Global | Upcoming webinar - Nov. 19 & 21: Health care’s climate footprint

Organized by Health Care Without Harm and its Global Green and Healthy Hospitals (GGHH) program, this webinar will present the findings and recommendations from our Health care’s climate footprint report and showcase the innovative solutions that members of the GGHH network are implementing around the world to take climate action and reduce the climate footprint of the health care sector. Learn more…

Global | Sustainable procurement - Energy saving opportunities in the health sector

Despite that the international mantra of the health sector is to "first do no harm," the health of people and the environment is being negatively affected by the health sector as a whole, through a substantial contribution to greenhouse gas emissions that are influencing global climate change and impacting planetary health.
Organized by SPHS, this virtual session covers a spectrum of topics that revolve around renewable energy, including the renewable energy impacts and linkages to the SDGs, the importance of energy in the health sector due to its crucial role in the cold chain and storage, the use of clean energy internationally, and more. Learn more…

Africa | Building a climate change response for health care in Africa

Over 100 representatives of hospitals, health care systems, and government agencies convened on November 7 and 8 in Durban, South Africa, for the first GGHH & SHiPP Africa Conference. Learn more...

US | Climate Council urges Congress to act on climate

The Health Care Climate Council, a leadership network of 19 U.S. health systems, headed to Capitol Hill to talk with lawmakers about the urgent need to transition to 100% clean energy and invest in climate-resilient hospitals and communities. Learn more…

Latin America | Online Training Program on Climate and Health Leadership

From November 12 to December 3, Health Care Without Harm Latin America is presenting the first online Training Program on Climate and Health Leadership (in Spanish) for health care professionals, with the support of ActionLAC. Learn more…

Asia | Iloilo Hospital launches air quality monitoring to protect public health

Environment and health advocates led by St. Paul de Chartres, Health Care Without Harm, and Philippine College of Chest Physicians gathered at St. Paul’s Hospital Iloilo to discuss impacts of air pollution on the environment. Learn more...
 

India | Air pollution chokes Chennai – Doctors For Clean Air urge city’s inclusion in National Clean Air Programme

Air quality in all 15 locations sampled from across the city between May and July 2019 was unhealthy, with levels of PM 2.5 in the worst affected areas nearly three times the national standard, according to a study released by Healthy Energy Initiative and Doctors for Clean Air-Tamil Nadu. Learn more...
 

US | California Hospital Association conference highlights resilience

Climate resilience was a focus of the 2019 California Hospital Association Disaster Preparedness Conference in September, a direct result of the relationship between the California Health Care Climate Alliance and the hospital association. This was the first time this important issue was specifically highlighted at the annual meeting. Learn more...

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