Healthy, resilient and stable societies - SESSION II: Integrating our approach

The pandemic underscored the reality that, in general, health emergencies should be tackled through an intra-institutional, collaborative and cross-cutting approach. In the last few years, healthcare systems have been under strain to face these challenges while simultaneously having to decarbonise, adapt to resource depletion, and innovate to sustain themselves and deliver quality care to those in need.
In 2019, a Health Care Without Harm report calculated that healthcare’s total carbon footprint is equivalent to the fifth largest emitter on the planet. At the same time, climate change is a human health threat. As global temperatures rise, so do the human health risks from extreme weather events, heat stress, droughts, flooding, and the evolution of climate-sensitive diseases.
There is an opportunity for the next EU mandate to progress on the integration of health policy into its environmental and climate objectives. For example, digital innovation and increased circularity in the medical technology sector can both support the EU’s transition to climate neutrality and improve the quality and efficiency of public health, reinforcing the nexus between health and climate outcomes.
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