Climate change

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�� joins call for politicians to take bold action on clean air

24 November 2023

�� have supported the development of an open letter calling on all political parties to recognise the importance of clean air

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�� publishes a summary of children and young people’s perspectives on how to tackle climate change

20 November 2023

The summary brings together the Children and Young People’s (CYP) key recommendations from the recent �� report, Preserving the world for future generations, and aims to provide decision makers and paediatricians with a digestible summary of our evidence.

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Dr Helena Clements appointed �� Officer for Climate Change

2 November 2023

The Officer for Climate Change is an exciting new role for ��, and Helena will take up office for an initial period of two years.

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The courage to pause - President's blog

20 October 2023

Reflecting on recent events, Camilla highlights the important role of the College in advocating ceaselessly for the universal protection of children, whoever and wherever they are. She invites you to take a quick poll on Physician Associates in paediatrics and introduces our new Climate Change and C...

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Children and young people fear Government no longer cares about climate change, says �� report

19 October 2023

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (��) has published a report detailing children and young people’s first-hand experiences and understanding of climate change, revealing a staggering rise in eco-anxiety among younger generations.

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Shift the dial on climate change and health inequalities - a conversation

17 October 2023

In this episode from �� Podcasts, Dr Helen Stewart and Dr Alex Lemaigre talk about why paediatricians have a role in addressing health inequalities impacted by climate change, and give advice on how to start conversations with key decision makers to address this issue.

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Preserving the world for future generations: Children and young people's perspective on how to tackle climate change

Our research report gives insight into how children and young people perceive and understand climate change.

Children and young people's voice

Climate change

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Health inequalities and climate change tool 1 - Develop your understanding

Climate change poses an existential threat to the health and wellbeing of children and young people, but this is not experienced equally. This tool will help paediatricians understand how climate change impacts on children and young people’s health within the UK context, including evidence of how cl...

Health inequalities

Climate change

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Health inequalities and climate change tool 2 - Advocate for action

This tool invites paediatricians to advocate for action on climate change and child health inequalities. Advocacy is trying to improve decision-making within systems and organisations. We look at how this works in the NHS and other systems in the UK.

Health inequalities

Climate change

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Child health inequalities and climate change in the UK - position statement

Climate change poses an existential threat to the health and wellbeing of children and young people, but it is not experienced equally. This position statement focuses on how climate change exacerbates child health inequalities. Actions to combat climate change could improve child health equity, an...

Public health

Health inequalities

Wellbeing for children and young people

Climate change