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Organisers: Nazim Bharmal, Lindsay Stringer, Meryem Kubra Dag
Ensuring that human activities are, or that they can become, environmentally sustainable is essential in order avoid the worst effects of climate change. There is also an imperative for scientists to undertake environmentally responsible research and innovation activities, with research funders increasingly requiring green lab certifications. For an individual researcher in astronomy and adjacent fields, it is not easy to understand what the impact is from their professional activities. Environmental impacts can originate from a large number of disprate sources, from locally within their institute all the way up to the shared use of global facilities such as telescopes and super-computers. This session aims to convene the people who want to take positive action, so that together we can develop our understanding of how research can be effectively carried out while simultaneously minimising its environmental impact. It will consider existing good practices and identify what else we can do to make our science more environmentally sustainable, with a view to informing a wider conversation and set of actions.
