General
- OHBM SEA-SIG intro slides (2021)
- OHBM 2021 Symposium: “How can scientists respond to the climate emergency? A guide from the SEA SIG”
- What is the climate crisis? (Milan Klöwer)
- Footprint of neuroimaging research (Charlotte Rae)
- Decarbonising academic meetings (Anne Urai)
- Influencing our institutions and society (Adam Aron)
- Teaching the climate crisis (Clare Kelly)
- OHBM code of conduct
- IPCC report 2018
- Cambridge Absolute Zero report
- Kim Nicholas – High impact actions to reduce an individual’s footprint (reduce flying & meat), great infographic: https://www.kimnicholas.com/responding-to-climate-change.html or https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7541/pdf
- Aron AR, Ivry RB, Jeffery KJ, Poldrack RA, Schmidt R, Summerfield C, Urai AE. How Can Neuroscientists Respond to the Climate Emergency? Neuron. 2020 Apr 8;106(1):17-20. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.02.019. PMID: 32272064. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32272064/
- ISC Summer School 2021 – Cognitive Challenges of Climate Change / École d’été ISC 2021 – Défis cognitifs du changement climatique
- A Researcher Guide to Writing a Climate Justice Oriented Data Management Plan
Conference and travel
- Kim Nicholas, 2018 presentation on academic flying
- The original campaign to reduce flying in academia: https://academicflyingblog.wordpress.com
- Klower M, Hopkins D, Allen M, Higham J. An analysis of ways to decarbonize conference travel after COVID-19. Nature. 2020, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02057-2
- Sarabipour S et al. Evaluating features of scientific conferences: A call for improvements. bioRxiv. 2020 Apr 21
- Jordan CJ, Palmer AA. Virtual meetings: A critical step to address climate change. Science Advances. 2020 Sep 16; 6(38). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe5810
- Wynes S, Zhao J & Donner SD. How well do people understand the climate impact of individual actions. Climatic Change. 2020 Aug 6: 162
- Attari SZ, Krantz DH, Weber EU. Statements about climate researchers’ carbon footprints affect their credibility and the impact of their advice. Climatic Change. 2016 June 16: 138
- Westlake S. Climate change: yes, your individual action does make a difference. The Conversation. 2019 Apr 11
- Public pledge website for climate scientists reducing their aviation: https://noflyclimatesci.org/
- Kalmus P. How Far Can We Get Without Flying? YES! Magazine. 2016 Feb 11
- Nursey-Bray M et al. The Fear of Not Flying: Achieving Sustainable Academic Plane Travel in Higher Education Based on Insights from South Australia. Sustainability. 2019 May 12. 11(9): 2694. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11092694
Data and neuroimaging pipelines
- Neuroimaging research pipelines working group: https://neuropipelines.github.io
- Carbon footprinting quantification: https://neuropipelines.github.io/10carbon
- Pipelines: https://neuropipelines.github.io/20pipelines
- Carbon footprint of a 3T MRI scanner: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-carbon-footprint-of-a-3T-MRI-scanner
- Information on liquid Helium:
Other initiatives
- The International Society for Children’s Health and the Environment: https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP6578
- Open Science Framework: https://help.osf.io/hc/en-us/articles/360019737894
- Royal Society: https://royalsociety.org/-/media/policy/projects/digital-technology-and-the-planet/digital-technology-and-the-planet-report.pdf
- Adam’s UCSD report https://senate.ucsd.edu/current-affairs/reports-recommendations/report-of-the-senate-task-force-on-the-climate-crises/
What you can do
- Travel Better in academia tools: https://www.sustainabilityexchange.ac.uk/travel_better_package
- Google Cloud: https://cloud.google.com/sustainability
- Ecosia: https://www.ecosia.org
- Calculate your own personal carbon footprint: https://footprint.wwf.org.uk/#/
- Flight Free 2021 pledge: https://flightfree.co.uk