Environmental sustainability in basic research. A perspective from HECAP+
Abstract The climate crisis and the degradation of the world's ecosystems require humanity to take immediate action. The international scientific community has a responsibility to limit the negative environmental impacts of basic research. The HECAP+ communities ( High Energy Physics, Cosmology, Astroparticle Physics, and Hadron and Nuclear Physics ) make use of common and similar experimental infrastructure, such as accelerators and observatories, and rely similarly on the processing of big data. Our communities therefore face similar challenges to improving the sustainability of our research. This document aims to reflect on the environmental impacts of our work practices and research infrastructure, to highlight best practice, to make recommendations for positive changes, and to identify the opportunities and challenges that such changes present for wider aspects of social responsibility.
Authors
- N. Šarčević (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7301-6415)
- P. Shastri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4984-9641)
- M. Düren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6066-4744)
- Pía Zurita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2756-9550)
- Rajeev Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5855-4039)
- Jacopo Ghiglieri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4176-857X)
- Rakhi Mahbubani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6311-4310)
- Shankha Banerjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6493-7295)
- K. Lohwasser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1833-9160)
- Peter Millington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6942-8257)
- Matthijs van der Wild (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3949-3063)
- Harold Erbin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9096-0659)
- H. M. Wakeling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4606-7895)
- Lisa Glaser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6241-9478)
- Thomas Y. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0294-3614)
- K. Potamianos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7839-9785)
- P. Koppenburg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8614-7203)
- Ayan Paul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2156-4062)
- M. S. S. Gill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2524-5154)
- Johannes Hampp
- R. Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8535-4809)
- Frauke Poblotzki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8350-4954)
- Matthias Koschnitzke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3627-7194)
- J. J. Hall
- C. David (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1794-1443)
- Christian Gutschow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0857-794X)
- V. K. Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4691-3064)
Institutions
- Raman Research Institute (IN)
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (GB)
- Northeastern University (US)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- University of Vienna (AT)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
- African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (ZA)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Durham University (GB)
- York University (CA)
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (DE)
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY (DE)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- University of Warwick (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- National Institute for Subatomic Physics (NL)
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et des Technologies Associées (FR)
- Ruđer Bošković Institute (HR)
- IMT Atlantique (FR)
- CEA Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (FR)
- The NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (US)
- Institut de Physique Théorique (FR)
- University College London (GB)
- Stony Brook University (US)
- Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IN)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CH)
- University of Göttingen (DE)
- University of Missouri (US)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- Newcastle University (GB)
- University of Sheffield (GB)
- Nantes Université (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Instrumentation
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/20/03/p03012
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Sustainability in Higher Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.93