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13 September 2024

Academics say flying to meetings harms the climate — but they carry on

A survey at one of the biggest UK research universities finds that staff often end up flying to meetings despite a preference to avoid air travel.

Alix Soliman

Alix Soliman

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An overwhelming majority of survey respondents at a top research university agree that air travel contributes to climate change, but many — especially professors and PhD students — often fly to conferences anyway, according to a study¹ published last month in Global Environmental Change¹.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02965-7

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