From June 23 to 27, 2025, the CBH Graduate School, in partnership with the DefiCO2 research consortium, welcomed 18 master and PhD students of 14 different nationalities to the Grenoble campus to discuss and imagine ways of reducing the carbon footprint of research.

The program included visits, presentations, meetings with scientists from the Université Grenoble Alpes and from a variety of backgrounds, and above all group workshops to build an action plan to reduce a laboratory's carbon footprint.

The week ended with students presenting their group work, and discussing possible courses of action and improvements. We congratulate them on their commitment and the quality of their work, which reflects the richness of the week's discussions and reflections.
 

Speakers

• Introduction Sabine Lavorel, UGA deputy president in charge of ecological transformation of Université Grenoble Alpes
• The environmental transition: an opportunity for research community Stéphane Guillot, ISTerre in charge of environmental transition of CNRS
• How to promote active and sustainable travel modes? The contribution of behavior change models in psychology Aïna Chalabaev, SENS Laboratory
• The social and economic issues of energy production Olivier Vidal, ISTerre
• Life Cycle Assessment, a tool for anticipating environmental impacts of products or processes illustrated with an application to a medical device: an orthesis Damien Evrard, G-SCOP Laboratory
• The controversial environmental assessment of biofuels and green electricity: what lessons can we learn for sustainable aviation fuels Thomas Reverdy, PACTE Laboratory

Workshops

• My carbon footprint and the one of research laboratory, Adrien Quintard DCM Laboratory
• Reducing environmental impact of research, Adrien Quintard DCM Laboratory
• Three sessions of teams work on the challenge

Visits

• Wastewater treatment plant or energy transition R&D laboratory