The International Society for Children's Health and the Environment Commits to Reduce Its Carbon Footprint to Safeguard Children's Health

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 128; no. 1; p. 14501
• Main Authors: Eskenazi, Brenda, Etzel, Ruth A, Sripada, Kam, Cairns, Maryann R, Hertz-Picciotto, Irva, Kordas, Katarzyna, Machado Torres, João Paulo, Mielke, Howard W, Oulhote, Youssef, Quirós-Alcalá, Lesliam, Suárez-López, José R, Zlatnik, Marya G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 01.01.2020; Environmental Health Perspectives
• Subjects: Air pollution; Air pollution control; Air travel; Associations; Book publishing; Brief Communication; California; Carbon footprint; Carbon offsets; Child health; Children; Childrens health; Climate change; Complications; Diseases; Ecological footprint; Emissions; Environmental impact; Family; Food shortages; Fossil fuels; Global temperature changes; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gases; Heat stress; Heat tolerance; Infectious diseases; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Low income groups; Meetings; Mental health; Natural disasters; New York; Pollution; Post traumatic stress disorder; Society; Transportation industry; Trauma; Trends; United Kingdom; Vector-borne diseases; New York; United Kingdom; California; United States > US

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,...