The Climate Emergency: can Particle Physics ever be sustainable?

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• Prof Veronique Boisvert (RHUL)
• Tuesday 23 May 2023, 11:00-12:00
• Ryle Seminar Room.

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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.

This talk is part of the Cavendish HEP Seminars series.

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