Talloires Declaration

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title: "Talloires Declaration" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["environmental-treaties", "1990-in-france", "1990-in-the-environment", "1990-treaties", "haute-savoie"] description: "Declaration for sustainability" topic_path: "geography/france" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talloires_Declaration" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Declaration for sustainability ::

The Talloires Declaration is a declaration for sustainability, created for and by presidents of institutions of higher learning. Jean Mayer, Tufts University president, convened a conference of 22 universities in 1990 in Talloires, France. This document is a declaration that institutions of higher learning will be world leaders in developing, creating, supporting and maintaining sustainability. The registrar for the declaration is the Washington, DC–based organisation University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF). As of 1 February 2017, 502 college and university presidents have signed the declaration. These span 55 countries on five continents, with 170 in the United States alone.

Original signatories

• Jean Mayer, President and Conference convener, Tufts University, United States
• Professor Julian Crampton, Vice-Chancellor, University of Brighton, United Kingdom
• Michele Gendreau-Massaloux, Rector, l'Academie de Paris, France
• Prof. Moonis Raza, Vice Chancellor, Delhi University, India
• Constance W. Curris, President, University of Northern Iowa, United States
• Wesley Posvar, President, University of Pittsburgh, United States
• Augusto Frederico Muller, President, Fundacao Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Brazil
• Calvin H. Pimpton, President and emeritus, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
• T. Navaneeth Rao, Vice Chancellor, Osmania University, India
• Stuart Saunders, Vice Chancellor and Principal, University of Cape Town, Union of South Africa
• David Ward, Vice Chancellor, University of Wisconsin - Madison, United States
• Pablo Arce, Vice Chancellor, Universidad Autonoma de Centro America, Costa Rica
• Boonrod Binson, Chancellor, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
• Adamu, Nayaya Mohammed, Vice Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria
• Mario Ojeda Gómez, President, Colegio de Mexico, Mexico
• Pavel D. Sarkisow, Rector, D. I. Mendeleev Institute of Chemical Technology, Russia
• Akilagpa Sawyerr, Vice Chancellor, University of Ghana, Ghana
• Carlos Vogt, President, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
• Xide Xie, President Emeritus, Fudan University, People's Republic of China
• L. Avo Banjo, Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
• Robert W. Charlton, Vice Chancellor and Principal, University of Witwatersrand, Union of South Africa

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