![]() ![]() ![]() The health care sector itself is a major driver of environmental pollutants that adversely affect human health. Greenhouse gas emission may contribute to an additional 209,000 DALYs per year. Public health damages from exposure to non-greenhouse emissions alone were estimated at 405,000 disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) annually.US health sector non-greenhouse gas emissions contribute to acid rain (12% of the national total), photochemical smog (10%), and criteria air pollutants (9%).It produces nearly 10% of national greenhouse gases. If the US health sector were a nation itself it would rank 13th in the world for greenhouse gas emissions in 2013.The US health care sector is a leading emitter of greenhouse gas and non-greenhouse gas pollution. ![]() Children born today experience a world that is “more than four degrees warmer than pre-industrial average,” increasing the likelihood of child malnutrition (due to lower crop yields) and susceptibility to severe effects from illnesses such as diarrheal disease and dengue fever. Globally, children are among the most affected by climate change.Though the number of countries offering climate services to the health sector has increased from 55 in 2018 to 70 in 2019, this progress is inadequate.The US health sector accounts for 4.6% of global carbon dioxide emissions, a value that is continuously increasing across most major economies.The health community has a vital part to play in accelerating progress to address climate change.Tackling climate change could be the greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century.The effects of climate change are being felt today, and future projections represent an unacceptably high and potentially catastrophic risk to human health.The 2019 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change concluded that: We are a transdisciplinary body of the health professional Yale Schools of Public Health, Medicine and Nursing, in partnership with the Yale Schools of the Environment, and Management, and with the Yale-New Haven Health System.Ĭlimate change has profound implications for human health, today and in the future. The Yale Program on Health Care Environmental Sustainability (Y-PHES) within the Center on Climate Change and Health is dedicated to improving the environmental performance of health care itself through basic and implementation research, public policy and advocacy, and education. ![]()
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