The Climate Emergency: can Particle Physics ever be sustainable?

by Prof. Veronique Boisvert (Univ. of London (Royal Holloway College))

Tuesday 7 Mar 2023, 15:30 → 17:30 US/Eastern

Remote

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. 

Zoom link:  https://bnl.zoomgov.com/j/1605020278?pwd=cHJ1bDRuK1FDNnZLSnpxVkZhcDQ3QT09 

 

Colloquium recording

Seminar2023_BNL.pdf