Healthcare waste is a rampant issue in Australian hospitals. The operating room (OR)
contributes disproportionately to total hospital waste. There has been considerable research …

Objectives Hospitals are significant contributors to natural resource depletion and
environmental change. Our objective was to establish the extent to which hospital …

Background Carbon footprints stemming from health care have been found to be variable,
from 3% of the total national CO 2 equivalent (CO 2 e) emissions in England to 10% of the …

Climate change threatens many of the gains in development and health over the last
century. However, it could also be a catalyst for a necessary societal transformation to a …

China has experienced noticeable changes in climate over the past 100 years and the
potential impact climate change has on transmission of mosquito-borne infectious diseases …

Background Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century. Medical
students will lead the health sector responses and adaptation efforts in the near future, yet …

Purpose Environmental sustainability (ES) is an increasing tendency in the healthcare
industry as it seeks to enhance the environmental friendliness and reduces waste in …

Background Anthropogenic climate change poses a major health risk to humankind. The
healthcare sector both contributes to climate change and is vulnerable to its impacts …

Background: Today's nursing students will always face the health effects of climate change
in the coming years. Methods: This research was carried out with students (N= 148) between …

Climate change adaptation is increasingly concerned with how organisations develop
capacity to adapt to uncertain futures. A participatory action research project conducted in …