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  • Environmental Health
  • Public Health Policy
  • Healthcare Management

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  • Over 80 countries endorse the COP26 Health Programme, with 45 targeting net zero emissions by 2050.
  • Reducing healthcare's carbon footprint presents complex challenges in resource allocation.
  • This study examines civil servants' perspectives on national net zero healthcare strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how civil servants conceptualize health systems' responsibility for emissions reduction.
  • To explore perceived trade-offs in implementing net zero healthcare strategies.
  • To understand the challenges and opportunities in achieving net zero healthcare.

Main Methods:

  • 11 online, semi-structured qualitative interviews conducted between September 2022 and May 2023.
  • Interviews focused on emissions responsibility, priority setting, and international perspectives.
  • Data analyzed using Malterud's systematic text condensation (STC).

Main Results:

  • Four themes emerged: obligation to act, leadership, governance, and prioritization.
  • Participants emphasized health systems' responsibility for their entire carbon footprint, including transboundary impacts.
  • Synergistic health leadership (clinical, civil service, political) can accelerate the net zero agenda; direct trade-offs with patient care were generally rejected.

Conclusions:

  • Ambitions for net zero healthcare are sincere, but implementation pathways remain uncertain.
  • Further research is needed to characterize constraints and trade-offs faced by policymakers.
  • Integrating climate concerns into healthcare decision-making requires understanding and overcoming these challenges.