Climate change policies neglect children's mental health and specific needs, study reveals

By Priyanjana Pramanik, MSc.Jun 7 2024Reviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. In a recent review article published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, public health experts discussed the critical need for health policies that integrate child-specific adaptation measures to address children's heightened vulnerability to climate change.

Climate change directly impacts children's health through extreme climatic events and indirectly through factors like malnutrition, air pollution, and infectious diseases. Despite this, national policies have often inadequately addressed children's needs. Researchers gathered a national adaptation policy from 218 countries, prioritizing documents with substantial health-related content. These policies were sourced through Google, governmental websites, United Nations databases, and the European Climate Adaptation Platform and included papers in various languages, translated into English as necessary.

Findings The study analyzed 160 national adaptation policies for child-specific health measures related to climate change, identifying policies from 160 out of 218 countries. The documents included 22 HNAPs, 119 NAPs, and 19 NAPAs. Conclusions The study highlighted the need for better integration of child-specific health measures in national adaptation policies to effectively address climate change-related risks.

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