Environmental sustainability

The research community is responsible for setting societal precedents. It's important that you and your team consider how your research may harm the natural environment and find ways to reduce or prevent those harms.

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Digital Carbon Footprint Toolkit

Type: Toolkit

Source: University of Loughborough

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What is this resource?

A toolkit that addresses the environmental impact of digitalisation, with the ultimate goal of minimising data related carbon emissions.

Why use this resource?

The toolkit’s Data Carbon Scorecard can help you forecast the data CO2 footprint of your project BEFORE it begins. It can be completed in a matter of minutes and is designed to facilitate discussions about the potential environmental ramifications of data decisions.

URL: www.lboro.ac.uk

Digital Carbon Footprint Toolkit

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A partnership project

Valuing Voices is a partnership project between colleagues from the University of York and Mahidol University.

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Valuing Voices is a two-year project funded by Wellcome under the Institutional Funding for Research Culture grant.

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