About CARE
Introducing the Community of Action for the Reduction of Emissions (CARE) program, a multi-year program (2025-26) funded by Health Care Without Harm which will build an international community focused on learning, innovation and collaboration for climate action and decarbonisation of healthcare.
The healthcare sector is uniquely positioned to drive the transition to a low-carbon and sustainable future. Healthcare facilities worldwide can collaborate and share knowledge to accelerate this transformation.
By uniting expertise, exchanging ideas, and cultivating a pioneering community of practice, the sector can adopt best practices, promote innovation, and reduce its overall climate impact.
About the program
The CARE program is an exclusive for Global Green and Healthy Hospitals (GGHH) members and will be rolled out regionally in Europe, Latin America, and the Pacific. Targeting health institutions ready to drive change across their organisation, this program will offer virtual educational sessions, technical workshops and valuable networking opportunities to equip members with the skills, knowledge and tools to lead effective decarbonisation efforts within their facilities.
Program goals
- Provide learning opportunities to support organisations to build a transformative approach to sustainable and climate resilient healthcare.
- Build an engaged community of learning amongst healthcare institutions within the GGHH network.
- Provide an opportunity for peer-to-peer learning between members, and with topic experts.
CARE in the Pacific
The program in the Pacific will engage the GGHH network in the program through virtual and in person gatherings, knowledge sharing, workshops, education initiatives and networking opportunities.
Program features
- Member informed
- GGHH Connect community page
- Exclusive Regional Gathering at CAHA’s Climate and Health Summit 2025
- Global Gathering - participants will be selected to come together at a Global Gathering, providing an opportunity to collaborate, network, and share experiences from the different regions involved, celebrating success, new approaches and strategies for climate action.
Year 1 Program Overview:
Topic 1
Integrating Sustainability into Governance (Q2)
Sustainability needs to be embedded into governance strucutres to ensure that hospitals can deliver on sustainability goals consistently. This topic will explore how to integrate sustainability into governance structures by enhancing stakeholder trust, and creating long-term value while addressing global health challenges.
Topic 2
Measuring emissions and tracking progress (Q2-3)
Measuring emissions is vital in supporting data-driven and impactful sustainability initiatives. This topic will introduce how to use the Climate Impact Checkup (CIC) tool. The CIC tool is a sector-specific, standardised approach to measuring emissions across Scope 1, 2, and 3, developed by Health Care Without Harm, that enables benchmarking, targeted interventions, and systemwide accountability.
Topic 3
Value-based Care in Practice - Tackling low value care (Q3)
Value-based care requires leaders to create empowering environments where clinicians have the tools, data, and governance support to drive the transition to low-carbon, high-value care that enhance patient outcomes and system resilience. This topic will introduce value-based care and provide practical support to equip leaders to address low value care.