable options.

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Drink Tahoe Tap Tahoe organizations, the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center and Raley’s supermarkets in Incline Village started a partnership to help reduce plastic waste. Raley’s is selling Drink Tahoe Tap reusable water bottles, with a goal of encouraging its customers to fill the bottles at Drink Tahoe Tap stations throughout the Tahoe Basin. The Drink Tahoe Tap initiative was designed to reduce the use of single-use plastics and increase accessibility to drinking water filling stations throughout the region. Key Related SDGs:

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Summary SDG 13 calls for urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. Anthropogenic global warming is now affecting every country on every continent, and 2019 was the second warmest year on record and the end of the warmest decade (2010- 2019) ever recorded. Global warming is leading to changes in weather patterns, rising sea levels and extreme weather events that all threaten to radically disrupt life on our planet. These impacts are already being experienced by vulnerable populations such as indigenous peoples, members of racial and ethnic minority groups, immigrants, the elderly and disabled people. This creates a situation of climate injustice. To meet the targets of SDG 13, the world must invest in sustainable and equitable solutions to transform its energy, industry, transport, agriculture and forestry systems to attempt to limit a rise in global temperatures, and promote climate adaptation, especially for disadvantaged populations and places. UC Davis is supporting SDG 13 through various efforts to mitigate and adapt to anthropogenic global warming. This includes work being performed at numerous centers, including the John Muir Institute of the Environment, the Air Quality Research Center, the Institute of Transportation Studies and many others. Linking many of these centers together is the One Climate initiative, a unique, interconnected and holistic approach to global climate change that seeks to catalyze a powerful, diverse nexus of change-makers—integrating across disciplines and with partners in industry, government, NGOs and communities to scale solutions. Recognizing climate change as a “threat multiplier” and with a focus towards human health and environmental justice, the One Climate initiative aims to create a new model for how research institutions partner with stakeholders in the future. Current projects under the One Climate initiative include a state of the art carbon farming consortium, high-impact research and outreach and the development of new technologies and climate policy created through its collaborative approach.

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SDG 13–related centers at UC Davis Agricultural Sustainability Institute Air Quality Research Center California Center for Urban Horticulture California Environmental Law & Policy Center California Lighting Technology Center Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior Center for Health and the Environment Center for Regional Change Center for Watershed Sciences Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute Energy and Efficiency Institute Environmental Health Sciences Center Indigenous Research Center of the Americas Institute of Transportation Studies John Muir Institute of the Environment Oiled Wildlife Care Network One Climate One Health Institute Planetary Health Center of Expertise Plant Breeding Center Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy Road Ecology Center SeaDoc Society Seed Biotechnology Center Tahoe Environmental Research Center UC Agricultural Issues Center UC Global Health Institute’s Center of Expertise on Planetary Health USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience Western Cooling Efficiency Center * THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY DEPARTMENT OR UNIT CONTRIBUTING TO SDG 13.

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Figure 43: Number of SDG 13 activities by category, self-reported

Research UC Davis faculty authored 1,214 research publications related to SDG 13 between 2016 and 2021, according to SciVal. 6,252 authors worked on these publications, and about half of the articles were the result of international collaboration. The largest share of publications fell under Environmental Science (25.4%), followed by Agricultural and Biological Sciences (21.3%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (8.2%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7.3%) and Social Sciences (6.1%). Within these subject areas, the topics with the highest number of publications included biogeography and maximum entropy, rumen fermentation and methane emissions, nitrification inhibitors and nitrous oxide production, alternative fuels and electric battery vehicles, and general circulation climate models.

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Figure 44: UC Davis SDG 13 Research Publications by Subject Area, 2016-2021

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. INCLUDES DATA THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021.

Figure 45: UC Davis SDG 13 Publications by Year, 2016-2020

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. ONLY COMPLETE YEARS SHOWN

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Teaching According to the responses provided by faculty to the SDG surveys, 60 faculty members incorporate SDG 13 into their teaching curriculum. These faculty are primarily based in the departments of Land, Air and Water Resources, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Plant Sciences. A smaller, but still significant share of faculty in Human Ecology, Design, Agricultural and Resource Economics and the School of Veterinary Medicine’s department of Population Health and Reproduction also indicated that they taught coursework related to SDG 13. During the course mapping exercise, 48 courses for the 2021 Spring Quarter were identified as having SDG 13 content. The highest number of courses were in Environmental Science and Policy (7), followed by Entomology and Nematology (6), Civil and Environmental Engineering (4), Atmospheric Science (4) and Plant Sciences (4). The School of Law and the graduate program of Environmental Policy and Management each also offered four courses with SDG 13 content during the 2021 Spring Quarter.

John Muir Institute of the Environment The John Muir Institute takes an interdisciplinary approach to confront the issues of diminishing natural resource supplies, environmental degradation, climate change, pollution and more. The Muir Institute develops innovative solutions to solve pressing issues through research, outreach and education. Some of these programs include the Center for Health and the Environment, the Center for Watershed Sciences, the Working Lands Innovation Center, and the Muir Scholars Program. Key Related SDGs:

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Service During the VUR process, 43 service activities were identified as related to SDG 13. Most of these activities involve working on university committees or serving in advisory roles with NGOs or policymakers. Several faculty members used conferences, training workshops, and outreach activities to educate and inform planning and regulations for air quality and climate change at the state, national and international levels. Faculty from the School of Medicine mention using public and policy engagement opportunities to highlight existing social inequities in global-to-local health and access to healthcare that are expected to be amplified by climate change-related stressors. The Center for Regional Change frequently convenes stakeholders in the Sacramento region on pressing issues of environmental justice and climate change that are important to those communities. In response to cases of extreme heat in the Western United States, the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety provides trainings and resources for the farming community to deal with heat illness. UC Davis centers and faculty working on SDG 13 play a leading role in informing California agencies on environmental and climate-related policies.

Operations The UC Policy on Sustainable Practices targets call for UC Davis to reach 1990 levels of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, and to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions for business operations by 2025, and for commuting and business air travel no later than 2050. These targets together are collectively referred to as the UC Carbon Neutrality Initiative. In AASHE STARS, there are many credits pegged as having a connection to SDG 13, including emissions inventories and GHG reduction. UC Davis prepares an annual inventory of greenhouse gas emissions and maintains a climate action plan using scenario modeling of portfolios of actions. Before the pandemic, UC Davis was close to reaching the 2020 goal of 1990 levels of GHG emissions. With the pandemic drastically changing commuting and business air travel patterns, as well as modestly reducing energy use in buildings, UC Davis projects achieving the 2020 goal, though the full 2020 GHG inventory has not yet completed its independent, external verification. UC Davis is the first (and only) UC campus to also inventory its nitrogen footprint.

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Figure 46: Results from Annual GHG Inventory, UC Davis campus and locations, 20072019

SOURCE: OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY

Climate action at UC Davis starts with reducing the sources of GHGs through energy efficiency projects, green buildings, renewable energy, personal actions (e.g. energy conservation, commuting choice and waste reduction, etc.) and infrastructure changes (such as expanding compost collection capacity and shifting district steam heating). To reach carbon neutrality, remaining GHG emissions will be mitigated with carbon offset credits through the UC Carbon Offsets Project that seeks high quality offsets in the voluntary market, and UC-initiated offsets projects from UC research. The UC Carbon Offsets Project also seeks to develop a replicable strategy for other institutions.

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Air Quality Research Center The Air Quality Research Center’s (AQRC) mission is to facilitate research on the scientific, engineering, health, social and economic aspects of gaseous and particulate atmospheric pollutants. Air pollution research and education at UC Davis focus on urban and regional smog, indoor air quality, global climate change, health and environmental effects and intermedia transfers. Many departments, laboratories, faculty, staff and students are employed solving these air pollution problems in the service of industry, state and federal governments and non-profit organizations. Key Related SDGs:

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SDG 14: LIFE BELOW WATER

Summary The aim of SDG 14 is to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. Human activities continue to threaten the health of the world's oceans through pollution, resource depletion, acidification and climate change. Sustainably managed oceans and marine biodiversity are critical to the health of people and our planet. To meet the goals of SDG 14, coastal and marine protected areas need to be effectively managed, habitats need to be restored and regulations need to be put in place to reduce overfishing and marine pollution – in addition to reducing emissions that drive acidification and climate change. The UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory is the primary open-coast research facility along the northern California coast and sits at the epicenter of one of four major coastal upwelling regions in the world – areas of extreme biological productivity – that are rich for research discoveries. The Bodega Marine Laboratory is part of the broader community of scholars in the Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute. These researchers are distributed across many departments and other centers whose work supports SDG 14 including the Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center, the Oiled Wildlife Care Network, the Marine Ecosystem Health Laboratory and the SeaDoc Society.

