Global Climate Change and Children's Health
Global Climate Change and Children's Health
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全球气温上升正在导致地球发生重大的物理、化学和生态变化。科学组织和气候学家普遍认为，这些被称为“气候变化”的广泛影响是当代人类活动的结果。气候变化对人类健康、安全和保障构成威胁，而儿童特别容易受到这些威胁的影响。气候变化对儿童健康的影响包括： 天气灾害造成的身体和心理后遗症；热应激增加；空气质量下降；改变了一些气候敏感感染的疾病模式；以及脆弱地区的粮食、水和营养不安全问题。儿童身心健康的社会基础受到不受控制的气候变化的深远影响的威胁，包括社区和全球不稳定、大规模移民和冲突加剧。鉴于这一点，不采取迅速、实质性的行动将是对所有儿童的不公正行为。能源生产和消费的范式转变既是重大创新、创造就业机会以及重大、直接相关健康效益的必要条件，也是机遇。儿科医生在社会应对这一全球挑战的过程中可以发挥独特的宝贵作用。
Rising global temperatures are causing major physical, chemical, and ecological changes in the planet. There is wide consensus among scientific organizations and climatologists that these broad effects, known as "climate change," are the result of contemporary human activity. Climate change poses threats to human health, safety, and security, and children are uniquely vulnerable to these threats. The effects of climate change on child health include: physical and psychological sequelae of weather disasters; increased heat stress; decreased air quality; altered disease patterns of some climate-sensitive infections; and food, water, and nutrient insecurity in vulnerable regions. The social foundations of children's mental and physical health are threatened by the specter of far-reaching effects of unchecked climate change, including community and global instability, mass migrations, and increased conflict. Given this knowledge, failure to take prompt, substantive action would be an act of injustice to all children. A paradigm shift in production and consumption of energy is both a necessity and an opportunity for major innovation, job creation, and significant, immediate associated health benefits. Pediatricians have a uniquely valuable role to play in the societal response to this global challenge.