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This article looks at how nursing has a global role, which requires an urgent response in public health challenges. Further nursing workforce development globally is needed to expand the role of…

Great study from Rizan et al (2021) estimating 'the carbon footprint and financial cost of decontaminating (steam sterilization) and packaging reusable surgical instruments. The study indicateshow the…

'Health care itself contributes to climate change. Anesthesia is a “carbon hotspot,” yet few data exist to compare anesthetic choices. The authors examined the carbon dioxide equivalent emissions…

This article takes a main focus on the current climate and the need for more knowledge while in training. Climate change has a detrimental impact on everyone’s health, significantly impacting the…

Study comparing an acute care unit with an intensive care unit in the US: "An acute care unit generates 5.5kg of solid waste and 45kg CO2-e per hospitalization day. The ICU generates 7.1kg of solid…

This report argues that health organisations in the UK and elsewhere should end investment in the 200 largest publicly-listed fossil fuel companies. Continued investment in these companies runs…

Royal College of Podiatry members look at the green initiatives that they have been implementing in their departments and clinics to help reduce their carbon…

Sustainable Healthcare Education—a network of academics, doctors, and health-care students—has developed three simple learning objectives to communicate the links between medical practice and a more…

This project was highly commended in the 2018 Green Ward Competition Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust. Key learning point: There are multiple opportunities to reduce waste and water…

This is a free online non-clinical carbon footprint calculator for General Practices in the UK to use. The calculator measures and identifies the non-clinical greenhouse gas emission hotspots from…