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SDG 14–related centers at UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute (includes Bodega Marine Laboratory) California Lost Fishing Gear Project Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center Marine Ecosystem Health Diagnostic & Surveillance Laboratory Oiled Wildlife Care Network SeaDoc Society Sustainable Oceans NSF Research Traineeship Program * THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY DEPARTMENT OR UNIT CONTRIBUTING TO SDG 14.

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Figure 47: Number of SDG 14 activities by category, self-reported

Research According to SciVal, UC Davis faculty authored 720 research publications related to SDG 14 between 2016 and 2021. 3,433 authors worked on these publications, and about 44 percent of the articles were the result of international collaboration. The largest share of publications fell under Agricultural and Biological Sciences (33.7%), followed by Environmental Science (23.3%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (9.8%) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8.2%). Within these subject areas, the topics with the highest number of publications included damselfish, sea urchins and ocean acidification, microplastics and marine debris, marine protected areas, seagrasses, thermoclines and planktonic foraminifera, and cyanobacterial toxins and microcystins. According to additional input from faculty experts, UC Davis also conducts SDG 14–relevant research on topics that include marine mammals, oceanography, shoreline ecology and wetland restoration.

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Figure 48: UC Davis SDG 14 Research Publications by Subject Area, 2016-2021

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. INCLUDES DATA THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021.

Figure 49: UC Davis SDG 14 Publications by Year, 2016-2020

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. ONLY COMPLETE YEARS SHOWN

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Teaching According to the responses provided by faculty to the SDG surveys, 26 faculty members incorporate SDG 14 into their teaching curriculum. These faculty are primarily associated with the Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute. Faculty respondents also reported that they are based in the Chemistry department and the School of Veterinary Medicine, including the school’s’ Department of Medicine and Epidemiology. A smaller, but still significant share of faculty in the departments of Environmental Science and Policy, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology also indicated that they taught coursework related to SDG 14. According to additional input from faculty experts, faculty based in the Department of Evolution and Ecology and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences also offer coursework related to SDG 14. During the course mapping exercise, 19 courses for the 2021 Spring Quarter were identified as having SDG 14 content. The highest number of courses were in Earth and Planetary Sciences (5), followed by Environmental Science and Policy (3), the Population Biology graduate group (3) and Evolution and Ecology (2). A core contribution towards SDG 14 is the recent creation of the undergraduate Marine and Coastal Science major at UC Davis and the graduate Sustainable Oceans curriculum.

Service During the VUR process, 24 service activities were identified as related to SDG 14. Some of these service activities relate to serving on university committees or task forces, but most concern advisory roles with NGOs, or state, national and international governmental agencies. Faculty indicated that they advise agencies on the management of fisheries, on wetland restoration, on marine protected areas, on the effects of pollution and climate change, on management of freshwater flows to estuaries and ocean and on environmental shocks from invasive species introductions and disease spread. Other service activities include outreach programs in marine science and policy aimed at educating future leaders, policymakers and stakeholders throughout the state and nation.

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SeaDoc Society The mission of the SeaDoc Society is to ensure the health of marine wildlife and their ecosystems through science and education. The society strives to find science-based solutions for marine wildlife in the Salish Sea through a multi-species approach. The SeaDoc Society conducts and sponsors ground-breaking marine research to uncover the environmental factors threatening to unravel the web of life in the Salish Sea and surrounding watersheds. One of SeaDoc’s unique strengths is translating science into action. SeaDoc acts as a catalyst, bringing together interested parties to share information, forge common understandings and design region-wide solutions. SeaDoc is a program of the Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Key Related SDGs:

Operations UC Davis is located inland, with the exception of the Bodega Marine Laboratory, which is a 326-acre research and teaching reserve, located on the UC’s Natural Reserve System, and consists of various protected coastal habitats. However, single-use plastics and landscape management practices can have downstream effects on marine environments. The UC Policy on Sustainable Practices calls for UC Davis to reduce single-use plastics by eliminating plastic bags and replacing disposable single-use plastic food ware with reusables or locally compostable alternatives in all retail, foodservice and to-go operations. Due to the phased approach of the policy, 2021 is the first year for initial objectives to go into effect. The policy also aims to phase out the sale of single-use plastic beverage bottles by 2023. The ban on single-use plastics is intended to reduce the overall use of plastics on campus which may contribute to reducing marine plastic pollution. Under the UC Policy on Sustainable Practices and in AASHE STARS, UC Davis measures sustainable food purchases (discussed further in SDG 2: Zero Hunger) including sustainable seafood in order to support restorative fishing practices. 123

On the Davis campus, landscape management is measured in AASHE STARS. The campus achieved 47 percent of possible credit for landscape management, which outlines the campus’s approach to hydrology and water use. Campus efforts to sustainably manage water use are guided by the Long Range Development Plan, which contains objectives to preserve ecosystem health, promote urban ecology, and conserve biodiversity. UC Davis has prepared and maintains both a Stormwater Management Plan and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan. The Campus Design Guide lays out a set of design and construction measures to reduce post-construction storm water runoff volume and manage construction impacts on storm water quality. Additional water conservation efforts are introduced in SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation.

Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute UC Davis launched the Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute (CMSI) in 2013 as a comprehensive unit to coordinate and catalyze the research, educational and outreach programs in marine science and policy on the main campus and Bodega Marine Laboratory. CMSI leverages (1) UC Davis’ physical presence near one of the most productive and economically valuable marine ecosystems in the world; (2) a world-class marine research and educational center (the Bodega Marine Laboratory) and natural reserve (Bodega Marine Reserve) at the epicenter of this ecosystem; and (3) proximity to Sacramento, the decision making hub of the state, and proximal to engagement with policymakers and stakeholders throughout the state and nation. CMSI also operates ISOpods: Inquiry-based Science Outreach Pods, a hands-on, active learning program for teaching marine science in K-12 classrooms. Key Related SDGs:

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SDG 15: LIFE ON LAND

Summary SDG 15 calls for urgent and meaningful action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, to halt the loss of biodiversity and to protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species. Desertification and deforestation – exacerbated by global warming – have led to devastating losses in biodiversity and threatened the extinction of millions of species of plants and animals. The health of our ecosystem is also critical to the livelihoods of millions of people because it regulates our weather patterns, pollinates our crops, and produces our food, feed and fiber. Achieving the targets of SDG 15 will require significant investments in land-use planning, management and restoration in order to mitigate impacts on ecosystems and natural resources. In addition to housing a school of Veterinary Medicine that conducts a significant amount of work in support of SDG 15, UC Davis also has a multitude of centers that support the goal, including the John Muir Institute of the Environment, the One Health Institute, the California National Primate Research Center, the Center for Companion Animal Health, the Center for Animal Welfare, the California Raptor Center, the Plant Breeding Center, the Center for Regional Change, the California Center for Urban Horticulture and the Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center.

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SDG 15–related centers at UC Davis California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System California Center for Urban Horticulture California National Primate Research Center California Raptor Center Center for Animal Welfare Center for Companion Animal Health Center for Equine Health Center for Regional Change Gorilla Doctors HALI Project John Muir Institute of the Environment Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center Koret Shelter Medicine Program Mercer Clinic for Pets of the Homeless Plant Breeding Center Small Animal Clinic Ophthalmology Service UC Davis Veterinary Medicine: The One Health Institute UCGHI Planetary Health Center of Expertise Veterinary Emergency Response Team Zoological Medicine Service * THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY DEPARTMENT OR UNIT CONTRIBUTING TO SDG 15.

