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Publication - Climate-Friendly Healthcare: Reducing the Impacts of the Healthcare Sector on the World’s Climate
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Title
Climate-Friendly Healthcare: Reducing the Impacts of the Healthcare Sector on the World’s Climate
Publisher
Sustain Sci
Author
Leal Filho, W., Luetz, J.M., Thanekar, U.D. et al.
Published in
April 2024
Abstract
If the global healthcare sector were a country, it would be the fifth-largest carbon emitter, also producing massive volumes of waste. A revolutionary transition to an environmentally sustainable model of healthcare is required. Decarbonisation efforts are initially focused on transitioning to renewable energy sources and improving energy efficiency in healthcare facilities (Scopes 1 and 2). One of the major challenges is to reduce the carbon intensity of the broader healthcare sector, especially operational and supply chain-related emissions, which represent 71% of the sector’s worldwide emissions (Scope 3). This comment briefly describes the connections between the healthcare sector and climate change and describes several high-impact decarbonisation opportunities, focusing on transitioning from current resource and waste-intensive procurement models and highlighting the planetary co-benefits of fostering low-emissions healthcare. To succeed, this transition will require high-level advocacy and policy changes supported by international collaboration at the global level.
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