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Health Care Without Harm’s Climate Program works to align the health care sector with the ambition of the Paris Agreement while meeting global health goals through three core strategies: 1) mitigation: reducing the sector’s climate footprint and putting it on a trajectory toward zero emissions; 2) resilience: fostering climate resilient hospitals, health centers and communities; and 3) leadership: mobilizing health care’s ethical, economic, and political influence to advance the transition to zero emissions, healthy and equitable future.

 The Healthy Energy Initiative is mobilizing the health sector to play a central role advocating for a move away from fossil fuel-based power generation—particularly coal—and toward clean, renewable healthy energy options.The Initiative is led by Health Care Without Harm and is comprised of a network of partners made up of health professionals, health organizations, and academic research institutions, from around the world. The Healthy Energy Initiative is based on the growing scientific consensus that fossil fuel-based energy generation, particularly coal, has serious consequences for human health, locally and globally. We know that fossil fuel combustion is the greatest contributer to greenhouse gas emissions world wide, with coal being the most serious culprit. Fossil fuels are also a major contributor to air pollution, which kills more than 7 million people every year—double the toll from malaria, HIV-AIDs and tuberculosis combined.A transition to a low carbon economy increasingly based on clean...

“Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century… We call for a public health movement that frames the threat of climate change for humankind as a health issue” — The Lancet and University College London Commission on Managing the Health Effects of Climate Change, 2009Leading medical journals and health professional organizations have begun to endorse the evidence and amplify the message that air pollution and climate change both pose serious challenges to global public health and therefore must be addressed as public health issues.According to the WHO, approximately 7 million premature deaths per year result from exposure to air pollution, making it the world’s largest environmental health risk. Approximately half of the burden is attributable to outdoor air pollution, which comes from the combustion of fossil fuels and contributes to deaths due to ischaemic heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, and respiratory infections.The burning...

The Southeast Asia region, renowned for its cultural diversity and rapid economic growth, grapples with a critical challenge at the intersection of health and environmental sustainability. As the healthcare system endeavors to provide universal healthcare while adhering to climate resilience guidelines, concerns over its environmental impact loom large. Unsustainable procurement practices, rampant single-use plastic consumption, inadequate waste management, and harmful chemical use within healthcare facilities contribute significantly to environmental degradation and public health threats. Recognizing this complex interplay, there is an urgent call to establish a comprehensive environmental sustainability program, building upon past initiatives. This program must address the multifaceted challenges within the healthcare sector, focusing on sustainable procurement, detoxification of plastics, waste minimization, and sound chemical management.

HCWH Southeast Asia (HCWH SEA) is focused on three major programs: Climate and Health, Sustainability, and the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals. We steadfastly uphold the organization's mission to champion people's right to health and a healthy environment, leading healthcare sector transformation in the region towards climate resilience, decarbonization, and sustainability. HCWH SEA aims that by 2029, we will have accelerated the progress of health care transformation in the region, through partnerships, platform for collaboration, and policy advocacy.

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Conference ProgramDay 1 October 29, ThursdayPlenary Session 1 "Introduction to the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals"Faye Ferrer, Health Care Without Harm AsiaPlenary Session 2 "Climate Adaptation, Resilience and Emergency Preparedness"Mrs. Payden (TBC), World Health Organization Southeast Asia Regional RepresentativePlenary Session 3"2020 Health Care Climate Challenge"Josh Karliner, Health Care Without Harm/Global Green and Healthy HospitalsSimultaneous Break-out Sessions on GGHH Goals Session 1 on GGHH Goal on Energy Speakers from South Korea, China, TaiwanSession 2 on GGHH Goals on Waste, Water, Chemicals, Food, etc.Speakers from Thailand, Nepal, PhilippinesPlenary Session 4 "Health Sector Leadership" Moderator: Dong Chun Shin, MD, PhDSpeakers: Nassir Hassan (TBC), World Health Organization Western Pacific RegionPeter Orris, MD, MPH University of Illinois HospitalHealth Sciences System Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI)Day 2 October 30, FridayRound Table Discussion (Country experiences on greening their health systems)Hospital Tour

SpeakersFaye FerrerFaye coordinates the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals campaign in the region. For seven years, she led the Safer Chemicals Campaign in Asia. She also led the first Southeast Asian Mercury-Free Health Care Conference held in the Philippines in 2006. She was responsible for the documentation of the 2004 Philippine Measles Elimination Campaign. The documentation proved that a nationwide vaccination program is possible without resorting to incineration of immunization waste. Over the years, Faye has built a portfolio of services with other non-government organizations such as the Citizen's Alliance for Consumer Protection, the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center-Kasama sa Kalikasan, Greenpeace Southeast Asia, and the Clean Energy Tour of Southeast Asia. Josh KarlinerJoshua Karliner is Director of Global Projects and International Team Coordinator for Health Care Without Harm.   In this capacity he works to support the development of HCWH’s work in Asia, Africa and Latin America, while...

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