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The International Society for Children's Health and the Environment Commits to Reduce Its Carbon Footprint to Safeguard Children's Health.
Document Type
Article
Source
Environmental Health Perspectives. Jan2020, Vol. 128 Issue 1, p014501-1-014501-3. 3p.
Subject
*GREENHOUSE gases prevention
*DEHYDRATION
*MALNUTRITION
*AIR travel
*CHILDREN'S health
*CLIMATE change
*COMMUNICABLE diseases
*EMERGENCY management
*GREENHOUSE gases
*INTERNATIONAL agencies
*MEETINGS
*NATURAL disasters
*ECOLOGICAL impact
*DISEASE risk factors
*CHILDREN
RISK factors
Language
ISSN
0091-6765
Abstract
The Lancet Countdown and the 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change declared that the worst impacts of climate change are and will continue to be felt disproportionately by children. Children are uniquely vulnerable to the consequences of climate change, including heat stress, food scarcity, increases in pollution and vector-borne diseases, lost family income, displacement, and the trauma of living through a climate-related disaster. These stressors can result in long-lasting physical and mental health sequelae. Based upon these concerns associated with climate change, the International Society for Children’s Health and the Environment developed a statement about ways in which the Society could take action to reduce its contribution of greenhouse gas emissions. The objective of this article is to report our Society’s plans in hopes that we may stimulate other scientific societies to take action. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]