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Climate-friendly healthcare: reducing the impacts of the healthcare sector on the world’s climate

dc.contributor.authorLeal Filho, Walter
dc.contributor.authorLuetz, Johannes M.
dc.contributor.authorThanekar, Urvi D.
dc.contributor.authorDinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta
dc.contributor.authorForrester, Mike
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-15T14:41:22Z
dc.date.available2024-05-15T14:41:22Z
dc.date.issued2024-03-29
dc.descriptionhttps://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/17471pt_PT
dc.description.abstractIf 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.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationAPA7th: Leal Filho, W., Luetz, J. M., Thanekar, U. D., Dinis, M. A. P., & Forrester, M. (2024). Climate-friendly healthcare: reducing the impacts of the healthcare sector on the world’s climate [Note and Comment]. Sustainability Science, 19(3), 1103–1109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-024-01487-5pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11625-024-01487-5pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn1862-4057
dc.identifier.issn1862-4065
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10284/13024
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherSpringer Nature Japanpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-024-01487-5pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectHealthcarept_PT
dc.subjectGreenhouse gas emissionspt_PT
dc.subjectClimate changept_PT
dc.subjectDecarbonisationpt_PT
dc.subjectSustainable procurementpt_PT
dc.subjectPlanetary healthpt_PT
dc.titleClimate-friendly healthcare: reducing the impacts of the healthcare sector on the world’s climatept_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage1109pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue3pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1103pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleSustainability Sciencept_PT
oaire.citation.volume19pt_PT
person.familyNameDinis
person.givenNameMaria Alzira Pimenta
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person.identifier.ciencia-id4710-147D-FDAF
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