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Open access article
Abstract: GI endoscopy is highly resource-intensive with a significant contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and waste generation. Sustainable endoscopy in the context…
Publication in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Abstract
There is a bidirectional relationship between climate change and health care. Climate change threatens public health, and…
Launch of a new Healthcare LCA Database, an up-to-date repository of published life cycle assessements within healthcare.
'HealthcareLCA brings together environmental assessments of health systems,…
This article aims for readers to be able to:
Outline the importance of the biosphere and its constituent parts.
Describe the impact of pollution and climate change on each other and on the…
Podiatrists have a shared responsibility to work and live as ‘green’ as possible, and to share this message
with patients. Reducing waste, physically and in the form of unnecessary treatment, and…
Updated 10 February 2023.
This is an updated resource which may be of interest to colleagues working in or with primary care, original version published February 2022.
Please note that the…
Presentation of an ambitious research project by third Year undergraduate students at the University of Southampton and in partnership with the Royal College of Podiatry; exploring the current beliefs…
Read our co-authored paper on the Imperative for reducing the environmental impact of clinical laboratories.
Abstract:Clinical laboratories are significant contributors to the environmental burden…
The purpose of this document is to provide further details on the methods used when producing the Department for Transport’s journey emission comparisons, and facilitate others in generating their own…
