Climate Friendly Climate Research Adam Pawloff Centre for Global Change & Sustainability, BOKU Vienna
What‘s the problem? • 70,000 Tons of CO 2 – COP 15, Copenhagen 3.5 x
What‘s the problem? • 70,000 Tons of CO 2 – COP 15, Copenhagen 13,500 round-rail-trips, • 1,000 Tons of CO 2 Vienna-Potsdam – Every IPCC Meeting • European Geosciences Union • Americal Geophysical Union, fall meeting • Society for Neurosciences • 11,200, 20,000 + 30,000 participants – 1 ton CO 2 /particpant, travel emissions (conservative)
CO 2 FOOTPRINT RESEARCHER t CO 2 /a 20 10 Average Austrian Researcher in Austria
CFCR Project • Addressing the question of how we conduct research ? – Responsibility / Consistency • Project in the context of JPI CLIMATE + Alliance of Sustainable Universities in Austria • Results – 3 Policy Briefs, 5-day virtual conference • JPI Call / Austrian climate research program
“Does flying around the world to conferences suggest a real and urgent concern for the effect of greenhouse gas emissions on the climate?” (THOMPSON 2011)
“The Kyoto Protocol has not proven to be particularly effective at anything of consequence-except perhaps flying government officials around the world to enjoy exotic places like Bali, Poznan, “…Al Gore got an Oscar Buenos Aires, Cancun, and for An Inconvenient Truth Doha.” and someone did some analysis of his carbon RUCKER 2012 footprint and found it was pretty big.” “…Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy. “ BLEISCH NZZ 19.10.2009
What can we do? • Large, institution-wide issues – Energy sources – Environmental management systems – Energy standards of buildings – ... • Department level – Depending on institutional policy, autonomy with regard to IT, travel, etc. • Individual level
BOKU CO 2 emissions t CO 2 /a 8,000 BOKU CO 2 Emissions 2011
BOKU CO 2 emissions t CO 2 /a Electricity 8,000 Other emissions BOKU CO 2 Emissions BOKU CO 2 Emissions 2011 2011, scenario with reneawable energy
Meetings compared Food, energy, infra. Emissions Hotels 100% Travel Food, energy, infra. Computer/Server Physical Virtual Meeting Meeting
Sources: webdirectory, lovelylaos, airtravelinternational, cheapflights
What can we do? • Green meetings • Video conferences • Rail travel http://www.jpi-climate.eu/jpi- themes/climatefriendlyclimateresearch
Source: infocus.com
Source: CFCR project
Source: CFCR virtual conference
Source: deutsche bahn
„We are the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last generation who can do something about it.“ (OBAMA 2015)
LET‘S DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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