Labos 1point5: Reducing the environmental footprint of our research activities
Scientists are becoming more aware of the impact of their activities on the environment. They also
want to base their analysis of the situation on measurements, leading to decisions to minimise their
contribution to climate change and pollution. With this in mind, scientists in French labs started
the Labos 1point5 collective in 2019, to survey what is already ongoing, to study how research is
being carried out, to think about changes to promote in our teaching and research approaches, and
to provide tools to measure our labs greenhouse gases emissions in a standardised way. With GES
1point5, hundreds of labs are reporting their yearly emissions from buildings, electricity, duty
travel, commute and procurement. The latest addition includes emissions linked to the usage of
large infrastructures such as CERN, large computing centres and astronomical observatories. The
kit 1point5 and scenario 1point5 tools suggest measures and model their impact by 2030, aiming
at a 50% reduction in GHG emissions.