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Climate-friendly healthcare: reducing the impacts of the healthcare sector on the world’s climate
dc.contributor.author | Leal Filho, Walter | |
dc.contributor.author | Luetz, Johannes M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Thanekar, Urvi D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Dinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta | |
dc.contributor.author | Forrester, Mike | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-15T14:41:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-05-15T14:41:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-03-29 | |
dc.description | https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/17471 | pt_PT |
dc.description.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. | pt_PT |
dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
dc.identifier.citation | APA7th: 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/s11625-024-01487-5 | pt_PT |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s11625-024-01487-5 | pt_PT |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1862-4057 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1862-4065 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10284/13024 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
dc.publisher | Springer Nature Japan | pt_PT |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-024-01487-5 | pt_PT |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | pt_PT |
dc.subject | Healthcare | pt_PT |
dc.subject | Greenhouse gas emissions | pt_PT |
dc.subject | Climate change | pt_PT |
dc.subject | Decarbonisation | pt_PT |
dc.subject | Sustainable procurement | pt_PT |
dc.subject | Planetary health | pt_PT |
dc.title | Climate-friendly healthcare: reducing the impacts of the healthcare sector on the world’s climate | pt_PT |
dc.type | journal article | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
oaire.citation.endPage | 1109 | pt_PT |
oaire.citation.issue | 3 | pt_PT |
oaire.citation.startPage | 1103 | pt_PT |
oaire.citation.title | Sustainability Science | pt_PT |
oaire.citation.volume | 19 | pt_PT |
person.familyName | Dinis | |
person.givenName | Maria Alzira Pimenta | |
person.identifier | 493603 | |
person.identifier.ciencia-id | 4710-147D-FDAF | |
person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-2198-6740 | |
person.identifier.rid | F-3309-2011 | |
person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 55539804000 | |
rcaap.rights | closedAccess | pt_PT |
rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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