What is the real carbon footprint of universities?

There is plenty of research on this topic already. Seems like this is way behind on the event horizon that many individuals have already crossed.

There is plenty of research on this topic already. Seems like this is way behind on the event horizon that many individuals have already crossed.

There is plenty of research on this topic already. Seems like this is way behind on the event horizon that many individuals have already crossed.

"event horizon" - isn't that the point of no return when you are being sucked into a Black Hole when you can never return as escape velocity now exceeds the speed of light? Yes, it does feel like we are being sucke(re)d into, not real Green-ness where we'd be cutting back on inessential consumption and trading off wages for green leisure (like walking) - but - we are being taken into a hole of corporato-black-green ness where all so called Green initiatives involve more purchases, more penalties on the poorest, and more replacement of stuff with other stuff.

I believe there's a bigger picture being left here. What about the intellectual outcome universities are producing? Are we preparing industrial players who are bent on enlarging our carbon footprint? or are we producing those who are sensitive to the impact of their professional decisions. Imagine producing an architect whose township design commissioned by wealthy capitalist, produce environmentally destructive cities? Many of our conventional economic or even epistemological frameworks are inherently destructive towards the environment.

Who were the academics involved in this 'project' ? The names mentioned in this article have no apparent background in scientific research or academia. Have they read any of the scientific research on any aspects of climate change?