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Fantastic seminar this morning on decarbonising academic travel and conferences. A new and notable point for me was the idea that ECRs look up to senior academics (who fly the most) and want to replicate their behaviour. Thanks to @DebbieHopkins_, James Higham and @jmcheer1. 
Many highlights from the great work by @milankloewer ( http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02057-2) as well as Paul Peeters et al. who show that technological advances in aviation can never be a solution ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2016.02.004) 
If you want to learn more, (almost) everything you could ever want to know is in this document by @flyingless https://docs.google.com/document/d/1URRRh4zMSpvtZY08F9-Rkbx0qkNNmfzIzqOlqZWKxkE/edit
Oh oh and two more interesting points:
(1) universities should recognise virtual and in-person conferences equally, and support academics with time and resources to participate fully (e.g. providing a quiet space for people to attend).
(1) universities should recognise virtual and in-person conferences equally, and support academics with time and resources to participate fully (e.g. providing a quiet space for people to attend).
(2) a big barrier to academics travelling by train (esp in the UK) is that universities are forcing staff to take the cheapest option, which is nearly always flying. Universities need to allow us to travel by train! I would take a 6 hour train journey over a flight any day 
(3) one study found that there's actually no correlation between professional success and frequent air travel. Instead they found that those who emitted more earned more 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.109
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.109
(4) it is also crucial to recognise the privilege and inequality associated with travel. ~15% of academics are responsible for ~70% of conference air travel as academics in the global south have little-to-no access to conference travel. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2019.1695132
