The Sustainable High Energy Physics Conference 2024 and 2025
Supported by the JAI
The Sustainable HEP conference in 2024 and 2025 brought together researchers from around the world to address the pressing environmental challenges facing the High-Energy Physics (HEP) community. Held online, both editions focused on sharing best practices, showcasing innovative technologies, and fostering collaborations aimed at reducing the environmental impact of particle physics research and infrastructure.
The 2024 conference explored topics such as sustainable accelerator design, energy-efficient RF technologies, life cycle assessment (LCA) of major facilities, and behavioural science approaches to driving systemic change. In 2025, there was more of a focus on responsible computing, sustainable detector systems, and strategies for institutional climate action plans. Across both years, the workshops featured keynote speakers, technical sessions, and interactive activities that empowered participants to reflect on and reduce their personal and institutional environmental impact.
We are deeply grateful to our sponsors and partners for making these events possible: the John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, CERN, the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford, and Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL). Their support continues to be instrumental in driving forward the conversation on sustainability in HEP.