The link between healthcare and energy supply: how joined-up thinking can lead to more synergies between the two policy fields
Autor: | Keim, Martin, Pastukhova, Maria, Voss, Maike, Westphal, Kirsten |
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Přispěvatelé: | Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit |
Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Ökologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Politikwissenschaft Ecology Social sciences sociology anthropology Political science Global Health Governance Economic governance Energiesicherheit Energietransport Ökologie und Umwelt Gesundheitspolitik spezielle Ressortpolitik Ecology Environment Health Policy Special areas of Departmental Policy Energiepolitik Gesundheitswesen internationale Zusammenarbeit Governance Wirtschaftspolitik Energiewirtschaft Energieversorgung Gesundheitsversorgung menschliche Sicherheit nachhaltige Entwicklung Umweltverträglichkeit UNO energy policy health policy health care delivery system international cooperation governance economic policy energy industry energy supply health care human security sustainable development environmental compatibility 10500 |
Zdroj: | 14/2019, SWP Comment, 7 |
Druh dokumentu: | Stellungnahme<br />comment |
ISSN: | 1861-1761 |
DOI: | 10.18449/2019C14 |
Popis: | The connection between the policy fields of energy and health may be hard to grasp at first glance. Nevertheless, the negative externalities resulting from the consumption of fossil fuels are clearly identified. In January 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) named climate change and air pollution as two of the greatest challenges to human health. A differentiated look at infrastructure, availability and quality of energy supply and healthcare as well as at access to both shows how closely intertwined these policy fields are. No modern hospital can operate without secure electricity supply and efficient cold chains are essential for storing vaccines. In line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the two policy fields must be designed and interlinked in such a way that they contribute to human security beyond national borders and take planetary boundaries into account. It is necessary to bring health and energy together and to create synergies between them. This would be an important step towards a swifter implementation of the SDGs. (author's abstract) |
Databáze: | SSOAR – Social Science Open Access Repository |
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