How climate change affects children’s health and well-being
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Climate change can have a detrimental effect on children’s health, yet there are few studies investigating how climate change affects child health. A recent study were researchers compiled 300 articles shows that child health is affected by both direct changes in the near environment, such as increased extreme weather, and by indirect effects, such as air pollution and changing ecosystems. The study was conducted by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and published in The Lancet Planetary Health.
