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As the 6th installment of HCWH SEA’s Green Hospitals Asian Conference (GHAC), the International…

Lecciones aprendidas en la construcción de capacidades en el sector

Join physician leaders leveraging their influence and expertise to advance the growing sustainability movement and climate-smart health care.

With financial support from The European Climate Initiative (EUKI), HCWH Europe launched a pilot project to support six European hospitals in measuring their carbon footprint, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the use of anaesthetic gases. During the project, (which ran until March 2018), HCWH Europe worked with hospitals from France, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden to measure emissions and share data.In order for the EU to meet its 2030 climate and energy package targets, countries must set national goals for different economic sectors. While healthcare makes up an estimated 5% of European GHG emissions, very few health systems have measured their carbon footprint or set emission reduction targets.To be able to set national and European targets for the healthcare sector, the sector must first track and measure its emissions. Very little data about...

The Health Care Climate Challenge mobilizes health care institutions around the globe to protect public health from climate change.

To sign up your hospital or health system for the Health Care Climate Challenge, sign the pledge. After registering, you will receive an email welcoming you to the challenge and directing to you to educational resources.Pledge

Our objective is to ensure health systems are resilient to climate impacts and are actively supporting community climate resilience as anchor institutions.

Si el sector de la salud fuese un país, sería el quinto emisor más grande del planeta. Eso indica el nuevo reporte Huella climática del sector de la salud. Cómo contribuye el sector de la salud a la crisis climática global: oportunidades para la acción, de Salud sin Daño, en colaboración con Arup.

Primera edición: realizada entre el 12 de noviembre y el 3 de diciembre de 2019. Segunda edición: del 3 al 21 de octubre de 2022.

Health care’s climate footprint is a report developed by Health Care Without Harm in collaboration with Arup. It provides the most comprehensive global analysis of health care’s contribution to climate change to date.

HCWH Europe’s project helped develop the Mediterranean as a best-practice region for low-carbon healthcare in Europe supported by progressive environment and health policies.

Descargue la guía para periodistas y vea el video del seminario web de lanzamiento, realizado el 2 de diciembre de 2020.