On the 9th and 10th of November, approximately 20 hospitals and health systems from across Europe and beyond gathered at a roundtable meeting in Bonn, to discuss healthcare’s climate change mitigation, adaptation, and leadership opportunities. The two-day high-level roundtable meeting was convened by a partnership between the European Healthcare Climate Council, Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe, and BUND Berlin hosted in Bonn, Germany by the LVR Klinik, and Bonn University Hospital.

The full meeting report, featured presentations and agenda are now available.

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Featured presentations 

 - Examples of potential actions from the European Healthcare Climate Council (EHCC)

Didier Bourdon & Vernard Jourdain, Co-Chairs - EHCC

 - Vivantes Klinikum Neukölln - The energy-saving and global green and healthy hospital

Christian Dreißigacker, CEO - Vivantes Klinikum Neukölln

 - Climate-Smart Healthcare: An Overview

Josh Karliner, International Director, Program, and Strategy - Health Care Without Harm

 - Energy positive building at Centre Hospitalier de Niort

Bernard Jourdain - Centre Hospitalier de Niort

 - Measuring Greenhouse Gasses - Assistance Publique Hôpitaux Paris (APHP) 

Didier Bourdon, Mission Leader for Sustainable Development - APHP

 - Accounting for Greenhouse Gases in the NHS

Will Clark, Director of Environment & Transformation - Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

 - Reducing the carbon footprint from hospitals

Kristina de Geer, Environmental Manager - Region Skåne

 - Reducing the carbon footprint of anaesthetic gasses

Dr. JMT Pierce, Environment and Sustainability Advisor - Royal College of Anaesthetists (UK)