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Figure 50: Number of SDG 15 activities by category, self-reported

Research UC Davis faculty authored 1,459 research publications related to SDG 15 between 2016 and 2021, according to SciVal. 6,808 authors worked on these publications, and about 46 percent of the articles were the result of international collaboration. The largest share of publications fell under the subject areas of Agricultural and Biological Sciences (39.2%), followed by Environmental Science (27.5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8.9%) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (2.8%). Within these subject areas, the topics with the highest number of publications included the San Joaquin River and the delta smelt, invasive plant species, biogeography and maximum entropy, fuel treatments for ponderosa pine, and salt marshes, cordgrass and sea level rise.

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Figure 51: UC Davis SDG 15 Research Publications by Subject Area, 2016-2021

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. INCLUDES DATA THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021.

Figure 52: UC Davis SDG 15 Publications by Year, 2016-2020

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. ONLY COMPLETE YEARS SHOWN

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Teaching Responses provided by faculty to the SDG surveys indicate that 26 faculty members incorporate SDG 15 into their teaching curriculum. These faculty are primarily based in Plant Sciences, Land, Air and Water Resources, Nutrition and Chemistry. According to additional input provided by faculty experts, various departments within the School of Veterinary Medicine also integrate SDG 15 into their teaching curriculum. During the course mapping exercise, 178 courses for the 2021 Spring Quarter were identified as having SDG 15 content. The highest number of courses are offered by the School of Veterinary Medicine (64), followed by Entomology and Nematology (12), Plant Sciences (11), Plant Biology (8) and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics (7).

The One Health Institute The UC Davis One Health Institute fosters collaboration among agricultural scientists, educators, public health professionals, veterinarians and more in order to address the threat to people, wildlife, and the environment. The Institute takes an integrative approach to yield health benefits on a global scale through various programs, centers and projects. One Health recognizes the connection between the health of animals, people and the environment, and how the conditions of each of these can create cultural, economic and physical impacts. The One Health Institute runs a number of programs, including the PREDICT program, which monitors emerging pathogens in areas at the highest risk for zoonotic disease emergence to establish a proactive approach to containing pandemics. Another program is the USAID One Health Workforce program, which includes training frontline workers in Africa and Southeast Asia to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Key Related SDGs:

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Service During the VUR process, 31 service activities were identified as related to SDG 15. Faculty reported advising state, national and international policymakers on ecosystembased management, including measures to reduce pollution and preserve biodiversity. Faculty also work with land managers who oversee parks, ranches and farms to develop sustainable ecosystem management and restoration plans for various conditions, including increased fire risks from climate change. Other faculty reported serving on committees at local zoos and acting as veterinary advisors for species survival plans for endangered species. While performing clinical duties at the zoo, they also engage the public to illustrate important principles of species and ecosystem conservation.

Operations UC Davis assesses progress on certain aspects of SDG 15 through relevant AASHE STARS credits, including landscape management, biodiversity and office paper purchasing (as relates to sustainable forestry/wood products sourcing). The campus attained 47 percent of possible credit in AASHE STARS for more sustainable landscape management practices, including land areas managed organically, or in accordance with an Integrated Pest Management program; attained full credit for managing land areas with biodiversity importance, and attained 50 percent of possible credit for purchase quantities of office paper with high quantities of post-consumer content and sustainable sourcing, which has a connection to sustainable forestry practices. Among the many sustainable land management practices at UC Davis is a natural habitat program, comprised of the Putah Creek Riparian Reserve and the Russell Ranch Habitat Area, totaling about 700 acres (together they equal 13.2% of the land holdings of UC Davis). These two areas include preserved and restored lands and permit research and teaching uses, as well as public access to the Putah Creek Riparian Reserve. In addition, they help sequester carbon. Almost all (93 percent) of the UC Davis Student Farm is certified organic, and the uncertified land area of the Student Farm is managed with sustainable practices. The UC Davis Arboretum has run field research and testing to identify 100 “Arboretum All-Stars” – plants that are easy to grow, drought-tolerant and support native pollinator species. Campus planning has prepared a 70-year plan, the Living Landscape Adaptation Plan, to transition the Davis campus to a climate-change adaptive landscape.

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UC Davis Arboretum The UC Davis Arboretum was founded in 1936 to support teaching and research at the University of California. The Arboretum occupies 100 acres along the banks of the old north channel of Putah Creek, in California's Central Valley. The collections include 22,000 trees and plants adapted to a Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters. The plants are arranged in a series of gardens that represent different geographic areas, plant groups or horticultural themes. One of the major initiatives is the Learning by Leading internship program, which offers quarter-long and school year-long internships in which students gain leadership experience addressing a variety of environmental sustainability, restoration and literacy issues by working in teams to solve real-world problems in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. Another initiative is Nature Rx, which is about fulfilling a prescription (Rx) for better physical, mental and social lives. Within the Nature Rx webpages, the Arboretum shares many ways for the community to take advantage of the resources — both digital and physical — provided by the Arboretum and Public Garden and other campus departments. Key Related SDGs:

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Summary SDG 16 is about promoting just, peaceful and inclusive societies, ensuring access to justice and building efficient and responsible institutions. Individual targets under SDG 16 emphasize reducing all forms of violence, ending the exploitation, human trafficking and torture of children, promoting the rule of law and guaranteeing access to equal justice for all. It also calls for tackling corruption and bribery and reducing illicit financial and arms flows. Weak institutions, insecurity, conflict and limited access to justice continue to threaten the underpinnings of sustainable development. SDG 16, by addressing issues of peace, human rights and effective governance, plays a crucial role in advancing the 17 SDGs in all countries. Outside of academic departments and administrative units, UC Davis has a number of centers that work to support SDG 16, including the UC Davis Global Migration Center, Humanities Institute, Center for Regional Change, UC Davis Center for Advocacy Resources and Education and the School of Law’s clinics for Civil Rights, Immigration Law and Family Protection and Legal Assistance.

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SDG 16–related centers at UC Davis Aoki Water Justice Clinic Article 26 backpack Center for Advocacy Resources and Education Center for Regional Change Civil Rights Clinic Family Protection and Legal Assistance Clinic Global Migration Center Humanitarian Aid Legal Organization Humanities Institute Indigenous Research Center of the Americas Immigration Law Clinic Violence Prevention Research Program Washington Program * THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERY DEPARTMENT OR UNIT CONTRIBUTING TO SDG 16.

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Figure 53: Number of SDG 16 activities by category, self-reported

Research SciVal shows that UC Davis faculty authored 488 research publications related to SDG 16 between 2016 and 2021. 2,070 authors worked on these publications, and about 25 percent of the articles were the result of international collaboration. The largest share of publications fell under the subject areas of Medicine (28.4%), followed by Social Sciences (26.5%), Psychology (12.4%), Environmental Science (7.7%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (4.8%) and Arts and Humanities (4.8%). Within these subject areas, the topics with the highest number of publications included gun violence, domestic violence, maltreatment of children and child sexual abuse, socio-ecological systems, victims of crime and cyberbullying, and partisanship and political participation.

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Figure 54: UC Davis SDG 16 Research Publications by Subject Area, 2016-2021

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. INCLUDES DATA THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021.

Figure 55: UC Davis SDG 16 Publications by Year, 2016-2020

SOURCE: SCIVAL, 2021. ONLY COMPLETE YEARS SHOWN

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Teaching According to the responses provided by faculty to the SDG surveys, 36 faculty members incorporate SDG 16 into their teaching curriculum. These faculty are primarily based in the departments of Human Ecology and Psychology. A smaller but still significant share of faculty in the department of Design indicated that they taught coursework related to SDG 16. Human Rights Studies is the newest interdepartmental program at UC Davis and the first of its kind in the University of California system. The program addresses such topics as humanitarianism, environmental justice, genocide, mass sexual and gender-based violence, refugee studies, memory studies and post-conflict transitional justice. During the course mapping exercise, 125 courses for the 2021 Spring Quarter were identified as having SDG 16 content. The highest number of courses are offered by the School of Law (29), followed by Political Science (21), Sociology (13), Chicana and Chicano Studies (9), African American and African Studies (8), History (6) and the interdepartmental program in Human Rights (6).

