Children and Climate Change

"The existential threat posed by climate change presents a challenge to all those concerned about the next generation. This Element reviews and discusses its implications for the development of children (ages zero to twelve) today and in the future, and for the parents, teachers, researchers, and professionals who have responsibility for children. This Element adopts a bioecological model to examine both the direct impacts on children's physical and psychological well-being and indirect impacts through all the systems external to the child, emphasising the greater vulnerability of children in the Global South. Given the evidence of well-founded climate anxiety, this Element examines children's coping strategies and discusses the key roles of caregivers and schools in protecting and preparing children to face current and future challenges - with knowledge, hope, and agency as central themes. This Element highlights many under-researched areas and calls for action by all those caring for and about children's future"--

List of contents

1. Introduction and overview; 2. Impacts of exposure to climate-related events on children's health, development, and well-being; 3. Children's knowledge and feelings about climate change; 4. Coping with climate change; 5. Parenting in the age of climate crisis; 6. Climate change education; 7. Preparing children for the world they will inherit as adults; 8. Conclusions, future directions, and a call to action; References.

Summary

This Element reviews and discusses the implications of climate change for the development of children, and for the caregivers and professionals who have responsibility for them. It highlights many under-researched areas and calls for action.

Foreword

This Element summarizes the impacts of climate change on children's healthy development and highlights critical areas for action.

Product details

• Authors: Susie Burke, Judith Van Hoorn, Hoorn Judith Van, Karina Padilla Malca, Ann V. Sanson, Ann V. (University of Melbourne) Hoorn Sanson, Ann V. (University of Melbourne) Malca Sanson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781009114950
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0911495-0
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Child Development
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology