Opinion: The case for a child-centered energy and climate policy
- Abstract
Children suffer the most from fossil fuel burning.Fossil fuel combustion and associated air pollution and carbon dioxide (CO2) is the root cause of much of children’s ill health children today as well as their uncertain future. There are strong scientific arguments, as well persuasive economic ones, for reducing the world’s dependence on energy generated by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, diesel and gasoline.These include the 7 million adult deaths per year attributed to ambient air pollution, most of it from fossil fuel burning. Less recognized is the huge and largely silent toll on children’s health and development from both air toxics and climate change.
- Resource Type
- Opinion/editorial
- Author
- Environmental Health News
- Date
- June 21, 2016
- Organization Type
- Ngo
- Health and Human Impact
- Respiratory disease
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Air pollution
- Emission Sources
- Conventional energy Transportation Energy Conventional
- Fossil Fuel
- Overview/general
- Solution
- Climate mitigation/GHG reduction
- Other
- Advocacy Climate and environmental justice/health equity Vulnerable populations