The International Society for Children’s Health and the Environment Commits to Reduce Its Carbon Footprint to Safeguard Children’s Health

Eskenazi, Brenda; Etzel, Ruth A.; Sripada, Kam; Cairns, Maryann R.; Hertz‐Picciotto, Irva; Kordas, Katarzyna; Torres, João Paulo Machado; Mielke, Howard W.; Oulhote, Youssef; Quirós-Alcalá, Lesliam; Suárez-López, José R.; Zlatnik, Marya G.

doi:10.1289/ehp6578

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“…Anaesthetists and critical care physicians should be aware of the benefits of teleconferencing on the environment and health, 143 and also on academic and administrative meetings. 144 , 145 …”

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Environmental sustainability in anaesthesia and critical care

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British Journal of Anaesthesia

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The detrimental health effects of climate change continue to increase. Although health systems respond to this disease burden, healthcare itself pollutes the atmosphere, land, and waterways. We surveyed the 'state of the art' environmental sustainability research in anaesthesia and critical care, addressing why it matters, what is known, and ideas for future work. Focus is placed upon the atmospheric chemistry of the anaesthetic gases, recent work clarifying their relative global warming potentials, and progress in waste anaesthetic gas treatment. Life cycle assessment (LCA; i.e. 'cradle to grave' analysis) is introduced as the definitive method used to compare and contrast ecological footprints of products, processes, and systems. The number of LCAs within medicine has gone from rare to an established body of knowledge in the past decade that can inform doctors of the relative ecological merits of different techniques. LCAs with practical outcomes are explored, such as the carbon footprint of reusable vs single-use anaesthetic devices (e.g. drug trays, laryngoscope blades, and handles), and the carbon footprint of treating an ICU patient with septic shock. Avoid, reduce, reuse, recycle, and reprocess are then explored. Moving beyond routine clinical care, the vital influences that the source of energy (renewables vs fossil fuels) and energy efficiency have in healthcare's ecological footprint are highlighted. Discussion of the integral roles of research translation, education, and advocacy in driving the perioperative and critical care environmental sustainability agenda completes this review.

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Section: Travelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental sustainability in anaesthesia and critical care

McGain

Muret

Lawson

et al. 2020

British Journal of Anaesthesia

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226

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“…This is only possible by way of a self-imposed cap on academic emissions. For instance, The International Society for Children’s Health and the Environment recently committed to reducing its air travel by 20% ( 8 ). Other authors have recommended a commitment by academic institutions to reduce travel by 5% per year, similar to sectoral and national carbon cap schemes.…”

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COVID-19, Climate Change, and the American Thoracic Society. A Shared Responsibility

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“…Young people will live much of their lives on an earth whose conditions are increasingly altered by climate change. Various dimensions of their lives, including their security, well-being, and even mental health, will be negatively affected by climate change [11]. Recent studies have shown how climate change and extreme weather events have negatively affected the physical and mental health conditions of young people, including children [12][13][14].…”

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Youth Mobilization to Stop Global Climate Change: Narratives and Impact

2020

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Galvanized by Greta Thunberg’s idea for Friday school strikes, “climate strikes” emerged in 2018 and 2019 as a form of youth social movement demanding far-reaching action on climate change. Youths have taken various actions to combat climate change, but academics have not paid sufficient attention to youth climate mobilization. This study thus examines the questions of what has motivated youth to mobilize and how they have shaped global climate politics and governance. This study focuses particularly on the narrative of youth activists to address their understanding of climate change and their ideas regarding how to respond to it. Youth collective action has succeeded in problematizing global climate inaction and inertia and in framing climate change from a justice perspective, but activists have faced limitations in converting their moral legitimacy into the power required for sweeping changes. Overall, this study demonstrates the emergence of young people as agents of change in the global climate change arena and the urgency of engaging them in climate change governance and policymaking.

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The International Society for Children’s Health and the Environment Commits to Reduce Its Carbon Footprint to Safeguard Children’s Health

Cited by 14 publications

References 31 publications

Environmental sustainability in anaesthesia and critical care

Environmental sustainability in anaesthesia and critical care

COVID-19, Climate Change, and the American Thoracic Society. A Shared Responsibility

Youth Mobilization to Stop Global Climate Change: Narratives and Impact

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