Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Climate change significantly impacts child health, with Brazilian children facing unique vulnerabilities due to the country’s environmental and socioeconomic landscape. This article explores how rising temperatures, pollution, and extreme weather amplify respiratory, neurological, and psychological issues, spread vector-borne diseases, and reduce food security, disproportionately impacting children and adolescents. We also discuss mitigation strategies and recommendations for climate adaptation, including initiatives for sustainable land-use, expanded educational and health programs, and enhanced support for biodiversity conservation. These actions are essential to safeguarding child health and addressing the growing climate crisis nationally and internationally.
Source: Sustainability
DOI: 10.3390/su17104482
Authors: William Cabral-Miranda, Dirceu Solé, Gustavo Falbo Wandalsen, Marilyn Urrutia-Pereira, Marcelo de Paula Corrêa, Camila Magalhães Silveira, Clovis Francisco Constantino, Maria Paula de Albuquerque, Renata Dejtiar Waksman, Evangelina da Motta Pacheco Alves de Araujo, Guinter Parschalk, Luiz Vicente Ribeiro Ferreira da Silva Filho, Milton Lapchik, Adriana Mallet, Helena Keico Sato, Fátima Rodrigues Fernandes, José Luiz Egydio Setúbal, Carlos Afonso Nobre
Institutions: Instituto Pensi, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Universidade Federal de Itajubá, Universidade de São Paulo, Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria, Instituto de Estudos Avançados da Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Secretaria da Saúde, Secretaria Municipal da Saúde de São Paulo, Governo do Estado de São Paulo, Associação Brasileira de Alergia e Imunologia, Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual, Instituto de Assistência Médica ao Servidor Público Estadual
Language: English
Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,896
OpenAlex ID: W4410360400