Climate Change and the Future Health of Children in Low-Income Countries

Abstract

As paediatricians, working globally, we have a professional and moral responsibility to guarantee the health of those who are children today, but also of the children born in the years to come. The climate crisis, perhaps the biggest threat to human survival in the foreseeable future, will disproportionately affect the health of children, and particularly of those born in resource constrained settings. We urgently need to start taking the necessary steps to adequately predict and thus prevent its impact on the health of children.