Erschienen in:
10.02.2023 | Editorials
Promoting practice change towards environmentally sustainable health care: more than meets the eye
verfasst von:
Vivian H. Y. Ip, MBChB, FRCA, Clifford L. Shelton, MBChB, PhD, FCRA, Gabrielle L. Zimmermann, PhD
Erschienen in:
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Ausgabe 3/2023
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Excerpt
The health care industry contributes between 4 and 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
1 Extreme temperatures and other effects of climate change cause excess morbidity and mortality.
2 In Canada alone, data suggest that negative environmental impacts account for an annual loss of over 23,000 disability-adjusted life years.
3 In 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued an urgent warning, “Code Red for Humanity,” noting that we are edging ever closer to the global temperature rise threshold of 1.5°C set out in the Paris Agreement.
4 It is predicted that beyond this limit, the ramifications on intensity and frequency of extreme events, on resources, ecosystems, biodiversity, food security, and carbon removal will outstrip humanity’s capacity for adaptation.
5 Immediate action to halt further temperature increase is urgently required. …
