A sustainable future in health: ensuring as health professionals our own house is in order and leading by example

McGain, Forbes; Kayak, Eugenie; Burch, Hayden

doi:10.5694/mja2.50787

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“…By 2030, an 80% reduction in emissions is required for healthcare to help meet the 1.5 C Paris Agreement commitments and minimise the predicted catastrophic public health consequences of climate change. 33,34 Australian hospitals and health systems must implement interventions which will decarbonize healthcare delivery to 'first do no harm' whilst maintaining and improving health. Healthcare systems can take cost-effective action to transition toward zero emissions energy, buildings, travel and transport, waste management as well as low emissions pharmaceuticals, sustainable food system ectera.…”

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“…Australia's healthcare sector needs to reduce its total emissions to net zero. By 2030, an 80% reduction in emissions is required for healthcare to help meet the 1.5°C Paris Agreement commitments and minimise the predicted catastrophic public health consequences of climate change 33,34 . Australian hospitals and health systems must implement interventions which will decarbonize healthcare delivery to ‘first do no harm’ whilst maintaining and improving health.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Asthma—The canary in the Australian coalmine: Making the links between climate change, fossil fuel and public health outcomes

Patrick

Hensher

Suphioglu

et al. 2023

Health Prom J of Aust

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Section: Direction 2-adoption Of a Healthcare Without Harm Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Roadmap For Actionmentioning

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Asthma—The canary in the Australian coalmine: Making the links between climate change, fossil fuel and public health outcomes

Patrick

Hensher

Suphioglu

et al. 2023

Health Prom J of Aust

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“…Waste anaesthestic gases alone have been found to account for 3% of all health sector greenhouse gas emissions in England (where the most rigorous national accounting has occurred, to date) [ 14 ]. Anaesthesia providers therefore have critical roles to play in reducing the environmental impact of their practice [ 19 , 20 , 21 ]. The Working Group agreed that anaesthesia providers should both lead on environmentally sustainable practice and collaborate with colleagues and other stakeholders on individual, departmental, regional, national and international levels [ 22 ].…”

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“…Anaesthesia providers therefore have critical roles to play in reducing the environmental impact of their practice [19][20][21].…”

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Principles of environmentally‐sustainable anaesthesia: a global consensus statement from the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists

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The Earth's mean surface temperature is already approximately 1.1°C higher than pre-industrial levels. Exceeding a mean 1.5°C rise by 2050 will make global adaptation to the consequences of climate change less possible. To protect public health, anaesthesia providers need to reduce the contribution their practice makes to global warming. We convened a Working Group of 45 anaesthesia providers with a recognised interest in sustainability, and used a three-stage modified Delphi consensus process to agree on principles of environmentally sustainable anaesthesia that are achievable worldwide. The Working Group agreed on the following three important underlying statements: patient safety should not be compromised by sustainable anaesthetic practices; high-, middle-and low-income countries should support each other appropriately in delivering sustainable healthcare (including anaesthesia); and healthcare systems should be mandated to reduce their contribution to global warming. We set out seven fundamental principles to guide anaesthesia providers in the move to environmentally sustainable practice, including: choice of medications and equipment; minimising waste and overuse of resources; and addressing environmental sustainability in anaesthetists' education, research, quality improvement and local healthcare leadership activities. These changes are achievable with minimal material resource and financial investment, and should undergo re-evaluation and updates as better evidence is published. This paper discusses each principle individually, and directs readers towards further important references.

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Australian health sector leadership and roadmap for healthcare decarbonisation to net zero emissions

Kayak

Burch

2021

The Journal of Climate Change and Health

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A sustainable future in health: ensuring as health professionals our own house is in order and leading by example

Cited by 4 publications

References 2 publications

Asthma—The canary in the Australian coalmine: Making the links between climate change, fossil fuel and public health outcomes

Asthma—The canary in the Australian coalmine: Making the links between climate change, fossil fuel and public health outcomes

Principles of environmentally‐sustainable anaesthesia: a global consensus statement from the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists

Australian health sector leadership and roadmap for healthcare decarbonisation to net zero emissions

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