Health inequalities and climate change resources - RCPCH

RCPCH are the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the membership body for paediatricians in the UK and around the world.

These resources provide a useful understanding of how climate change impacts on children and young people’s health within the UK context, including evidence of how climate change exacerbates child health inequalities, discussing unequal exposure to its effects, capacity to adapt, food security and eco distress.

Child health inequalities and climate change topic page on the RCPCH website

Develop your understanding - outlines the evidence: how climate change impacts on children and young people’s health in the UK, and and how it exacerbates health inequalities.

Advocate for action - provides encouragement to try to influence decisions within systems and institutions, exploring how we can listen to different points of view and collectively identify solutions.

Preserving the world for future generations report - gives insight into how children and young people - in the UK and internationally - perceive and understand climate change.