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      The Carbon Footprint of Conference Papers

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          The action required to stem the environmental and social implications of climate change depends crucially on how humankind shapes technology, economy, lifestyle and policy. With transport CO 2 emissions accounting for about a quarter of the total, we examine the contribution of CO 2 output by scientific travel. Thankfully for the reputation of the scientific community, CO 2 emissions associated with the trips required to present a paper at a scientific conference account for just 0.003% of the yearly total. However, with CO 2 emissions for a single conference trip amounting to 7% of an average individual’s total CO 2 emissions, scientists should lead by example by demonstrating leadership in addressing the issue.

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          Energy. Behavior and energy policy.

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            Greenhouse gas emissions from global cities.

            Christopher James Kennedy, Julia K. Steinberger, Barrie Gasson … (2009)
            The world's population is now over 50% urban, and cities make an important contribution to national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Many cities are developing strategies to reduce their emissions. Here we ask how and why emissions differ between cities. Our study often global cities shows how a balance of geophysical factors (climate, access to resources, and gateway status) and technical factors (power generation, urban design, and waste processing) determine the GHGs attributable to cities. Within the overall trends, however, there are differences between cities with more or less public transit while personal income also impacts heating and industrial fuel use. By including upstream emissions from fuels, GHG emissions attributable to cities exceed those from direct end use by upto 25%. Our findings should help foster intercity learning on reducing GHG emissions.
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              The ethics of climate change.

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                Gil Bohrer: Role: Editor
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
                Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
                Journal ID (pmc): plosone
                Title: PLoS ONE
                Publisher: Public Library of Science (San Francisco, USA )
                ISSN (Electronic): 1932-6203
                Publication date Collection: 2013
                Publication date (Electronic): 26 June 2013
                Volume: 8
                Issue: 6
                Electronic Location Identifier: e66508
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
                [2 ]Greek Research and Technology Network, Athens, Greece
                The Ohio State University, United States of America
                Author notes

                Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

                Conceived and designed the experiments: DS PL. Performed the experiments: DS PL. Analyzed the data: DS PL. Wrote the paper: DS PL.

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                Publisher ID: PONE-D-13-07893
                DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066508
                PMC ID: 3694072
                PubMed ID: 23840496
                SO-VID: ac62a37d-e16b-4e5e-a4f1-73af7825ebde
                Copyright statement: Copyright @ 2013
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

                History
                Date received : 6 February 2013
                Date accepted : 2 May 2013
                Page count
                Pages: 8
                Funding
                This research has been co-financed by the European Union (European Social Fund) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Lifelong Learning” of the National Strategic Reference Framework. Research Funding Program: Thalis –Athens University of Economics and Business–Software Engineering Research Platform. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
                Categories
                Subject: Research Article
                Subject: Biology
                Subject: Ecology
                Subject: Environmental Protection
                Subject: Computer Science
                Subject: Geoinformatics
                Subject: Environmental Systems Modeling
                Subject: Earth Sciences
                Subject: Atmospheric Science
                Subject: Climatology
                Subject: Climate Change
                Subject: Climate Modeling
                Subject: Environmental Sciences
                Subject: Environmental Economics
                Subject: Science Policy
                Subject: Bioethics
                Subject: Science Policy and Economics
                Subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
                Subject: Economics
                Subject: Environmental Economics

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