This panel discussion focuses on the urgent need to decarbonize the healthcare sector. While other industries have been working on decarbonization for decades, healthcare is relatively new to the process. This event aims to raise awareness of the sector’s ambitions to eliminate emissions and to bring international perspectives that will encourage Canada to accelerate its efforts. Climate change is widely recognized as the greatest health threat of the 21st century, and its impacts will further strain the healthcare sector exacerbating health inequalities and intensifying the demands on already overburdened systems. Decarbonizing healthcare is not only a necessary step to mitigate these effects but also presents an opportunity to improve healthcare delivery, reduce costs, and engage healthcare workers who are increasingly burnt out.
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