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I am slightly disappointed not to see a fast-growing and relatively new area here: a lot of work is being done now on the environmental impact of clinical trials. I particularly note the work of the Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit of the Institute of Cancer Research, which has developed a greener trials toolkit that enables managers to identify higher-emissions activities and implement targeted actions to reduce them. This calls for accepting carbon footprinting into the development stage of new trials and including it in funding applications.