University Impact Rankings 2023 for UN SDG 13: 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 comparison across four broad areas: research, stewardship, outreach and teaching. The list includes 735 institutions from 93 countries/regions.

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.

Key insights

• The University of Tasmania in Australia leads the ranking for the second consecutive year
• The University of New South Wales in Australia and University of Victoria in Canada complete the top three
• The UK is the most-represented nation in the top 100, with 24 institutions, followed by Australia with 14 and Canada and Spain, both with eight