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DOI	10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0160.1
	Decarbonizing Conference Travel Testing a Multi-Hub Approach
	Kremser, Stefanie; Charlton-Perez, Andrew; Richter, Jadwiga H.; Santos, Jose; Danzer, Julia; Hoelbling, Stefanie
发表日期	2024
ISSN	0003-0007
EISSN	1520-0477
起始页码	105
结束页码	1
卷号	105 期号:1
英文摘要	As the global research enterprise grapples with the challenge of a low-carbon future, a key challenge is the future of international conferences. An emerging initiative that combines elements of the traditional in-person conference and a virtual conference is a multi-hub approach. Here we report on a real-world trial of a multi-hub approach, the World Climate Research Programme/Stratosphere-Troposphere Processes and their Role in Climate (WCRP/SPARC) General Assembly held in Qingdao-Reading-Boulder during the last week of October 2022 with more than 400 participants. While there are other examples of conferences run in dual-hub or hybrid online and in-person formats, we are not aware of other large atmospheric science conferences held in this format. Based on travel surveys of participants, we estimate that the multi-hub approach reduced the carbon footprint from travel by between a factor of 2.3 and 4.1 times the footprint when hosting the conference in a single location. This resulted in a saving of at least 288 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2eq) and perhaps as much as 683 tCO2eq, compared to having the conference in one location only. Feedback from participants, collected immediately after the conference, showed that the majority would again attend another conference in a similar format. There are many ways that the format of the SPARC General Assembly could have been improved, but this proof of concept provides an inspiration to other groups to give the multi-hub format a try.
英文关键词	Atmosphere; Greenhouse gases; Climate change; Adaptation
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS类目	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:001145907900001
来源期刊	BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/298699
作者单位	Helmholtz Association; German Aerospace Centre (DLR); University of Reading; National Center Atmospheric Research (NCAR) - USA; Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral; First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources; University of Graz
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kremser, Stefanie,Charlton-Perez, Andrew,Richter, Jadwiga H.,et al. Decarbonizing Conference Travel Testing a Multi-Hub Approach[J],2024,105(1).
APA	Kremser, Stefanie,Charlton-Perez, Andrew,Richter, Jadwiga H.,Santos, Jose,Danzer, Julia,&Hoelbling, Stefanie.(2024).Decarbonizing Conference Travel Testing a Multi-Hub Approach.BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY,105(1).
MLA	Kremser, Stefanie,et al."Decarbonizing Conference Travel Testing a Multi-Hub Approach".BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY 105.1(2024).