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The climate change context of being a carer: addressing the gap in young carer research

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Children and young people are living with the prospect of climate change and its worrying implications for the future. This applies to children who are young carers, yet silence reigns on this topic. New connections between scholarship on young carers and the consideration of emerging eco-social approaches to policy have the potential to contribute to addressing these problems. In this article, I argue that the climate crisis is relevant to understanding the social context of children’s role in unpaid care and that they should be represented in the growing eco-social literature by the development of new lines of research.

Source: International Journal of Care and Caring

DOI: 10.1332/23978821y2025d000000142

Author: Chloe Alexander

Institution: University of Birmingham

Language: English

Topic: Family Support in Illness

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: UK Research and Innovation, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Department of Health and Social Care, Economic and Social Research Council