Reframing lung transplantation through a sustainability lens

The co-ordinated adoption of low-carbon, sustainable practices within lung transplantation offers a meaningful opportunity to reduce environmental harm, enhance healthcare infrastructure and workforce resilience, and improve patient outcomes in a patient cohort vulnerable to climate change. Lessons can be drawn from the global surgery movement; however, it remains the responsibility of transplant practitioners to foster a culture of environmental advocacy and to implement systematic measurement and targets for climate change and health indicators.