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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ab19e1
	International comparison of health care carbon footprints
	Pichler P.-P.; Jaccard I.S.; Weisz U.; Weisz H.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	17489318
卷号	14 期号:6
英文摘要	Climate change confronts the health care sector with a dual challenge. Accumulating climate impacts are putting an increased burden on the service provision of already stressed health care systems in many regions of the world. At the same time, the Paris agreement requires rapid emission reductions in all sectors of the global economy to stay well below the 2 C target. This study shows that in OECD countries, China, and India, health care on average accounts for 5% of the national CO2 footprint making the sector comparable in importance to the food sector. Some countries have seen reduced CO2 emissions related to health care despite growing expenditures since 2000, mirroring their economy wide emission trends. The average per capita health carbon footprint across the country sample in 2014 was 0.6 tCO2, varying between 1.51 tCO2/cap in the US and 0.06 tCO2/cap in India. A statistical analysis shows that the carbon intensity of the domestic energy system, the energy intensity of the domestic economy, and health care expenditure together explain half of the variance in per capita health carbon footprints. Our results indicate that important leverage points exist inside and outside the health sector. We discuss our findings in the context of the existing literature on the potentials and challenges of reducing GHG emissions in the health and energy sector. © 2019 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
英文关键词	Carbon footprint; climate change; CO2 emissions; decarbonization; energy efficiency; health care
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Decarbonization; Emission control; Energy efficiency; Greenhouse gases; Health care; Carbon intensity; CO2 emissions; Economy-wide emissions; Emission reduction; Health-care system; Healthcare sectors; International comparison; Service provisions; Carbon footprint
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/154568
作者单位	Social Metabolism and Impacts, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, PO Box 60 12 03, Potsdam, D-14412, Germany; Institute of Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Science Vienna, Schottenfeldgasse 29, Vienna, A-1070, Austria; Department of Cultural History, Humboldt University Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, Berlin, D-10117, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Pichler P.-P.,Jaccard I.S.,Weisz U.,et al. International comparison of health care carbon footprints[J],2019,14(6).
APA	Pichler P.-P.,Jaccard I.S.,Weisz U.,&Weisz H..(2019).International comparison of health care carbon footprints.Environmental Research Letters,14(6).
MLA	Pichler P.-P.,et al."International comparison of health care carbon footprints".Environmental Research Letters 14.6(2019).