Government and non-profit organizations have warned about the role the health care system plays in climate change. In 2020, the U.S. health care system attributed to 8.5 percent of greenhouse gas emissions nationally, rising approximately 6 percent between 2010 and 2018. This was and continues to be impacted by hospital care, physician and clinical services and prescription drug usage in America. A large contingent of physicians and companies are calling for sustainability efforts to be enacted to ensure the health and well-being of patients, especially in ophthalmology. Surgical procedures and treatments in ophthalmology require the use of multiple instruments, drugs and other surgical materials that ultimately contribute to the carbon footprint of a physician’s clinic. Read More