Trevor Hancock: Practising planetary health care in B. Of course, climate change is not the only environmental and health harm that the health-care system creates. In particular, they are expected to reduce their building emissions by 50 per cent and their fleet emissions by 40 per food that starts with d by 2030, as part of the CleanBC Plan.
So I was delighted to learn recently that UBC has established a Planetary Healthcare Lab led by Dr. Medical Director of Planetary Health for Vancouver Coastal Health. A more ecologically sustainable diet will also have significant direct health benefits for patients and staff. Another area is the supply chain, which accounts for about 80 per cent of health care’s carbon emissions.