{"title":"Global need for climate advocacy, education and evidence in paediatrics.","authors":"Haytham Ali, Georgia Bickerton, Praveen Sreekanthalal, Cinthu Vivehananthan, Alison Firth, Bernadette Anne-Marie O'Hare, Rebecca Rhodes, Alison Leaf, Dhurgshaarna Shanmugavadivel, Ekundayo Ajayi-Obe, Nancy Abdel Salam Ahmed Gomaa, Ramla Mohammed, Tony Waterston","doi":"10.1136/bmjpo-2025-003475","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Climate change is the single greatest existential threat to children worldwide, adversely affecting the health and well-being of children and young people.The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health members living outside the UK (respondents) were invited to an online anonymised survey where opting-in participants answered 32 questions covering 6 domains.139 respondents from 50 countries responded to the survey. Respondents agreed that climate change influences the rising rates of children with heat-related (50%), infectious (64%) and mental health (36%).The climate crisis is a global emergency, and working together is paramount to safeguarding the planet for future generations.</p>","PeriodicalId":9069,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Paediatrics Open","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12306294/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"BMJ Paediatrics Open","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2025-003475","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PEDIATRICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Climate change is the single greatest existential threat to children worldwide, adversely affecting the health and well-being of children and young people.The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health members living outside the UK (respondents) were invited to an online anonymised survey where opting-in participants answered 32 questions covering 6 domains.139 respondents from 50 countries responded to the survey. Respondents agreed that climate change influences the rising rates of children with heat-related (50%), infectious (64%) and mental health (36%).The climate crisis is a global emergency, and working together is paramount to safeguarding the planet for future generations.