Date Time ANU zeroes in on negative carbon emissions by 2030 The Australian National University (ANU) is the first university in Australia to commit to reducing greenhouse emissions to below zero by 2030, with a new initiative launched today. ANU is only the second university in the world, and the first of its size, to aim for the ambitious net-negative target. ANU Vice-Chancellor Brian Schmidt said ANU is “walking the walk” to tackle climate change by not only reducing emissions, but offsetting any emissions the University cannot avoid. “As Australia’s national university, we are committed to not only reducing and off-setting our emissions, but also taking more carbon out of the atmosphere than we put in,” Professor Schmidt said.