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Flying to conferences won't solve climate change

A large international conference can produce the emissions of an entire city in a week, according to new research. A University of Otago researcher is calling for a dramatic overhaul of academic events, in light of the climate crisis.

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Jonathan Wolff: What hypocrisy, I think guiltily, as I jet off to academic conferences far and wide
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Jonathan Wolff: What hypocrisy, I think guiltily, as I jet off to academic conferences far and wide

We must apply the three Rs to plane travel: replace if possible, reduce to the essential, and refine to make it worthwhile.

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