“As protectors of public health, healthcare industry need to act as leaders in climate change, encourage social change while meeting its own carbon reduction targets.”

— Erin Pan, REEI

Though the healthcare industry's current carbon emissions is only a small proportion of China's total emissions, with an aging population and strong economic development, it is expected that healthcare spending and associated emissions will grow significantly, resulting in greater reduction responsibilities. Erin Pan, Program Manager from REEI, discussed the roadmap to decarbonization for the healthcare industry in the next 40 years in her newly published article "Facing Climate Change: How can the Healthcare Industry act?".

The article summarized a report by Healthcare Without Harm's newest report from April 2021, listing 3 roadmaps to decarbonization suggested for the healthcare industry, being infrastructure and operations, supply chain, and social and econimical environment. The article was exclusively published by China Environment News on August 10th, 2021, titled "What can healthcare industry do in the face of climate change?"

To read the original publication:应对气候变化，医疗行业能做什么？