Abstract

Collaboration efforts surrounding climate action at the higher education level can be found at several contexts. Intra- and inter-university schemes, as well as cooperation with external bodies, can have an accelerating effect on the transformational process of universities to include sustainability and specifically climate change in their activities. The purpose of this chapter is to present and analyze the Chilean sustainable campus network roadmap to achieve higher education institutions’ carbon neutrality, in terms of the outcomes of the collaborative endeavor and the network’s maturation process. The Red Campus Sustentable is formed by 30 universities, whose vision is to help shape a fair and environmentally healthy civilization. This is discussed in light of national and global evidence regarding the role and key issues surrounding alliances and multi-stakeholder cooperation in universities’ advancement toward embracing the part they have to play in a climate emergency context. The methodological approach incorporates data gathering from secondary information sources and in-depth interviews with relevant actors within Chilean universities. This provides valuable insight on the stakeholder constellation and enablers that allow these organizations and networks to move forward in the decarbonization pathway and showcases the final products that were generated within the various Red Campus Sustentable working groups.