Is targeting healthcares carbon footprint really the best we can do to help address the climate crisis?

I write this commentary as wildfires rage around the world, including in Greece, Italy, Siberia, Algeria and the USA. In my own country, Canada, fires have already consumed over 130 000 km21—the size of Greece—and the wildfire season has not yet ended. Recent months have also seen hundreds of millions of people suffering scorching heatwaves across Europe, China and North America. Residents of Phoenix, Arizona, endured temperatures over 43°C for 31 consecutive days this summer. In Italy, harsh heat in the south occurred at the same time as storms delivered hail the size of tennis balls in the country’s north. This almost ‘end of days’ juxtaposition of extreme weather events within a single country comes as new research indicates that the Gulf Stream may collapse as soon as 2025.1 Loss of these vital ocean currents would constitute a climate tipping point, making extreme storms more frequent...
Source: BMJ Quality and Safety - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Viewpoints Source Type: research