Reducing the carbon footprint of research: experience from the NightLife study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As set out in the Climate Change Act (2008), the UK National Health Service (NHS) has made a commitment to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and reach net zero by 2050. Research forms a core part of NHS activity and reducing the carbon footprint of clinical trials is a core element of the National Institute for Health and Care Research Carbon Reduction Strategy (2019).

Key arguments

However, support from funding organisations on how to achieve these targets is lacking. This brief communication article reports the reduction in the carbon footprint of the NightLife study, an ongoing multicentre randomised controlled trial assessing the impact of in-centre nocturnal haemodialysis on quality of life.

Conclusion

By using remote conferencing software and inn

SUBMITTER: Quann N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10151866 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature