ConferenceCarbonTracker

Tracking the carbon emissions from conferences.

How to add new conferences

Option 1: Travel Footprint Calculator (work in progress)

Use the Travel Footprint Calculator and check the box add conference to ConferenceCarbonTracker.

Option 2: Via ConferenceCarbonTracker.com (work in progress)

Use the add conference button and provide the data.

Option 3: Create a pull request

Create a pull request to this repository to add a file to /conferences, named as shortName_year_randomString.JSON, e.g. like agu_2019_kQ1e6Iaa.JSON. This JSON file should have at least the following fields

{
    "shortName": "AGU",
    "longName": "American Geophysical Union",
    "website": "https://www.agu.org/Fall-Meeting-2019",
    "date": {
        "year": 2019,
        "month": 12,
        "day": 9,
        "lengthInDays": 5
    },  
    "location": {
        "city": "San Francisco",
        "country": "USA"
    },
    "attendees": {
        "total": 28000,
        "virtual": 0,
        "in-person": 28000
    },
    "carbonFootprint": {
        "unit": "tCO2",
        "emissions": 80000,
        "reference": "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02057-2"
    }
  }