Service During the VUR process, 30 service activities were identified as related to SDG 16. These service activities mainly involve consulting or advising positions with state, national and international institutions on civil and human rights issues. Areas of focus include the rights for people with disabilities in signatory countries under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the rights of refugees and displaced people to access education under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Other service activities include public outreach and education efforts, such as the Humanities Institute’s annual Human Rights Film Festival that features stories from around the world. The UC Davis Law School has a long tradition of clinics to provide legal services without charge to indigent persons, particularly client groups that have traditionally lacked significant legal representation such as noncitizens and victims of domestic violence. The Clinical Legal Education Program at UC Davis School of Law has operated since 1971, and there are currently five clinics: the Immigration Law Clinic, the Civil Rights Clinic, the Family Protection and Legal Assistance Clinic, the Aoki Water Justice Clinic and the Aoki Social Justice Clinic

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The King Hall Civil Rights Clinic The King Hall Civil Rights Clinic allows UC Davis law students to advocate for the civil rights of prisoners and other indigents. Students have addressed far-reaching constitutional issues in the Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Cases have included claims of denial of medical or dental care, correctional officer misconduct, denial of freedom of religion, violation of due process, excessive force and false imprisonment. Clinic students also are encouraged to investigate matters involving gender, employment, education, housing and police practices that may give rise to civil rights claims on behalf of indigent clients. The Clinic provides law students with litigation experience, especially in federal district court. In a typical semester, students may do client intakes; meet with clients and witnesses; draft pleadings and written discovery; take depositions; appear before federal judges and meet with opposing counsel; and draft, file, and argue dispositive motions. Key Related SDGs:

Operations UC Davis assesses progress on certain aspects of SDG 16 through relevant AASHE STARS credits, including open access to research, community partnerships, intercampus collaboration, participation in public policy, sustainability coordination, inclusive and participatory governance, and investor responsibility and investment disclosure. The campus earned full credit for open access to research; fostering and participating in community partnerships to advance sustainability; inter-campus collaboration and participation in national and international sustainability networks; and participation in and advocacy for public policies that support or advance sustainability at all scales from campus to municipal/local, state/regional, national and international levels. UC Davis also earned full credit for campus sustainability coordination and 83 percent of possible 137

credit for inclusive and participatory governance for the campus and within the University of California system. Among the many partnerships to advance sustainability, resiliency and vulnerability to climate change that UC Davis collaborates with are the Capital Region Climate Readiness Collaborative, the Yolo Subbasin Groundwater Agency, Aggie Square, the Regional Community Engagement program, Yolo Habitat Conservancy, the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3), the Sustainable Development Solutions Network and the Universitas 21 Sustainability Community of Practice.

The UC Violence Prevention Research Program Firearm violence is a significant health and social problem in California and across the United States. The lack of basic information on the epidemiology of firearm violence and its prevention has led to widespread misunderstanding of the problem and has impeded prevention efforts. Evidence of the effects of state policies and programs for reducing firearm violence as well as basic information on benefits, risks and prevalence of firearm ownership in California are also lacking. The University of California Firearm Violence Research Center (UCFC) is the first state-funded center for firearm violence research, founded in July 2017 to address these gaps in knowledge on firearm violence and its prevention. In addition to rigorous research on firearm violence, UCFC is dedicated to its role in policy development, public dissemination of research findings, training of new investigators in the field of firearm violence and supporting non-UCFC investigators conducting firearm violence research through its small grants program. Key Related SDGs:

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SDG 17: PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS

Summary SDG 17 calls for a revitalized global partnership for sustainable development. The ambitiousness of the 17 SDGs means that achieving them by 2030 will require partnerships between many sectors and actors, including governments, the private sector and civil society. SDG 17 is also about addressing the needs of developing countries and strengthening regional and international cooperation between countries at different stages of development, using the SDGs as a common framework and a shared vision for a more peaceful and prosperous future. In addition, building partnerships at the local and regional levels is fundamental to any progress because almost all implementation of the SDGs occurs at the local level. The overall campus strategic plan, To Boldly Go, emphasizes the importance of partnerships with Goal 4 (Support our community, region, state, nation and world through mutually beneficial and impactful partnerships that reflect a firm commitment to our mission and increase the visibility and reputation of the university). UC Davis is engaged in an expanding range of partnerships both locally and around the world that are advancing SDG-related research, teaching, service and operations. UC Davis currently has more than 140 active faculty-led Agreements of Cooperation with international partner institutions in more than 40 countries. There are many more international linkages and collaborative initiatives with partners around the world that are not formalized as international agreements. In addition, academic units, centers, institutes and administrative units across campus are regularly working with partners on projects that relate to the SDGs. Faculty, staff and students have also reported numerous projects that involve close partnerships with entities on campus, in the local communities and in other communities globally. Faculty and units across campus participate in numerous associations, networks and consortia, both domestically and internationally, to advance knowledge production, collaboration and engagement. It was beyond the scope of this VUR to document all of them.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, UC Davis hosted and co-hosted, with university partners, a number of high-profile virtual events to discuss pressing issues of global importance. In June-July 2020, UC Davis collaborated with the Institute of International Education (IIE) to present The Future of International Education: Leadership Perspectives from Around the World, a five-part series of leadership conversations about the future of the university and of international education, including the role internationalization has in advancing university missions. The discussions highlighted the importance of the SDGs and the responsibilities that universities have in addressing inequalities and pursuing innovation. Beginning in summer 2020 and continuing through spring 2021, UC Davis hosted the Connecting with the World: UC Davis Global Conversations Series, which explored global and international topics, challenges and opportunities that merge disciplines and cross borders. These events involved various centers and programs within UC Davis, as well as partner universities and the private sector. In 2020-21, Global Affairs, Sustainability and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion hosted a three-part virtual campus SDG Forum Series. The Forums were an important step in bringing together a campus-wide community of faculty, staff and students who are deeply committed to advancing the SDGs and stimulating the creation of a UC Davis community of practice and partnerships around the SDGs. The series featured speakers from the UC Davis community and from partners around the world. UC Davis partners extensively with surrounding California communities and with local organizations on efforts involving research, teaching/learning, service and operations. One example is the UC Davis Regional Community Engagement program, which is dedicated to the fostering of civil society partnerships within the diverse community surrounding UC Davis. This program is the primary conduit between the university and Northern California small businesses, and civic and community organizations.

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Figure 56: Number of SDG 17 activities by category, self-reported

Research SciVal does not provide reporting on publications for SDG 17 so research data is only available from the two surveys conducted by Global Affairs during 2019-2021, in which faculty, staff and students were asked to self-report their work related to the SDGs. According to the responses received from these surveys, 47 members of the UC Davis community conduct research on SDG 17. These respondents are primarily based in Global Affairs and the School of Veterinary Medicine’s One Health Institute. Other respondents in Plant Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Center for Regional Change also indicated that they performed research in support of SDG 17. Publications that are coauthored with international institutions score significantly higher impact factors in SciVal. Publishing with coauthors abroad results in increased institutional impact in metrics and rankings, and the field-weighted citation impact is often far stronger than with a single faculty from one institution. This demonstrates the

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importance of international partnerships, consortia and networks in contributing to knowledge advancement for the SDGs.

Teaching According to the responses provided to the SDG surveys, 37 faculty and staff members incorporate SDG 17 into their teaching curriculum. As is the case with research in support of SDG 17, these respondents are primarily based in Global Affairs and the School of Veterinary Medicine’s One Health Institute. Faculty and staff in the departments of Plant Sciences, Political Science and Design also indicated that they taught coursework related to SDG 17. The survey results likely do not capture the full range of courses that align with SDG 17. During the course mapping exercise, 23 courses for the 2021 Spring Quarter were identified as having SDG 17 content. The highest number of courses are offered by Political Science (5) and the Graduate School of Management (5). The Community and Regional Development Program, the School of Law, Economics and Agricultural and Resource Economics each offered two courses related to SDG 17 during 2021 Spring Quarter. Beginning in Summer 2021, UC Davis launched several new programs and courses aimed at building competencies for engaging in global partnerships and addressing global challenges, including a course that specifically focused on the SDGs.

