An increasing number of healthcare organizations and health systems in Canada and internationally are working to estimate the full scope of their greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), both directly and indirectly controlled.
In this session, we explore what organizations can gain from such efforts, while carefully considering the limitations of GHG emissions’ estimation as a tool for driving health system change.
Clémence Marty-Chastan, M.P.A., M.Sc., is a 2023–24 French Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice.
She works with the Center for Climate, Health and Equity of UCSF (mentor Sapna Thottathil) and Yale Health System Center for Sustainable Healthcare (mentor Jodi D. Sherman, MD), to investigate on levers and barriers to the implementation of net zero carbon strategies in American hospitals.
Clemence Marty-Chastan began her career as a strategy consultant with Boston Consulting Group, and subsequently gained experience in public policy design through successive positions at the French Ministries of Culture, Finance, and Health. She previously served as the head of strategy and transformation for the Greater Paris Academic Hospital (AP-HP), where she was a member of the board of directors and designed the environmental sustainability strategy.
Marty-Chastan earned a master’s degree in management from HEC Paris Business School and a master’s degree in public administration from École Nationale d’Administration
Stephan Williams is the medical co-administrator for carbon-neutrality/sustainability at the CHUM, and part of a team mandated by the hospital to aim for a net zero institution before 2040. The climate crisis represents the greatest threat to human health of the 21st century, and will be resolved by reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Healthcare being responsible for 5% of human greenhouse gas emissions, Dr Williams presents about net-zero healthcare to clinicians and non-clinicians.
After a B.Sc. in Biology at the University of Ottawa, Stephan Williams completed his MD, his Ph.D. in Neuroscience, and his specialty training in anesthesiology at the Université de Montréal. Dr Williams is also chercheur-investigateur at the Centre de recherche du CHUM, professeur adjoint de clinique at the Université de Montréal, and presides the Carbon-neutrality committee of the Quebec Association of Anesthesiologists. He lives in Montreal and is the father of 3 almost-carbon-neutral children.
This webinar is part of the Leadership and strategy for sustainable health systems series; more details are forthcoming!