Monday, October 28, 2019

Open letter to AGU and EGU: scientific conference sustainability

Hi

 

For those interested in the academic carbon footprint and how we can reduce our carbon footprint, you might be interested in reading, and if you back its message, signing this open letter to reduce the carbon footprint of AGU and EDU general assemblies.

https://framaforms.org/signatories-of-the-open-letter-to-the-american-and-european-geophysical-unions-1571668994

 

It references a few interesting papers on the topic of the scientific conference carbon footprint too such as:

 

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02747-6

 

Cheers

 

Anna

 

 

Dr Anna Belcher | Ecological Biogeochemist| British Antarctic Survey

High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET

Email: annbel@bas.ac.uk |Tel: +44 (0)1223 221281

 

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