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The Carbon Footprint of Conference Papers
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 6, p e66508 (2013), PLoS ONE
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013.
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Abstract
- The action required to stem the environmental and social implications of climate change depends crucially on how humankind shapes technology, economy, lifestyle and policy. With transport CO2 emissions accounting for about a quarter of the total, we examine the contribution of CO2 output by scientific travel. Thankfully for the reputation of the scientific community, CO2 emissions associated with the trips required to present a paper at a scientific conference account for just 0.003% of the yearly total. However, with CO2 emissions for a single conference trip amounting to 7% of an average individual’s total CO2 emissions, scientists should lead by example by demonstrating leadership in addressing the issue.
- Subjects :
- Atmospheric Science
Natural resource economics
Science Policy
Economics
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Climate Change
Science
Climate change
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
Science education
Science Policy and Economics
Geoinformatics
Medicine
Environmental Systems Modeling
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Biology
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Carbon Footprint
Climatology
Travel
Multidisciplinary
Ecology
business.industry
Global warming
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Bioethics
Carbon Dioxide
Congresses as Topic
Quarter (United States coin)
Bibliometrics
Computer Science
Carbon footprint
Earth Sciences
Workforce
TRIPS architecture
Science policy
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Environmental Economics
business
Environmental Protection
Environmental Sciences
Reputation
Research Article
Climate Modeling
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f36fa799f68524e005f5527adc977f14