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DOI	10.1007/s11625-024-01487-5
	Climate-friendly healthcare: reducing the impacts of the healthcare sector on the world's climate
	Leal Filho, Walter; Luetz, Johannes M.; Thanekar, Urvi D.; Dinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta; Forrester, Mike
发表日期	2024
ISSN	1862-4065
EISSN	1862-4057
英文摘要	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.
英文关键词	Healthcare; Greenhouse gas emissions; Climate change; Decarbonisation; Sustainable procurement; Planetary health
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:001194856000001
来源期刊	SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/310077
作者单位	Manchester Metropolitan University; Hochschule Angewandte Wissenschaft Hamburg; Alphacrucis College; University of New South Wales Sydney; University of the Sunshine Coast; Deakin University; Universidade de Coimbra; Deakin University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Leal Filho, Walter,Luetz, Johannes M.,Thanekar, Urvi D.,et al. Climate-friendly healthcare: reducing the impacts of the healthcare sector on the world's climate[J],2024.
APA	Leal Filho, Walter,Luetz, Johannes M.,Thanekar, Urvi D.,Dinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta,&Forrester, Mike.(2024).Climate-friendly healthcare: reducing the impacts of the healthcare sector on the world's climate.SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE.
MLA	Leal Filho, Walter,et al."Climate-friendly healthcare: reducing the impacts of the healthcare sector on the world's climate".SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE (2024).