{"id":48575,"date":"2021-03-19T04:51:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T18:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=48575"},"modified":"2024-07-03T11:28:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T01:58:18","slug":"healthcare-australia-emissions-mb1922","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/healthcare-australia-emissions-mb1922\/","title":{"rendered":"Call For Net Zero Emissions In Australian Healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/australia-healthcare-emissions.jpg\" alt=\"Australian healthcare and carbon emissions\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/australia-healthcare-emissions.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/australia-healthcare-emissions-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/australia-healthcare-emissions-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/australia-healthcare-emissions-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Australian Medical Association (AMA) and Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) want to see Australia&#8217;s healthcare sector slash its carbon emissions 80 per cent by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2040.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The sector&#8217;s carbon emissions were estimated to be around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanplh\/article\/PIIS2542-51961730180-8\/fulltext\">7% of Australia\u2019s total CO2 emissions<\/a> in 2014-15. Of the ~35,772,000 tonnes attributed to the sector, 44% were associated with public and private hospitals, 19% with pharmaceuticals, capital expenditure comprised 8%, community and public health 6% and general practice 4%.<\/p>\n<p>There have been various piecemeal efforts to reduce emissions, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/victoria-hospital-solar-mb1386\/\">solar power rollout in Victoria<\/a> at 74 healthcare and related facilities. In <span id=\"DeltaPlaceHolderMain\">New South Wales, Hunter New England Health <\/span><span id=\"DeltaPlaceHolderMain\">is striving to reach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/hne-health-solar-mb1871\/\">carbon neutrality by 2030<\/a>, with solar energy to play an important role.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In August last year, the AMA&#8217;s Queensland branch and DEA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-queensland-hospitals-mb1635\/\">said solar power and battery systems<\/a> should be installed at all 122 public hospitals in Queensland. Then in October, the Queensland Government committed to extending solar energy trials to 50 public hospital sites across the state.<\/p>\n<p>But solar is only part of the solution and there is no coordinated approach to emissions reduction in Australia&#8217;s healthcare sector across jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>Given the current situation, the AMA and DEA have recommended the Federal Government set up a national sustainability unit for healthcare tasked with helping net zero emissions be reached by 2040 through the delivery of quality healthcare in environmentally and financially sustainable ways.<\/p>\n<p>Others actions the AMA and DEA have recommended include the sourcing of low-carbon of medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and goods, and a reduction in travel emissions through telemedicine and electric vehicle fleets.<\/p>\n<h2>Carbon Emissions And &#8220;Do No Harm&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hippocratic_Oath\">Hippocratic Oath<\/a> fell out of favour in Australia decades ago and medical schools here no longer use it, the general spirit of &#8220;do no harm&#8221; is of course still important in the sector.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe Australian healthcare sector must be part of the solution and urgently reduce its carbon footprint in line with the science, to limit global warming, and to get its own house in order,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ama.com.au\/media\/joint-statement-medical-professionals-call-emissions-reduction-health-care\">said<\/a> DEA spokesperson Dr Eugenie Kayak.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>AMA President Dr Omar Khorshid noted sustainable practices not only provide health benefits, but also reduce operational costs &#8211; and that&#8217;s certainly been the case where facilities have installed solar panels.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;By leading emission reduction targets, the Australian healthcare sector can also influence other industries and sectors to adopt sustainable practices,&#8221; says the joint statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Doctors for the Environment Australia has also recommended 100 per cent renewable electricity and no new gas installations in Australian hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>The Climate Council has backed the AMA and DEA&#8217;s call for carbon neutrality.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe AMA and DEA have shown leadership by calling for the healthcare sector to achieve net zero emissions,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatecouncil.org.au\/resources\/net-zero-health-sector\/\">said<\/a> Climate Council spokesperson, Dr Kate Charlesworth (who is also a DEA member). &#8220;Just as we forbid smoking and prohibit asbestos in buildings, we must phase out fossil fuels from our facilities, and shift to renewable energy.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Medical Association (AMA) and Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) want to see Australia&#8217;s healthcare sector slash its carbon emissions 80 per cent by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2040.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":48576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Call For Net Zero Emissions In Australian Healthcare - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Australian Medical Association and Doctors for the Environment Australia call for zero carbon emissions in the healthcare sector by 2040.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/healthcare-australia-emissions-mb1922\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Call For Net Zero Emissions In Australian Healthcare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Australian Medical Association and Doctors for the Environment Australia call for zero carbon emissions in the healthcare sector by 2040.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/healthcare-australia-emissions-mb1922\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-18T18:21:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-03T01:58:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/australia-healthcare-emissions.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/healthcare-australia-emissions-mb1922\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/healthcare-australia-emissions-mb1922\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Call For Net Zero Emissions In Australian Healthcare\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-18T18:21:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-03T01:58:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/healthcare-australia-emissions-mb1922\/\"},\"wordCount\":494,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/healthcare-australia-emissions-mb1922\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/australia-healthcare-emissions.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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