The National Academy of Medicine, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Health Care Without Harm, and Practice Greenhealth invited health care organizations to attend a webinar on August 29 on Decarbonizing Health Care: Taking the Next Step to Reduce Your Organization’s Emissions. This free event featured decarbonization stories from health systems and highlighted resources from each respective organization to assist health leaders in advancing their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and foster sustainable practices within their health care institutions.

Related Resources

• Background
  • Reducing Healthcare Carbon Emissions
  • Webinar Series: Accelerating Healthcare Sector Action on Climate Change and Health Equity
• Measuring Emissions
  • EPA Energy Star Portfolio Manager
  • NAM Carbon Accounting 101 (Carbon Clinic Webinars)
  • HCWH Calculator
  • Yale University Supply Chain Emissions Calculator
• Prioritizing and Taking Action
  • NAM Key Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by U.S. Hospitals and Health Systems
  • Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Quickfinder

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The resources on this page do not necessarily represent the views of any one organization, the Action Collaborative on Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector, or the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and have not all been subjected to the review procedures of, nor are they all a product of, the National Academies. We are sharing this curated list based on the expert guidance of webinar speakers to serve as resources.