Health care's response to climate change: a carbon footprint assessment of the NHS in England

Summary: Background: Climate change threatens to undermine the past 50 years of gains in public health. In response, the National Health Service (NHS) in England has been working since 2008 to quantify and reduce its carbon footprint. This Article presents the latest update to its greenhouse gas ac...

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Main Authors: Imogen Tennison, MEng, Sonia Roschnik, MSc, Ben Ashby, MEng, Richard Boyd, MEng, Ian Hamilton, PhD, Tadj Oreszczyn, ProfPhD, Anne Owen, PhD, Marina Romanello, PhD, Paul Ruyssevelt, ProfPhD, Jodi D Sherman, MD, Andrew Z P Smith, MSc, Kristian Steele, EngD, Nicholas Watts, MBBS, Matthew J Eckelman, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-02-01
Series:The Lancet Planetary Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519620302710