The well being care trade is among the many most carbon-intensive service sectors within the industrialized world. It’s accountable for 4.4–4.6 percent of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions and comparable fractions of poisonous air pollution, largely stemming from fossil gas combustion.
Within the second episode of The Earth Illness, journalist Jared Downing explores ways in which the well being care trade is working to curb its carbon footprint.
Jared produced this collection in 2021 as a part of the Well being Affairs Podcast Fellowship Program.
Visitors on this episode embrace Dr. Ashish Jha, Bob Biggio from Boston Medical Center, Jeff Thompson previously from the Gundersen Health System, and Gary Cohen from Healthcare Without Harm.
On the time of this recording, Dr. Jha was the Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. He’s presently the White Home COVID-19 Response Coordinator and Counselor to the President. The views represented on this podcast are his personal.
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