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Gesundheitsförderung und Klimapolitik: Neue Krankenversicherungs-Perspektiven zu Marktdynamik und Klimafortschritt

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  • Paul J.J. Welfens

    (Europäisches Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen (EIIW))

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Der durch das Pariser Klimaabkommen und die Fridays for Future-Initiativen verstärkte Druck auf Politik und Wirtschaft in vielen Ländern der Welt, beschleunigte Maßnahmen für die globale CO2-Minderung zu entwickeln, lenkt den Fokus auf wichtige entwicklungsfähige Handlungsfelder im Kontext von klimaförderlichen Lebensstilen; etwa im Bereich der Krankenversicherungen. Ein entsprechender Fokus ergibt sich auch vor dem Hintergrund der Agenda 2030 bzw. die SDGs 3 und 13. Da Gesundheitsförderung und individuelle CO2-Minderungsaktivitäten zum Teil komplementär sind und weil Menschen langfristigen Gesundheitsaspekten einen hohen Wert beimessen, ist es möglich, durch gezielte Krankenkasseninitiativen mit Blick auf individuelle Mitglieder und mit Fokus auf Gesunde Lebenswelten - als Gesundheitsförderung-Ansatz bei Betrieben - wesentliche Klimafortschrittsbeiträge zu realisieren; viele große Unternehmen haben sich zu Gesunde-Lebenswelten-Ansätzen mit führenden Krankenversicherungen verbunden. Durch klimaorientierte neue, sinnvoll fokussierte Gesundheitsförderprogramme kommt es u.a. beim repräsentativen Krankenkassenmitglied zu einer Gewichtsminderung - das bedeutet auch CO2-Minderung pro Kopf im Kontext verminderter Aufnahme von Ernährungsmengen -, zu klimafreundlicherem Mobilitätsverhalten und zu verstärkter klimarelevanter freizeitbezogener Wissensbildung in Netzwerken: Die erreichbare CO2-Minderung durch klimafreundlichere Lebensstile und dynamische Wettbewerbsprozesse im Krankenversicherungsmarkt kann szenariomäßig mit Blick auf einen sinnvollen Maßnahmen-Mix ermittelt werden. Sofern WHO und Weltbank sowie die EBRD die vorgeschlagenen innovativen Ansätze als Multiplikatoren aufnehmen, kommt es zu einem global relevanten CO2-Minderungseffekt auf lange Sicht.

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  • Paul J.J. Welfens, 2021. "Gesundheitsförderung und Klimapolitik: Neue Krankenversicherungs-Perspektiven zu Marktdynamik und Klimafortschritt," EIIW Discussion paper disbei297, Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, University Library.
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    Keywords

    Klimafortschritt; Gesundheitsförderung; Krankenversicherung; SDG; Innovation; Soziale Innovation;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
    • I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General
    • Q52 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Pollution Control Adoption and Costs; Distributional Effects; Employment Effects
    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation

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