Service During the VUR process, 33 service activities were identified as related to SDG 17. These activities tend to take place internationally and focus on developing enduring partnerships or building capacity for future work that supports the SDGs. For example, the UC Davis Chile Life Sciences Innovation Center leverages the strengths of UC Davis’ research and technology to stimulate opportunities and economic growth within the agriculture industry in both Chile and California. Developed in partnership with the government of Chile and Chilean partner universities, the Center carries out applied research and executes innovative initiatives focused on the agri-food sector and on environmental challenges, with the purpose of transferring top-level technical knowledge and good practices to producers and businesses. The UC Davis Global Centers initiative seeks to leverage UC Davis expertise in areas such as agriculture, food security, alternative energy, One Health and areas of excellence in humanities and social sciences to provide global learning and research 142

opportunities that benefit both UC Davis and the global community. The first UC Davis Global Center, the Global Center for Latin America and the Caribbean builds upon this rich legacy of learning, research and service with the region and the deep individual and institutional relationships that have developed from these collaborations. To do so, the center will expand upon existing partnerships with the UC systemwide program Alianza UCMX and La Casa de la Universidad de California en Mexico. Elsewhere in the world, the UC Davis One Health Institute is establishing coordinating mechanisms and developing capacity-building exercises with foreign governmental ministries and private sector organizations to prevent and quickly respond to emerging disease threats. As a result of these partnerships in Africa and Southeast Asia, a range of training programs were established that will teach current and future professionals the skills and competencies needed to address complex health issues, from antimicrobial resistance to zoonotic disease.

UC Davis Engagement with Global Networks UC Davis has joined several international networks that are focused on advancing the SDGs, including the University Global Coalition. As a member of the University Global Coalition, UC Davis is co-chairing an effort to support SDG 2: Zero Hunger with EARTH University and other universities. Global Affairs and the World Food Center are leading the initiative on behalf of UC Davis. During 2020-21, UC Davis and EARTH University hosted events that included faculty and students. UC Davis is also an active participant in the US chapter of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and is a member of UN Academic Impact. Through memberships in these organizations, UC Davis actively participates in initiatives that address the SDGs. These activities have also led to new bilateral partnerships and deepened existing partnerships with other institutions that are committed to the 2030 Agenda. Key Related SDGs:

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Operations UC Davis assesses progress on certain aspects of SDG 17 through relevant AASHE STARS credits, including community partnerships, inter-campus collaboration, participation in public policy, sustainability coordination, and sustainability planning. The campus earned full credit for fostering and participating in community partnerships to advance sustainability; inter-campus collaboration and participation in national and international sustainability networks; and participation in and advocacy for public policies that support or advance sustainability at all scales from campus to municipal/local, state/regional, national and international levels. UC Davis also earned full credit for campus sustainability coordination; and 75 percent of possible credit for sustainability planning and having a formal statement in support of sustainability endorsed by its governing body. UC Davis is active in technical and administrative knowledge exchange between staff in support of operational sustainability efforts. A few recent examples include: the Global Energy Managers conference organized jointly between faculty and energy management staff at UC Davis; the UC Davis Sustainability office maintains an ongoing relationship with the Universidad de Talca’s Office of Sustainability, and the UC Davis Student Farm is partnering with Universidad de Talca on a joint student hands-on learning project; and multiple faculty and staff experts from UC Davis are serving on the Technical Advisory Committee for the City of Davis’ Climate Action and Adaptation Plan update.

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UC Davis SDG Engagement Timeline The timeline below shows key SDG-related initiatives, events and activities supporting UC Davis institutional engagement with the 2030 Agenda since 2017. 2017 •

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UC Davis submitted a new STARS report, a comprehensive sustainability performance assessment, and began creating a crosswalk between STARS and the SDGs to inform a VUR UC Davis launched an ongoing Global Conversations Series on global topics, challenges and opportunities—including those outlined in the SDGs. UC Davis began a quarterly series of campus Forums on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) UC Davis hosted its first World Climate Simulation. UC Davis began to offer an SDG Internship for undergraduate students. UC Davis initiated a Global Aggies Confronting Global Challenges multimedia storytelling initiative. Campus SDG outreach lists were developed to distribute SDG news and event information, including for VUR outreach. Grants for Advancing Sustainable Development Goals are co-funded by the three units to support multidisciplinary collaborations focuses on one or more of the SDGs. UC Davis invited to co-lead with EARTH University an initiative on SDG 2: Zero Hunger as part of the University Global Coalition. UC Davis began collecting data for the first Voluntary University Review.

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APPENDICES APPENDIX A

UC Davis Strategic Plans and Taskforces To Boldly Go: A Strategic Vision For UC Davis OUR MISSION: UC Davis is dedicated to academic excellence and scholarship in service to the public good. As a land-grant research institution, UC Davis takes a holistic approach in addressing the most critical issues faced by the region, state and the world. The university embraces the principles of diversity, inclusion and equity to sustain a culture of mutual respect. OUR VISION: UC Davis aspires to empower our lifelong learners to be agents of their own career success, our transdisciplinary community of scholars and innovators to be influential in addressing the most significant societal challenges, and our staff professionals to be motivated to perform at the highest standards, all to enable the university to serve the public good, improve the quality of life, and act as an essential resource for the state, the nation and the world. GOAL 1. Provide an educational experience that prepares all of our students to address the needs and challenges of a diverse and changing world. Humanity’s most urgent challenges are inherently global in scope — from responding to transnational migration and slowing the spread of international public health epidemics to addressing economic disparities around the world, fostering safety and security, and developing environmentally sustainable solutions for the planet’s future. UC Davis has a responsibility to prepare our students to live and work in this highly interconnected and interdependent world. We need civically engaged community members who can think critically and communicate effectively about resources and opportunities in global and local contexts, as they are often intertwined. GOAL 2. Enable and support research that matters at the frontiers of knowledge, across and between the disciplines, in support of a healthy planet and the physical and societal well-being of its inhabitants.

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The world’s most pressing issues (e.g., cancer, climate change, sustainable food and energy systems, migration, poverty, aging populations, inequality) are inherently interdisciplinary. Innovative solutions arise through collaboration of experts from multiple disciplines and from multiple communities, including universities, industries and governments. UC Davis, with its great strengths of breadth across many disciplinary areas and culture of interdisciplinary research, is well-placed to make fundamental contributions. GOAL 3. Embrace diversity, practice inclusive excellence and strive for equity. Make UC Davis a place of excellence for learning and working by supporting a culture that values the contributions and aspirations of all our students, staff and faculty; promotes wellness and a culture of sustainability; and cultivates the open interchange of ideas. UC Davis believes that achieving our aspirations in teaching, research and service depends on the strength of a diverse and inclusive culture that creates access and supports success for our students, staff and faculty. From recruitment to commencement for our students, and from hiring to retirement for our faculty and staff, we are committed to finding and implementing effective strategies for continuous improvement in addressing these goals. GOAL 4: Support our community, region, state, nation and world through mutually beneficial and impactful partnerships that reflect a firm commitment to our mission and increase the visibility and reputation of the university Reinventing the land-grant mission for the 21st century will require greater visibility with policymakers, more powerful partnerships with NGOs and grassroots organizations, and meaningful engagement with stakeholders. Humanity’s greatest challenges cannot be addressed from the ivory tower or with top-down solutions. We need to meet these challenges head-on — on the ground, in the field and within the communities we serve locally and globally. Civic engagement, community empowerment and evidence-based decision-making — all arenas where UC Davis expertise can make a difference — will be critical to scaling up solutions to complex challenges like climate change and social injustice. GOAL 5: Create an intellectual and physical environment that supports the development of an innovative and entrepreneurial culture that extends the benefits of our research activities beyond the boundaries of the university.

