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A pathway to net zero emissions for healthcare

Renee N. Salas, Edward Maibach, David Pencheon, Nick Watts, Howard Frumkin

2020BMJ146 citationsDOI

Abstract

The healthcare sector has a profound responsibility and opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to limit the widespread health harms of climate change. <b>Renee N Salas and colleagues</b> chart a path to net zero emissions for healthcare

Topics & Concepts

Greenhouse gasHealth careZero emissionClimate changeLimit (mathematics)Natural resource economicsZero (linguistics)Path (computing)Environmental scienceBusinessEconomicsEngineeringComputer scienceMathematicsEconomic growthWaste managementComputer networkEcologyBiologyMathematical analysisLinguisticsPhilosophyClimate Change and Health ImpactsGlobal Health Care IssuesAir Quality and Health Impacts