TY - JOUR T1 - Environmentally sustainable emergency medicine JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 315 LP - 318 DO - 10.1136/emermed-2020-210421 VL - 38 IS - 4 AU - Timothy Spruell AU - Hannah Webb AU - Zoe Steley AU - James Chan AU - Alexander Robertson Y1 - 2021/04/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/38/4/315.abstract N2 - Emergency clinicians worldwide are demonstrating increasing concern about the effect of climate change on the health of the populations they serve. The movement for sustainable healthcare is being driven by the need to address the climate emergency. Globally, healthcare contributes significantly to carbon emissions, and the healthcare sector has an important role to play in contributing to decarbonisation of the global economy. In this article, we consider the implications for emergency medicine of climate change, and suggest ways to improve environmental sustainability within emergency departments. We identify examples of sustainable clinical practice, as well as outlining research proposals to address the knowledge gap that currently exists in the area of provision of environmentally sustainable emergency care. ER -