Prioritizing Environmental Stewardship in Health Care

In times of financial hardship, it can be challenging to prioritize investments in projects make sweeping commitments to that address matters such as the climate crisis. But with health impacts related to environmental degradation becoming an increasing part of our daily lives, such investments have never been more important.

Indu Spugnardi, CHA Director of Advocacy and Resource Development, and Gary Cohen, President of Health Care Without Harm, join the podcast to discuss the urgent need to prioritize environmental stewardship in health care work. They address financial incentives to advance environmental sustainability, areas where systems can make the most impactful changes, and the Laudato Si' Action Platform, a Vatican-led initiative to inspire radical change in the fight against climate change.

Resources

• CHA’s Environment page
• Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home (Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical)
• Watch “The Letter” a documentary commissioned from The Vatican about Laudato Si’ and the ecological crisis facing our planet
• Health Care Without Harm’s Official Website
• Visit COP27’s official website to follow updates from the 2022 United Nations Climate Conference
• How Health Care Can Lead the Way on Renewable Energy (Health Progress article authored by Gary Cohen)
• Combating Global Warming: Healthy Climate, Healthy People (Health Progress article authored by Gary Cohen)
• Thinking Green on Behalf of Patients and Workers (Health Progress article authored by Gary Cohen)