Curbing the carbon footprint of health care
The Lancet Digital Health
Abstract
Technology and innovation is a key theme of the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference, COP28, hoping to catalyse the development and deployment of climate solutions to drive down global temperatures and protect human health. The health-care sector contributes approximately 4·6% to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Will wider adoption of digital health technologies help mitigate this issue, or exacerbate it?
Topics & Concepts
Carbon footprintGreenhouse gasWorkflowTransformative learningSoftware deploymentHealth careSustainabilityComputer scienceDeep learningArtificial intelligenceEnvironmental economicsBusinessPsychologyPolitical scienceEconomicsBiologyOperating systemPedagogyLawEcologyDatabaseAdvances in Oncology and RadiotherapyClimate Change and Health ImpactsColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection