Massive Attack target music industry’s climate impact

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Musicians from Bristol-based band Massive Attack are working with climate researchers to examine the impact of the music industry on the environment.  

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The group has announced that it will be collaborating with scientists from the University of Manchester’s Tyndall Centre to analyse data from its touring schedule and produce information and guidance on how the wider music industry can reduce its environmental impact.

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In a statement on the project, the band said: “We’ve been concerned and preoccupied with the carbon footprint of our schedules and the wider impact of our sector overall. This concern has deepened with each new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the universal acceptance of the climate & biodiversity emergency.

Dr Chris Jones, Research Fellow at Tyndall Manchester, said: “We will be working with Massive Attack to look at sources of carbon emissions from a band’s touring schedule. Every industry has varying degrees of carbon impact to address and we need partnerships like this one to look at reducing carbon emissions across the board.

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