Around 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in global healthcare is attributed to generation and distribution of electricity, gas and heat, or cooling. Operational emissions of facilities constituted the second-largest share of the climate footprint of global healthcare, followed by manufacturing of supplementary products and agriculture.
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Arup, & Health Care Without Harm. (September 29, 2019). Distribution of the healthcare sector's greenhouse gases emissions worldwide in 2018, by production sector [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463781/global-healthcare-emissions-by-production-sectors/
Arup, und Health Care Without Harm. "Distribution of the healthcare sector's greenhouse gases emissions worldwide in 2018, by production sector." Chart. September 29, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463781/global-healthcare-emissions-by-production-sectors/
Arup, Health Care Without Harm. (2019). Distribution of the healthcare sector's greenhouse gases emissions worldwide in 2018, by production sector. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463781/global-healthcare-emissions-by-production-sectors/
Arup, and Health Care Without Harm. "Distribution of The Healthcare Sector's Greenhouse Gases Emissions Worldwide in 2018, by Production Sector." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463781/global-healthcare-emissions-by-production-sectors/
Arup & Health Care Without Harm, Distribution of the healthcare sector's greenhouse gases emissions worldwide in 2018, by production sector Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463781/global-healthcare-emissions-by-production-sectors/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Distribution of the healthcare sector's greenhouse gases emissions worldwide in 2018, by production sector [Graph], Arup, & Health Care Without Harm, September 29, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463781/global-healthcare-emissions-by-production-sectors/