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ABSTRACT Climate change poses a threat to children, who are increasingly vulnerable, depending on adults to protect them from the impacts of these changes including extreme weather events, poor air and water quality and risk to mental health. Children living in poverty carry additional burdens and...

UNICEF is working to scale up life-saving support for children and their families. The conflict in Ukraine poses an immediate and growing threat to the lives and well-being of the country’s 7.5 million children. Humanitarian needs are multiplying by the hour as fighting intensifies. Children have...

ABSTRACT This article discusses young people’s trust or distrust in climate change science. The aim is to show how the emotional dimension of trust in climate change science plays a role for an engagement at two levels: how young people relate to climate change at large, if they worry or deny...

Abstract There is growing evidence on the observed and expected consequences of climate change on population health worldwide. There is limited understanding of its consequences for child health inequalities, between and within countries. To examine these consequences and categorize the state of...

How Climate Change Affects Children: AAP Policy Explained When pediatricians take care of children, we aren't just thinking about their health and safety now—we are thinking about their health and safety in the future, too. When we talk with parents about healthy diet and exercise, we aren't just...

The GDC hosts several webinars around various topics. Join us to listen, share and become a part of the solution. Here is a list of past webinars Children's Rights in a Rapidly-Evolving Digital Age: How has the digital divide further exacerbated education systems and what can we learn from over a...