Nov 19, 2020
The Coda community have identified the Climate Emergency as the most urgent threat to global health. There is overwhelming scientific evidence that the climate crisis will become catastrophic if we don't take action immediately.
This episode of CodaZero Earth focuses on action stage one – 'identify' and lays the...
Nov 19, 2020
In Australia a 300 bed hospital uses the same amount of Energy as 5000 to 10000 homes. In many ways what we do at work really does matter.
The good news is that this is a solvable problem and in some ways the Covid19 pandemic has shown us the steps to facing the Climate Emergency. Just as we learnt that first step for...
Nov 19, 2020
Healthcare accounts for 5-7% of global carbon emissions, which equate to approximately all or the emissions from either Japan or Russia.
A large part of those carbon emissions come from the manufacturing of medical devices and pharmaceuticals (‘Procurement’). This provides tremendous opportunities for us to drive...
Nov 19, 2020
Social inequalities mean that many patients without access to universal healthcare are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis given that their chronic health conditions are exacerbated but they cannot afford to seek treatment. Additionally intergenerational inequality means that younger generations will...
Nov 19, 2020
The Coda community identified the Climate Emergency as the greatest threat to global health and we have good reason to be alarmed for both our patients and our children. There is good scientific evidence that the climate crisis could be catastrophic. The global healthcare community comprises over 60 million people and...