title: Managing the environmental impact of research.
abstract: The environmental impact of research increasingly needs to be taken into account in design and execution. This makes good financial sense. However, it is especially in the research world as one of the key reasons for doing health research is to improve our knowledge to improve health. Specifically, doing research in a more sustainable way allows us to generate more knowledge with the same resource. Research not only needs to be done increasingly sustainably, but the content of the research needs to direct how we promote health and deliver healthcare in more sustainable ways.
authors.affiliation: NHS Sustainable Development Unit, Capital Park, Cambridge, UK. david.pencheon@sdu.nhs.uk
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Pencheon
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001364:Awareness; D058572:Carbon Footprint; D057231:Climate Change; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design; D012941:Social Responsibility