Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Climate change could reverse all the reductions in child mortality made in the last 25 years

Kids are especially vulnerable to climate change-related health risks, and a new American Academy of Pediatrics article once again sounds the alarm. The authors say climate change "threatens to reverse the gains in global child health and the reductions in global child mortality made over the past 25 years." While the impacts of climate change could be felt by all humans, the authors say they'll be disproportionally felt by poor people and children. Related:

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/climate-change-could-reverse-all-the-reductions-in-child-mortality-made-in-the-last-25-years
via Inhabitat

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