Reducing healthcare emissions in the United States in the era of federal environmental deregulation: established and emerging mitigation opportunities and concomitant benefits
連邦環境規制緩和時代における米国医療部門の排出削減：確立されたおよび新興の緩和機会と付随する便益 (AI 翻訳)
Erica Mascarenhas, Oluseyi A Fayanju, Anna Arroyo, Jyothi Tirumalasetty
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日本語
米国医療部門は世界最大の一人当たり温室効果ガス排出量を有し、連邦規制緩和により自主的な削減が急務となっている。インフラ、サプライチェーン、運用の3分野で削減可能であり、再生可能エネルギー転換や医療廃棄物削減などの既存策に加え、医療会議やAIのエネルギー需要など新興の排出源への対応が重要である。削減は大気質改善やコスト削減などの共便益をもたらす。
English
The US healthcare sector leads globally in per capita GHG emissions, and federal deregulation heightens the need for voluntary action. Decarbonization across infrastructure, supply chains, and operations is feasible via renewable energy, waste reduction, and addressing emerging sources like medical conferences and AI energy demand. Mitigation yields co-benefits including better air quality and cost savings.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本ではSSBJ開示が進む中、医療セクターの排出削減はScope3対応の観点から重要。AIのエネルギー需要増大は日本企業のデータセンター投資や開示にも影響する。
In the global GX context
This paper highlights healthcare as a significant emissions source often overlooked in global disclosure frameworks. It underscores the need for health systems to integrate emerging tech-related emissions into GHG inventories, relevant for ISSB and CSRD reporting.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:医療セクターの排出インベントリにAIエネルギー需要を組み込む研究の必要性を示す。
🏢実務担当者:医療機関のサステナビリティ担当者は、AI利用や医療会議の排出削減策を検討できる。
🏛政策担当者:規制緩和下での自主的削減の重要性と、医療セクターへの支援策の検討に有用。
📄 Abstract（原文）
The United States (US) healthcare sector leads the world in per capita greenhouse gas emissions, contributing disproportionately to global climate change. The recent reversal of federal climate regulations has increased the need for voluntary and urgent action from the US healthcare sector. In 2022, the US healthcare sector emissions resulted in over 425,000 disability-adjusted life years lost, reflecting the direct human cost of healthcare-related greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change worsens health outcomes and disrupts access to care - these impacts fall heavily on vulnerable populations including low-income communities, indigenous populations, the elderly, and children. Three key areas for decarbonization include infrastructure, supply chains, and operations and can be accounted for and addressed through the Greenhouse Gas Protocol framework. Some established mitigation strategies include transitioning to renewable energy, reducing medical waste, adopting lower emissions anesthetics and inhalers, and implementing sustainable food management. However, current greenhouse gas inventories utilized by health systems may not yet account for the rapidly expanding landscape of technology in healthcare and its growing contribution to emissions. Emerging priorities for mitigation that are often overlooked include reducing emissions associated with medical conferences and the growing energy demands of artificial intelligence. Here, we discuss how decarbonization not only reduces emissions but also provides important co-benefits, including better air quality, climate resilience, reduced costs, and improved workforce well-being.
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