Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ab19e1 |
International comparison of health care carbon footprints | |
Pichler, Peter-Paul1,2; Jaccard, Ingram S.1,2; Weisz, Ulli3; Weisz, Helga1,2,4,5 | |
2019-06-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
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ISSN | 1748-9326 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 14期号:6 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Germany; Austria |
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 degrees 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 tCO(2), varying between 1.51 tCO(2)/cap in the US and 0.06 tCO(2)/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. |
英文关键词 | carbon footprint health care CO2 emissions climate change decarbonization energy efficiency |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000469027600002 |
WOS关键词 | GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ; CO-BENEFITS ; HOSPITALS ; POLICIES ; NATIONS ; TRADE |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/183740 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Potsdam Inst Climate Impact Res, Social Metab & Impacts, POB 60 12 03, D-14412 Potsdam, Germany; 2.Leibniz Assoc, POB 60 12 03, D-14412 Potsdam, Germany; 3.Univ Nat Resources & Life Sci Vienna, Inst Social Ecol, Schottenfeldgasse 29, A-1070 Vienna, Austria; 4.Humboldt Univ, Dept Cultural Hist & Theory, Unter Linden 6, D-10117 Berlin, Germany; 5.Humboldt Univ, Dept Social Sci, Unter Linden 6, D-10117 Berlin, Germany |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Pichler, Peter-Paul,Jaccard, Ingram S.,Weisz, Ulli,et al. International comparison of health care carbon footprints[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2019,14(6). |
APA | Pichler, Peter-Paul,Jaccard, Ingram S.,Weisz, Ulli,&Weisz, Helga.(2019).International comparison of health care carbon footprints.ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,14(6). |
MLA | Pichler, Peter-Paul,et al."International comparison of health care carbon footprints".ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS 14.6(2019). |
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