PPRC Seminars

The Climate Emergency: can Particle Physics ever be sustainable?

by Prof. Boisvert Veronique (Royal Holloway University of London)

UTC
410A & 410B (G O Jones Building)

410A & 410B

G O Jones Building

https://fnal.zoom.us/j/98747941652?pwd=czI5SGx6WnMzYlYxOHRvbjhEclRVUT09
Description
We live in a climate emergency and consequently all countries are putting in place measures to reduce their carbon emissions in order to reach a so-called “net zero emissions” by 2050. All aspects of economic life will be affected by such measures, including particle physics research. I will present some examples of sources of carbon emissions within the field of particle physics. This will include emissions associated with building and running accelerators, detector operations, high-performance computing and activities associated with our research life like travel. I will also present solutions being developed for addressing this in the near and long term as well as recommendations for the field.
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