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With strengths in both basic and translational research, the university is well-positioned to make substantial contributions to society by translating the benefits of innovative research, including new products, new medical treatments and new technologies, into the public domain... A major goal for the coming decade will be to build on the strong programs we have developed that support innovation and entrepreneurship among our students, staff and faculty. UC Davis schools, colleges and units with current strategic plans that support SDGs include: •

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Other schools and colleges are developing strategic plans that specifically reference the needs of local and global communities, and many administrative units at UC Davis also have plans in place that address global challenges. UC Davis has established task forces to address specific areas of concern and to make recommendations for the university. Those listed below have direct relevance to the SDGs. •

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UC Davis Grants that Support Efforts on Global Challenges Seed Grants for International Activities Since 2001, Global Affairs has administered a faculty grants program, the Global Affairs Seed Grants for International Activities. These annual grants are offered in partnership with the Office of Research and individual UC Davis colleges and schools to faculty taking on innovative research, service, and engagement projects around the world. For this VUR, data was collected on all grant recipients from 2015 through 2021, and it was determined how many of the funded projects were related to the 17 SDGs. Between 2015 and 2021, Global Affairs funded a total of 79 seed grant projects. Of these, 76 contained sufficient SDG-content to map to the SDGs. The top three SDGs selected for funding between 2015 and 2021 were SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being, SDG 4: Quality Education, SDG 2: Zero Hunger, SDG 13: Climate Action and SDG 15: Life on Land. • • •

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being (19 projects) SDG 4: Quality Education (11 projects). SDG 2: Zero Hunger, SDG 13: Climate Action and SDG 15: Life on Land (7 projects each).

Between 2015 and 2021, 22 projects that received grants were in Latin America, 14 were in Europe, 11 each were in Africa and Asia, two were in Australia and one focused on the Middle East. The remaining projects either did not state a geographical focus or were described as multi-regional in nature.

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Figure 57: Number of Global Affairs seed grant projects selected for funding, by SDG, 2015-2021

SOURCE: UC DAVIS CALCULATIONS BASED ON DATA AVAILABLE AT: HTTPS://GLOBALAFFAIRS.UCDAVIS.EDU/FUNDING-RESOURCES/SEEDGRANTS

Grants for Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals In 2019, Global Affairs launched an SDG grants program in partnership with the Sustainability, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. These Grants for Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals provide up to $7,500 per project, and the selection criteria emphasize the creation of multidisciplinary teams to address global issues that are relevant to the one or more SDGs. In 2019-20, five projects were selected for funding which contributed to 14 of the 17 SDGs. In 2020-21, seven projects were funded and they helped to advance 11 of the goals. In 2020, Global Affairs, Sustainability, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion decided to reserve one grant for a project that was clearly focused on SDG 10.3: “Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory

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laws, policies, and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies, and action in this regard.” The three offices also decided to reserve two grants for CAMPOS and CAMPSSAH Scholars, who have as their mission to encompass the multicultural perspectives of academic faculty in STEM as well as in the social sciences, arts and humanities—while focusing on expanding the presence of women and underrepresented faculty in those disciplines. A full list of projects selected for funding is given in Tables 1 and 2 below. During the 2020-21 COVID pandemic, the SDG grant program was supplemented by a small grants program, Conference Grants for UN Sustainable Development Goals. These grants are aimed at assisting faculty, staff and students present their SDGrelevant work at virtual conferences by covering their virtual conference registration fees. Table 1: Grants for Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, Projects Selected for Funding, 2019-2020

- Sustainable Water Management in a Water-Limited World: UC Davis and IHE Delft (Netherlands) • College of Letters and Science and College of Engineering • Related SDGs: 6, 11, 12, 14 - Biogas for Preservation of Natural Resources (Costa Rica) • Graduate School of Management and College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences • Related SDGs: 13, 14, 15 - Energy Efficiency for El Fje Campus in Medenine, Southern Tunisia (Tunisia) • College of Engineering, Energy Efficiency Institute and Facilities Management • Related SDGs: 7, 11 - African Entrepreneurship for Advancing UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (Rwanda) • College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Management and Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 153

• Related SDGs: 16, 17 - Global Health and Wellness Through Inter-Professional Education and Shared Practice (Kenya) • Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing • Related SDGs: 3, 4 Table 2: Grants for Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, Projects Selected for Funding, 2020-2021

- Culturally Diverse Participatory Public Plant Breeding: Supporting Farmers of the Asian Diaspora • College of Letters and Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Student Farm in the Agricultural Sustainability Institute • Related SDGs: 2, 4,10 - Migrant Citizenship for Inclusive Societies • College of Letters and Science, School of Law, University of Sydney in Australia, University of Twente in The Netherlands • Related SDGs: 10 (10.3), 16 - Groundwater Quality and Water Security Under a Changing Climate • College of Engineering, Universidade Federal Fluminense in Brazil • Related SDGs: 3, 6 - Community Mentorship Program Pilot for Radical and Relational Approaches to Inuit Food Security • College of Letters and Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Mellon Public Scholars Program in the Humanities Institute and University of Greenland • Related SDGs: 2, 3, 10, 16, 17 - Healthier Lives, Healthier Planet • College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Newcastle University in the United Kingdom • Related SDGs: 2, 3, 13 - Student Farms Around the World: Learning While Feeding Communities • Student Farm in the Agricultural Sustainability Institute, College of Letters and Science and College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 154

• Related SDGs: 2, 10, 11, 12, 13 - Developing an Interdisciplinary Framework to Study the Sustainability of Marine Ecosystems in Chile and California • College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marinas at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile • Related SDGs: 14 The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) is a grant funding program hosted by UC Davis Sustainability that promotes sustainable development by providing necessary funding to UC Davis students, staff and faculty as they develop and administer student-centered sustainability projects. Established in 2016, the program annually allocates between $100,000 and $200,000 in funding towards projects and is currently entirely supported by student fees; $9 per undergraduate student per academic year. Over 90 projects have been funded so far, creating dozens of student jobs and leadership positions, infrastructure developments and outreach campaigns. Decisions regarding funding are made by a majority undergraduate Committee, creating leadership and learning opportunities. It offers students the opportunity to develop and launch innovative sustainability projects on campus, and empowers them to have a greater impact on sustainability within the UC Davis campus and the immediate region. During the 2020-21 Academic Year, applicants have been invited to articulate within their proposals how their proposed projects contribute to various SDGs. This amendment to the application has not only broadened awareness of the SDGs themselves, it has broadened student, staff and faculty awareness of the SDGs and how their education, lives and projects intersect with sustainability in many ways. Funded proposals during the last three TGIF grant cycles have addressed all 17 of the SDGs, demonstrating the broad and intersectional reach and impact of the TGIF program.

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Figure 58: Projects funded through the Green Initiative Fund, by self-reported SDG, 20202021

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Methodology Figure 59 gives a visual representation of the various data sources used in developing the VUR. As depicted in the figure, data for three of the four categories – research, teaching/learning and service – relied significantly on the two SDG surveys distributed between 2019 and 2021. Data for operations were obtained from other assessment sources (and from the second SDG survey to a limited extent). The sources and methods used for all categories are described below under their respective headings. Figure 59: Visual Representation of VUR data sources

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new online portal was created, utilizing ArcGIS, for faculty, staff and students to provide input. A companion survey to this ArcGIS survey was created and made available to centers/institutes, units and student organizations on campus to share activities. An additional 85 faculty, staff and students shared input through these mechanisms in spring 2021. The online SDG survey portal was shared through relevant email lists for faculty and scholars, and through a number of campus newsletters to faculty, staff and students. The online portal was shared with associate deans to each college and school for further distribution to departments. Targeted outreach was conducted to reach faculty directors and staff at campus research centers and institutes. SDG interns shared the VUR effort and the portal with student groups and organizations. Respondents to the 2019 survey and 2021 survey could enter a short narrative about their work, and they could indicate whether this work involved research, teaching and service, as well as which of the 17 SDGs the work supported. Operations as a category to classify respondents’ work was added as an option in the 2021 survey. This second survey also gave respondents the option to draw geographic boundaries of their work using an ArcGIS map widget. In the prior survey, respondents could indicate where their work took place by selecting from a list of 227 countries and regions. The results from both surveys were aggregated in a spreadsheet, and much of the statistical analysis throughout this document was performed in Excel. After accounting for duplicates and multiple entries between the two surveys, the survey results dataset contained 260 individual responses from faculty, staff, students and campus-affiliated centers or organizations. The VUR team also utilized ArcGIS to conduct a geographical analysis of the survey results. The preliminary results of this analysis are depicted in Figure 1, although it should be noted that the geographical analysis leaves out a significant portion of respondents – those whose area of work could not be placed on the map because they described their work as global and they did not list any countries in their response. Because of their omission, the results from the ArcGIS analysis should be viewed as indicative, but not entirely representative of the full scale of international SDG activities. Defining SDG Activities Due to the inherent difficulty in defining what constitutes a unique instance of an “activity” within the broad portfolio of a respondent’s work, and the difficulty in assigning particular SDGs to complex multidisciplinary projects with multiple principal

