In recent years, environmental sustainability in healthcare has gained increased attention.
The main contributors to environmental impact are hospitals, clinical services, and the …

Human activity existentially threatens the earth's ecosystems, on which economic prosperity
and human health depend. The most severe consequences of jeopardizing these …

Climate change threatens human health and increases demand for healthcare. Global
temperature is rising in near linear relationship with increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) in …

The carbon footprint of healthcare is significantly impacted by intensive care units, which has
implications for climate change and planetary health. Considering this, it is crucial to …

The climate crisis is a major public health issue [1]. For the intensive care community, it is
manifested by increasing burdens of cardiorespiratory diseases, altered infectious disease …

Dear Editor, We read with interest the article by Barbariol et al. regarding the implementation
of a recycling program in an intensive care unit (ICU)[1]. The themes they address echo the …

Anthropogenic environmental changes are causing severe damage to the natural and social
systems on which human health depends. The environmental impacts of the manufacture …

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Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions must decrease by 80–90% by 2050 to limit global
temperature increases to under 1.5 C and mitigate climate change consequences [1]. This …

Many clinicians, concerned about climate change, have focussed their attention onto single-
use medical items, given the large amounts of waste they produce [1]. Since the 1990s, the …