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The link between healthcare and energy supply: how joined-up thinking can lead to more synergies between the two policy fields
Der Zusammenhang von Gesundheits- und Energieversorgung: wie vernetztes Denken zu mehr Synergien der beiden Politikbereiche führen kann
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Abstract 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 pollut... view more
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)... view less
Keywords
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; UNO
Classification
Ecology, Environment
Health Policy
Special areas of Departmental Policy
Free Keywords
Global Health Governance; Economic governance; Energiesicherheit; Energietransport
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
7 p.
Series
SWP Comment, 14/2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18449/2019C14
ISSN
1861-1761
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications