Climate Change and the Health Sector: Healing the World

By: Alexander Thomas and K. Srinath Reddy and Divya Alexander and Poornima Prabhakaran

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Synopsis: The health sector is known to be one of the major contributors towards the greenhouse gas emissions causing the climate crisis, the greatest health threat of the 21st century. This volume positions the health sector as a leader in the fight against climate change and explores the role of the health system in climate policy action. It delivers an overview of the linkages between climate change and the health sector, with chapters on the impact of climate change on health, its connection to pandemics, and its effects on food, nutrition and air quality, while examining gendered and other vulnerabilities. It delves into the different operational aspects of the health sector in India and details how each one can become climate-smart to reduce the health sector’s overall carbon footprint, by looking at sustainable procurement, green and resilient healthcare infrastructure, and the management of transportation, energy, water, waste, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and plastics in healthcare. Well supplemented with rigorous case studies, the book will be indispensable for students, teachers, and researchers of environmental studies, health sciences, and climate change. It will be useful for healthcare workers, public health officials, healthcare leaders, policy planners, and those interested in climate resilience and preparedness in the healthcare sector.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 270 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000511796
Related ISBNs:: 9781003190516, 9781032039992, 9781032162522
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 11/22/21
Copyrighted By:: N/A
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Outdoors and Nature, Social Studies, Earth Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Medicine
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Alexander Thomas
Edited by:: K. Srinath Reddy
Edited by:: Divya Alexander
Edited by:: Poornima Prabhakaran