Mandatory Reporting of Emissions to Achieve Net-Zero Health Care

The most recent assessment by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that climate change is happening faster than expected and that the window to take action is quickly closing.¹ Immediate, rapid, and large-scale reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions are needed to limit warming to 1.5°C and avert the worst predicted harms. Morbidity and mortality from climate-related threats — such as food and water insecurity, changes in disease-vector ranges and seasonality, and heat, wildfire, and other weather-related events — are rising, and health care systems are at increasing risk for disruption.^2,3 The health care sector is responsible for approximately 5% of global emissions and 8.5% of emissions at the national level in the United States.^4,5...