Health Care’s Climate Push Moves From Pledges to Accountability
National Academy of Medicine president Victor Dzau and pediatrician Lisa Patel argue that health care’s climate responsibility extends beyond greener buildings to the disease burden, supply chains, procurement, care delivery and community resilience that determine the sector’s footprint. In this Aspen Ideas: Health discussion, they frame climate change as both a growing source of illness and a test of whether hospitals, clinicians and suppliers can make emissions accountability as routine as patient safety.
The Aspen Institute·Jun 24, 2026·19 min read
