通过可持续性重新考虑研究资金 镜头
Kevin J Tu1, Christina Greever-Wilson2
1University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America; Member, University Alliance Group, International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories, Arlington, VA, United States of America.
Clinical biochemistry
|August 8, 2025
概括
研究资助者可以通过激励可持续性来减少科学的环境足迹. 欧洲机构通过将绿色实践纳入研究资金,促进效率和气候行动,发挥领导作用.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 科学政策 科学政策 科学政策
- 可持续性研究 可持续性研究
背景情况:
- 科学研究是全球主要的能源和资源消费者,对温室气体排放作出了重大贡献.
- 目前的资金结构,特别是在美国,经常奖励低效的做法,阻碍了科学中的可持续发展努力.
- 科学研究对环境的影响与航空业的环境影响相当.
研究的目的:
- 分析研究资助者在促进科学领域的可持续性方面的作用.
- 突出可持续研究资金的新兴趋势,特别是在欧洲.
- 为研究人员,机构和资助者提出可行的步骤,以促进科学中的环境管理.
主要方法:
- 审查科学研究当前的资助政策和实践.
- 分析欧洲资助机构在研究活动中嵌入可持续发展方面的举措.
- 确定政策改革和可持续科学的实际步骤.
主要成果:
- 主要的欧洲资助机构正在通过环境影响评估和绿色实验室认证等机制积极促进可持续发展.
- 这些举措表明了提高运营效率,降低成本和与气候目标保持一致的潜力.
- 越来越多的运动存在,将可持续性纳入科学研究的核心期望.
结论:
- 研究资助者拥有显著的力量来推动科学环境足迹的减少.
- 政策改革和实践采用可持续实践对于一个更环保的科学未来至关重要.
- 将环境管理作为核心期望的整合将加速全球向可持续科学的过渡.
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