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investigators, the VUR team opted for a non-limiting definition that relied on selfreporting through the survey instruments. The surveys were structured for open-ended narratives and allowed respondents to self-report each instance of a contribution to an SDG. Respondents were therefore free to define their SDG contributions as broadly or as narrowly as they saw fit, and they could select any number of the 17 SDGs when submitting their response. Each selection of an SDG contribution was taken as prima facie evidence of an SDG activity by the VUR team. In this VUR, an individual SDG activity was defined as each unique instance that a respondent indicated an SDG was being addressed through his/her/their work. This definition allows the VUR to fully capture the relative frequency of each selfreported SDG across all submissions. It also allows for the development of initial benchmarks by which future SDG–related activity at UC Davis can be compared. Nonetheless, the aggregate sums from the surveys presented throughout this document should not be viewed as authoritative, but rather as the first step in a stocktaking exercise. Desk Review and Development of SDG Keywords List Beginning in Fall Quarter 2020, the VUR team began to organize information on relevant centers, institutes and units and projects that addressed specific SDGs. In Spring Quarter 2021, the team developed keywords on each of the SDGs. These keywords were informed by a keyword list developed by Monash University and the regional Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) for Australia and the Pacific. The compiled list of SDG keywords was also informed by a review of terminology that is included in the Global Indicator Framework for the SDGs. A total of 865 keywords across all 17 SDGs were identified. These keywords were then used to identify relevant articles and news coverage of projects and initiatives that appeared on campus websites and other communications outlets. Research Starting in Fall 2020, the VUR team began to collect data on SDG-relevant research activity occurring at UC Davis, initially by focusing on the work being conducted at university-affiliated centers and institutes. This work was then supplemented by the two faculty survey instruments, which yielded information on SDG-relevant research occurring at the departmental or individual faculty or staff level.

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To build upon this analysis, UC Davis also utilized SciVal, online software that provides information on research publications and citations, to assess research contributions to individual SDGs. SciVal has the capability to summarize data on 16 SDGs (SDG 17: Partnership for the Goals is not included). A report was generated on each SDG for the period 2015-2021, which included provisional data for 2021. For each SDG, data included the number of research publications by year, total number of authors, share of publications by subject area, top Scopus topic classifications and publications by type of collaboration. The VUR team recognized that software applications such as SciVal do not present a full picture of research that is contributing to the SDGs, and scholarship from non-STEM disciplines or involving non-scientific publications or different types of partnerships apart from universities can be underrepresented or invisible. SciVal results do not reflect the full diversity of languages, countries and regions, and disciplines that contribute to academic research on global challenges. In light of this, the team made specific and deliberate efforts to contact faculty and scholars from centers, institutes and departments whose valuable work may not appear in SciVal searches. Student Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conferences

As of the writing of this report, the VUR team were not aware of any readily available data sources that describe student research efforts, at least not in any comprehensive way. However, the VUR team was able to locate data on student research efforts through two annual conferences – UC Grad Slam and the Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference – both of which offer a limited snapshot of student research interest areas and activities. For further discussion of the specific results from the analysis of these two conferences, please refer to Appendix D. Teaching and Learning Data on SDG-related teaching activities were initially collected through desk research and the two VUR survey instruments. These data were then supplemented by two additional analyses – a course mapping of Spring 2021 courses and an assessment of Global Learning opportunities, which includes study abroad and other co-curricular learning opportunities that have a global component. The approaches for these analyses are laid out in further detail below.

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Mapping Spring 2021 Course Offerings to the SDGs

Course descriptions for all UC Davis courses offered in spring 2021 were obtained from the university registrar and were analyzed using two different methods (manual and automated) to determine whether they contained SDG content and what the relevant SDGs were. The first approach was a manual analysis completed by two Humphrey fellows with prior SDG-related experience. Over the course of three weeks, 2,647 course descriptions and objectives were evaluated for content relating to the individual SDG targets and indicators. During the process, there was sensitivity to possible overcounting, and it was determined that only 1,408 of the courses contained sufficient SDG–relevant content to be tagged with one of the 17 SDGS. It was also recognized that universities may overestimate classes and activities related to SDG 4: Quality Education because there is a natural tendency to label many of the activities as SDG 4– related if they do not directly match another SDG. For SDG 4, courses were only included that had clear pedagogical content that related to this SDG. The second approach was an automated analysis using a keyword search, utilizing a modified SDG keyword list. The SDG keyword list was adapted to include additional key words, revise versions of the Australian/British spelling of certain keywords to fit U.S. spelling conventions, and remove some keywords in order to reduce the occurrence of false positives and double-counting across SDGs. Because the automated analysis was more difficult to verify, and due to the sensitivity of key word choice and the potential for over counting, it was ultimately decided to use the results of the manual analysis for the VUR. A more detailed explanation of the methods and their results is available in Appendix E. Assessment of Global Learning Programs and Opportunities

In addition to official courses, the VUR team also looked at a range of study abroad and co-curricular learning opportunities available to students to determine whether these programs offered exposure to SDG content. The VUR team assessed 472 of these student-oriented programs, which include traditional international study abroad experiences, as well as in-person and virtual local and regional experiences through which students develop key skills, knowledge and networks that help build global awareness. 181 of the programs were determined to have sufficient SDG content to provide learning opportunities for one or more of the goals, and all 17 of the SDGs were represented. Appendix F contains more details on the results of the SDG evaluation for these programs.

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Service Data on service activities were collected over a period of approximately eight months between Fall 2020 and Summer 2021. These data were collected primarily through desk research and through the two online survey instruments mentioned previously. Some portions of the narratives on service activities were obtained through a search of the University of California Public Engagement Database, maintained by the Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement at UC Davis. Operations Annual Policy on Sustainable Practices and Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System

Operations include all administrative, technical and functional activities that are part of the university’s daily functions. UC Davis annually assesses sustainability in campus operations against targets and metrics set in the University of California (UC) Policy on Sustainable Practices. The data collected is published in the Annual Report on Sustainable Practices along with data from other UC campuses. UC Davis also measures operational progress by maintaining an active report in the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS), a sustainability reporting system hosted by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). STARS is a comprehensive sustainability rating system for colleges and universities that addresses environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainability. Covering broad sustainability topics, STARS inherently has many intersections with the SDGs. As part of the UC Davis Voluntary University Review process, a crosswalk was conducted to map the credits in STARS that had overlap with the SDGs. This allowed the VUR team to harvest information gathered in the UC Davis 2020 STARS submission and utilize it to help inform campus progress on the SDGs. Shortly after the crosswalk process began, AASHE released the STARS Aligned Report, which explains the ways in which STARS addresses the SDGs.

