Sujatha Byravan Engineering school campuses are ideally placed to develop into fertile breeding grounds for climate innovation. Technology institutions in India have the capacity to become bellwether centres for near-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Such a transformation could generate technological and social innovations that reduce GHG emissions; produce the next generation of engineers and entrepreneurs trained to think creatively about alternative energy sources; lead to the building of model campus communities that demonstrate how to change buildings, improve urban planning, and alter personal behaviour to achieve near-zero GHG emissions; and signal India