@ScienceStepsUp

Judith Klinman, Michael Marletta & Jeremy Thorner, UC Berkeley, have created a petition calling for scientists to alter travel to address climate change.

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A guest blog from Judith Klinman on holding remote scientific meetings: nationalmedals.org/stories/r…

Remote meetings for more inclusive and sustainable science - National Science and Technology Medals...

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Read about this initiative in the Spring 2021 MCB Transcript: mcb.berkeley.edu/news-and-ev…

Spring 2021 | Science and Policy Climate Change

Asking Scientists to Step Up to Climate Change By Kirsten Mickelwait One of the few upsides to the COVID-19 pandemic has been the drastic reduction of air and road traffic—even China’s notoriously...

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scientificamerican.com/artic…

We Are Living in a Climate Emergency, and We're Going to Say So

It’s time to use a term that more than 13,000 scientists agree is needed

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In the US, 12% of people took 66% of all flights. Elite minority of frequent flyers cause most of aviation's climate damage: amp.theguardian.com/world/20…

Elite minority of frequent flyers 'cause most of aviation's climate damage'

Small group taking most flights should face frequent flyer levy, says environmental charity

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Scientists Step Up to Climate Change retweeted
UC Berkeley MCB@berkeleyMCB30 Mar 2021
We are excited to share that Prof. Emeritus Jeremy Thorner has won the 2022 @BiochemSoc Centenary Award. 👏 Please join us in congratulating him — cheers Dr. Thorner! ➡️ bit.ly/3cCG6I6
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Scientists Step Up to Climate Change retweeted
flyingless@flyingless21 Dec 2020
This great initiative from UC scientists calls on professional associations to make sensible reductions in the climate impact of conferences. Scientists, especially in chemistry, biology, and physics, are invited to add their names. Share widely. sciencestepsup.com/letter
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The International Society for Children's Health and the Environment Commits to Reduce Its Carbon Footprint to Safeguard Children's Health pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3190…

The International Society for Children's Health and the Environment Commits to Reduce Its Carbon...

The Lancet Countdown and the 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change declared that the worst impacts of climate change are and will continue to be felt disproportionately by children. Children...

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nytimes.com/2021/03/10/opini…

Opinion | Do You Really Need to Fly? (Published 2021)

Videoconferencing is good enough to replace a lot of pointless business travel.

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nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Scientists want virtual meetings to stay after the COVID pandemic

Nature - A Nature poll shows that a year of online research conferences has brought big benefits, but blending them with in-person meetings in future will be a challenge.

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Sign the letter here: share.sciencestepsup.com
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Scientists Step Up to Climate Change retweeted
QB3-Berkeley@QB3Berkeley1 Mar 2021
Attn researchers: To combat the impacts that conference travel has on climate change, professors Judith Klinman, Michael Marletta & Jeremy Thorner are calling for a change to the way that scientists participate in conferences. Sign their open letter: share.sciencestepsup.com
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