A study evaluated the carbon footprint associated with in-person and virtual meetings of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and suggested strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the future.
“Medical conferences are a substantial source of greenhouse gas emissions in the health care sector and are an appealing target for reductions,” the authors wrote.
The carbon footprint of the in-person annual meeting held in 2019 in San Francisco was estimated based on attendees’ transportation, attendees’ accommodation and venue-based emission. The total carbon footprint