Fair pathways to net-zero healthcare

A Bhopal, OF Norheim - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Over the past decade, it has become clear that the health sector is not only at risk from
climate change but also a major polluter of greenhouse gases. In November 2021, the World …

Pathway to sustainability: An overview of renewable energy integration in building systems

VJ Reddy, NP Hariram, MF Ghazali, S Kumarasamy - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Decarbonizing the building sector is crucial for mitigating climate change, reducing carbon
emissions, and achieving an energy production–consumption balance. This research aims …

[HTML][HTML] A scoping review of human health co-benefits of forest-based climate change mitigation in Europe

M van den Bosch, ML Bartolomeu, S Williams… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change is a pressing global challenge with profound implications for human health.
Forest-based climate change mitigation strategies, such as afforestation, reforestation, and …

Further delays in tackling greenhouse gas emissions at COP28 will be an act of negligence

M Romanello, S Whitmee, E Mulcahy, A Costello - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Driven mostly by the relentless burning of fossil fuels, the continuous rise in greenhouse gas
emissions since the Industrial Revolution has pushed the climate to an unprecedented level …

Health co-benefits and trade-offs of carbon pricing: a narrative synthesis

S Cuevas, D Nachtigall, A Aguilar Jaber… - Climate …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Carbon pricing is a key component of current climate policy agendas. There are a variety of
societal and health impacts from carbon pricing interventions (eg from improved air quality) …

Reflections from COP28: resisting healthwashing in climate change negotiations

A Singh, T Ezzine, RR Guinto, S Gepp… - PLOS Global Public …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
At the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), health emerged as a pivotal focus,
with almost 50 Health Ministers and approximately 1,600 health professionals witnessing …

[HTML][HTML] Can current interlinked crises stimulate the structural and policy choices required for healthy societies?

K Rasanathan, Y Pillay - bmj, 2024 - bmj.com
Kumanan Rasanathan and colleagues argue that governments and other societal actors,
including the health sector, must ensure current global crises lead to choices and action to …

Building climate resilient and low carbon health systems

S Briggs - bmj, 2023 - bmj.com
The effect of climate change on human health is increasingly visible, 1 and health systems
will inevitably be challenged over coming decades. Healthcare professionals are also …

Reassessing 'good'medical practice and the climate crisis

R Yassaie, L Brooks - Journal of Medical Ethics, 2024 - jme.bmj.com
In August 2023, the General Medical Council released the latest update of Good Medical
Practice, which sets out the standards of patient care and professional behaviour to be …

[HTML][HTML] Healthier Societies for Healthier Populations: Can current interlinked crises stimulate the structural and policy choices required for healthy societies?

K Rasanathan, Y Pillay, K Buse, K Cloete, ME Garcia… - The BMJ, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Healthier Societies for Healthier Populations: Can current interlinked crises stimulate the
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