More than 600 universities across the world have signed the Race to Zero for Universities and Colleges to date supporting a three-point plan, in line with the Race to Zero criteria. The ambition is to achieve more than 1000 universities across the world to commit to becoming net-zero ahead of COP26. This panel session will feature signatories from across the global to highlight the climate actions being taken on the ground. We will show a video from Gonzalo Munoz, Chilean High Level Climate Champion for COP25 on why universities need to take action now ahead of discussion from the panel. The Race to Zero campaign will feature heavily at COP26 and this is an opportunity to raise the profile of universities across the world in their role within society to tackle the climate crisis. This session will galvanise universities to take action and to commit to net-zero ahead of COP26.