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Title:
Climate change and children : a human security challenge / UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre in cooperation with UNICEF Programme Division.
Publisher:
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
x, 51 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Subject:
Climatic changes--Health aspects.
Environmental health--Children.
Environmentally induced diseases in children.
Other Authors:
UNICEF.
UNICEF. Innocenti Research Centre.
Notes:
"November 2008"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"The study reviews the implications of climate change for children and future generations, drawing on relevant experiences in different sectors and countries of promoting child rights and well-being. It traces in considerable detail the pathways through which shifts in temperature and precipitation patterns create serious additional barriers to the achievement of the child survival, development and protection goals embraced by the international community. The role of children as vital participants and agents of change emerges as a key theme."--Preface.
Series:
Policy review paper
ISBN:
8889129832 (pbk.)
9788889129838 (pbk.)
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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