World Impact Rankings 2020: Climate action
The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We use carefully calibrated indicators to provide comprehensive and balanced comparisons across three broad areas: research, outreach and stewardship.
This table on SDG 13 – climate action measures universities’ research on climate change, their use of energy and their preparations for dealing with the consequences of climate change.
The list includes 376 universities from 70 countries.
View the Impact Rankings 2020 by SDG: climate action (SDG 13) methodology
The list is led by Canada’s University of British Columbia, while the Netherlands’ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Australia’s University of Tasmania complete the top three.
Japan is the most-represented nation in the table with 37 institutions, followed by the UK with 21 and Russia with 18.
Explore Rating by Sustainable Development Goal
OVERALL
1
No poverty
2
Zero hunger
3
Good health and well-being
4
Quality education
5
Gender equality
6
Clean water and sanitation
7
Affordable and clean energy
8
Decent work and economic growth
9
Industry innovation and infrastructure
10
Reducing inequalities
11
Sustainable cities and communities
12
Responsible consumption and production
13
Climate action
14
Life below water
15
Life on land
16
Peace, justice and strong institutions
17
Partnerships for the goals
Rank | Name | Climate action  | Overall |
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