Year: 2023
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: ⇒The healthcare sector can no longer ignore its contributions to climate change, considered the greatest public health emergency of the 21st century.⇒ Surgical care carries a large carbon footprint, with significant energy consumption, considerable waste production and reliance on complex, high-emission supply chains.⇒ Tracking of up and downstream emissions, defined as scope 3 within the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, is an onerous and duplicative process.⇒ E-liability accounting can holistically estimate carbon emissions and assign them to the appropriate producers and consumers, streamlining the tracking process and providing real-time feedback.⇒ In surgical care, the clear accountability E-liability affords will allow hospitals to prioritise climateconscious choices alongside patient care.⇒ Thoughtful implementation of this accounting system is critical to ensure the burden of choice in climate responsibility does not fall solely onto the patient.⇒ Multisectoral adoption of E-liability, while challenging to implement, would create opportunities for collaboration across fields to optimise climate-friendly practices and make meaningful progress towards a greener future.
Source: BMJ Global Health
Language: English
Subfield: Environmental Engineering
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,679
OpenAlex ID: W4377982640