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Assessment of Student Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities Conferences The VUR team examined two programs that provide opportunities for students to share their research: UC Grad Slam is an annual contest in which master’s and Ph.D. students across UC campuses – in disciplines ranging from hard sciences to humanities – compete to describe their research in three minutes for a general audience. The Undergraduate Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities Conference is an annual UC Davis conference for which undergraduates in all academic fields are invited to submit an abstract and give a presentation on an original research project that they conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. In 2021, there were 10 UC Davis entrants in UC GradSlam and 189 entrants in the Undergraduate Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities Conference. These 199 projects were evaluated for their relevance to the SDGs based upon the descriptive language in the submitted abstracts. Figure 60 shows which SDGs were most represented in these student projects: •

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Figure 60: Undergraduate Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities Conference and UC GradSlam Projects by SDG

SOURCE: UC DAVIS CALCULATIONS BASED ON DATA AVAILABLE AT: HTTPS://URC.UCDAVIS.EDU/STUDENT-PRESENTATIONS AND HTTPS://GRAD.UCDAVIS.EDU/GRADSLAM

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Mapping Spring 2021 Course Offerings to the SDGs More than 2,640 courses across all disciplines were offered by UC Davis during the Spring 2021 Quarter. Course descriptions were obtained from the university registrar and were analyzed to determine whether they contained SDG content and what the relevant SDGs were. Using two approaches- an automated keyword search (based on the SDG keyword list mentioned in the section on data collection) and a labor-intensive line-by-line reading of the course descriptions, the VUR team developed a series of bounded estimates for the number of courses that engage with each of the 17 SDGs. The results from both approaches, as well as methodologies for each, are discussed below. The VUR team first began with a line-by-line reading of the course descriptions. For this task, two Humphrey fellows with prior SDG experience took approximately three weeks to complete the tagging of the 2,647 courses. In doing so, the fellows carefully read the available course descriptions and course objectives and compared these to the individual targets and indicators of the 17 SDGs. During the process, there was sensitivity to possible over-counting, and it was determined that only 1,408 of the courses contained sufficient SDG–relevant content to be tagged with one of the 17 SDGS. It was recognized that universities may overestimate classes and activities related to SDG 4: Quality Education because there is a natural tendency to label many of the activities as SDG 4–related if they do not directly match another SDG. For SDG 4, courses were only included that had clear pedagogical content that related to this SDG. The labor-intensive course tagging was supplemented by an automated key word search performed in a spreadsheet. To do so, the VUR team modified the SDG keyword list developed by Monash University and the regional Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) for Australia and the Pacific. Based on their initial desk review work, several interns added key words to the list and adapted the Australian/British spelling of certain keywords to fit U.S. spelling conventions. Other keywords were removed because of their high likelihood to act as false positives or because of the potential for cross-correlation. An example of the former is the keyword “class” under SDG 1: No Poverty. Because of the nature of the raw data (a university course catalog with course descriptions), including the word “class” in the keyword search would undoubtedly lead to a high number of false positives. An example of the latter issue is the word “energy” under

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SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure and SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production. Because energy is already listed under SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, including it under SDGs 9 and 12 would bias the results upwards for these SDGs. In general, it was observed that the course counts were extremely sensitive to the selection of keywords. The VUR team removed 31 key words from the modified SDG key word list to account for the above issues. The curated keyword list is available upon request. The two course-tagging methods yielded the range of results depicted in Figure 61. The solid colored bars are the results of the labor-intensive manual course-tagging method, while the patterned bars show the results from the automated keyword search. The results from the hand count are all significantly lower than the results from the automated method. However, the results from the two methods show a degree of proportionality and similar variation by SDG, which would indicate that the two methods could act as lower and upper bounds for the actual of tallies of courses with SDG content. Looking at the automated keyword search results, the highest count of SDG-relevant courses during Spring Quarter 2021 was for SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being, followed by SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure and SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities. SDG 2: Zero Hunger, SDG 15: Life on Land and SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions also show relatively high counts, which are consistent with UC Davis’s historical focus on agriculture (stemming from its history as a land grant college), and the presence of several large professional schools – for nursing, medicine, veterinary medicine and law. Given the sensitivity of the automated key word search to the choice of key words and the potential for over counting, it was ultimately decided to use the hand-counted tally for the VUR analysis. This is broadly consistent with an approach that UC Davis is working towards - to support and facilitate teaching that explicitly includes SDG content and utilizes the SDG framework. Indirect connection to the SDG topics is not sufficient to assess the level of awareness and engagement with the SDG Agenda. This distinction will be important for future SDG assessment efforts on campus.

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Figure 61: Results from the two SDG course-tagging methods for Spring Quarter 2021 courses

SOURCE: UC DAVIS CALCULATIONS BASED ON DATA AVAILABLE AT: HTTPS://REGISTRAR-APPS.UCDAVIS.EDU/COURSES/SEARCH/INDEX.CFM NOTE: SOLID COLORED BARS ARE THE RESULTS OF THE MANUAL COURSE-TAGGING METHOD AND THE PATTERNED BARS SHOW THE RESULTS

FROM THE AUTOMATED KEYWORD SEARCH. THE RESULTS FROM THE HAND COUNT ARE ALL SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE RESULTS FROM THE AUTOMATED METHOD, WHICH IS HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO KEYWORD SELECTION.

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Assessment of Global Learning Programs and Opportunities The VUR team looked at a range of study abroad and co-curricular learning opportunities available to students to determine whether these programs offered exposure to SDG content. A review was conducted of course descriptions, program marketing materials and course syllabi. Of the 472 identified programs, 312 programs contained enough descriptive material for staff to evaluate the degree to which the program contained content related to the SDGs. Some of these 312 programs, particularly those geared towards a specific subject of study, highlighted specific learning and research opportunities that could incorporate a high degree of SDGrelevant content. In those cases, the programs were evaluated for SDG content based upon a comparison of the programs’ stated subject-matter focus with the 169 individual targets of the 17 SDGs. However, a significant share of the 312 programs emphasized location over subject and did not indicate a designated subject-matter focus. In those cases, programs were evaluated on a holistic basis to determine whether the breadth and depth of course offerings were robust enough to constitute an SDG learning experience for any one or more of the 17 goals. The evaluated programs also differed in the flexibility they allowed participants in choosing their activities or courses. Some of the evaluated programs offered relatively “fixed” course choices, which did not provide the participant with much latitude in designing their course schedules. These programs were evaluated for their SDG content based on these pre-determined course offerings. Other programs were considerably less structured and allowed the participant to choose their courses from the university’s full catalog or a significant portion thereof. In these cases, the SDG evaluation acknowledged that participants could “choose their own adventure,” and that SDG content could therefore range from effectively nothing to substantial, depending on the participant’s individual choices. Across the 312 evaluated programs, all 17 of the SDGs were represented. 181 of the programs were determined to have sufficient SDG content to provide learning opportunities for one or more of the goals, while 131 demonstrated little to no SDG content (see Figure 62). Out of the 181 programs that provided SDG learning opportunities, 61 did so through “fixed” pre-determined course or activity offerings and 120 did so through less structured arrangements that allowed students greater flexibility in choosing their courses. As shown in Figure 63, the SDGs that appeared most frequently across programs were SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being (57 programs), 168

SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure (39 programs) and SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (57 programs). The SDGs that appeared least frequent were SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy (10 programs), SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities (9 programs) and SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production (8 programs). Figure 62: Breakdown of Evaluated Global Learning Programs by extent of SDG Content

SOURCE: UC DAVIS CALCULATIONS BASED ON DATA AVAILABLE AT: HTTPS://GLOBALLEARNING.UCDAVIS.EDU/DISCOVER

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Figure 63: SDGs Across Evaluated Global Learning Programs

SOURCE: UC DAVIS CALCULATIONS BASED ON DATA AVAILABLE AT: HTTPS://GLOBALLEARNING.UCDAVIS.EDU/DISCOVER

Which SDGs are integrated into Global Learning programs? Across 312 co-curricular and global learning programs that were evaluated, all 17 of the SDGs were represented. The SDGs that most frequently were addressed: • • •

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being (57 programs) SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure (39 programs) SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (57 programs).

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Additional Survey Results Research had the highest number of self-reported activities among survey respondents, followed by teaching, service and operations. • • • •

1053 research activities, comprising approximately 41 percent of all reported activities. 759 teaching activities – (29% of activities) 625 service activities – (24% of activities) 146 operations activities – (6% of activities)

Figure 64: Distribution of self-reported SDG activities, by activity type

SOURCE: UC DAVIS SDG SURVEYS, 2019-2021

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What are the highest reported SDGs? • • • • •

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being (232 activities or about 9% of self-reported activities) SDG 13: Climate Action (198 activities or about 8% of self-reported activities) SDG 4: Quality Education (195 activities or about 8% of self-reported activities) SDG 2: Zero Hunger (184 activities or about 7% of self-reported activities) SDG 12: Responsible Production and Consumption (171 activities or about 7% of self-reported activities)

Figure 65: Distribution of self-reported SDG activities, by SDG

SOURCE: UC DAVIS SDG SURVEYS, 2019-2021

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