Health burden and costs attributable to the carbon footprint of the health sector in the European Union

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Autor(a) principal: Chen-Xu, José
Data de Publicação: 2024
Outros Autores: Corda, Mariana O., Varga, Orsolya, Viegas, Susana
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/169318
Resumo: Funding Information: The authors would like to thank the COST Action CA18218 European Burden of Disease Network for supporting the project, by providing a collaborative platform for knowledge sharing and discussion. Publisher Copyright: © 2024
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spelling Health burden and costs attributable to the carbon footprint of the health sector in the European UnionBurden of diseaseCarbon footprintEuropean UnionHealthcare sectorSustainable healthEnvironmental Science(all)SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingSDG 13 - Climate ActionFunding Information: The authors would like to thank the COST Action CA18218 European Burden of Disease Network for supporting the project, by providing a collaborative platform for knowledge sharing and discussion. Publisher Copyright: © 2024Background: The healthcare sector has an environmental impact of around 4.6% of global CO2 emissions, contributing to aggravating the climate crisis. However, the impact of the health sector's emissions on human health is not regularly assessed. We aim to estimate the health burden and associated costs of the health sector's carbon footprint within the European Union (EU). Methods: We calculated disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and associated costs based on human health damage factors (DALYs/kg-CO2e) by considering four scenarios. Three scenarios for shared socioeconomic pathways (S1 – high growth, S2 − baseline, and S3 − low growth) represented variations of global society, demographics, and economics until 2100. A fourth scenario (S4) considered the current EU's 55% reduction goal of greenhouse gas emissions. The healthcare sector's emissions per capita (in CO2-equivalent) in 2019 were extracted from the Lancet Countdown, and population data were retrieved from Eurostat for the same year. Results: In the EU, 365,047 DALYs (95%CI: 194,692–535,403) are expected to be caused by the health sector's emissions at baseline (S2). In an S1 scenario, the burden would slightly decrease to 316,374 DALYs (95%CI: 170,355–462,393), whereas a S3 scenario would increase 486,730 DALYs (95%CI: 243,365–681,422). If EU's carbon goals are met, the burden could be substantially reduced to 164,271 DALYs (95%CI: 87,611–240,931). Costs can amount to 25.6 billion euros, when considering DALYs monetisation. Conclusion: CO2 emissions from the health sector are expected to significantly impact human health. Therefore, it is important to ensure that EU climate policies for public buildings are in line with the Paris Agreement, increase funding for climate mitigation programs within the healthcare sector, and review clinical practices at the local level.Centro de Investigação em Saúde Pública (CISP/PHRC)Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) - Pólo ENSPEscola Nacional de Saúde Pública (ENSP)RUNChen-Xu, JoséCorda, Mariana O.Varga, OrsolyaViegas, Susana2024-07-03T22:20:28Z2024-082024-08-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/169318eng0160-4120PURE: 94447180https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108828info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAP2025-03-31T01:52:51Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/169318Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-28T18:36:24.619818Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Health burden and costs attributable to the carbon footprint of the health sector in the European Union
title Health burden and costs attributable to the carbon footprint of the health sector in the European Union
spellingShingle Health burden and costs attributable to the carbon footprint of the health sector in the European Union
Chen-Xu, José
Burden of disease
Carbon footprint
European Union
Healthcare sector
Sustainable health
Environmental Science(all)
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
SDG 13 - Climate Action
title_short Health burden and costs attributable to the carbon footprint of the health sector in the European Union
title_full Health burden and costs attributable to the carbon footprint of the health sector in the European Union
title_fullStr Health burden and costs attributable to the carbon footprint of the health sector in the European Union
title_full_unstemmed Health burden and costs attributable to the carbon footprint of the health sector in the European Union
title_sort Health burden and costs attributable to the carbon footprint of the health sector in the European Union
author Chen-Xu, José
author_facet Chen-Xu, José
Corda, Mariana O.
Varga, Orsolya
Viegas, Susana
author_role author
author2 Corda, Mariana O.
Varga, Orsolya
Viegas, Susana
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Centro de Investigação em Saúde Pública (CISP/PHRC)
Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) - Pólo ENSP
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública (ENSP)
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Chen-Xu, José
Corda, Mariana O.
Varga, Orsolya
Viegas, Susana
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Burden of disease
Carbon footprint
European Union
Healthcare sector
Sustainable health
Environmental Science(all)
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
SDG 13 - Climate Action
topic Burden of disease
Carbon footprint
European Union
Healthcare sector
Sustainable health
Environmental Science(all)
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
SDG 13 - Climate Action
description Funding Information: The authors would like to thank the COST Action CA18218 European Burden of Disease Network for supporting the project, by providing a collaborative platform for knowledge sharing and discussion. Publisher Copyright: © 2024
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