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Our research aims to quantify how current and future environmental changes affect child health. We lead a multi-disciplinary team with the expertise to establish this ground-breaking area of research Perth, Western Australia futurechildhealth.org
Measuring and monitoring child health and well-being—an integral part of the climate change agenda doi.org/10.1093/heap...
Measuring and monitoring child health and well-being—an integral part of the climate change agenda
Climate change has far-reaching consequences for all aspects of human society (Romanello et al. 2023). Children are uniquely vulnerable to climate change f
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October 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Jamie Turnbull of @thekidsau.bsky.social & Future Child Health presents

'Global systematic review of how climate change degrades the wellbeing & health of #Indigenous children'

at the 2025 Public Health Association Australia Conference in Wollongong, NSW

youtu.be/irCkvNR-h6k?...
Global Systematic Review of Climate Change and Indigenous Child Health
<p>Climate change worsens global health, with Indigenous children among the most vulnerable. Despite increasing research on climate-related health impacts, Indi
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September 16, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Even the #WorldBank acknowledges that humanity has over-exploited the planet, gone beyond its safe boundaries, and that our economic system is to blame

openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/c...

Good start, but they mention nothing about the fact that we are too many doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
September 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Tonight!

Duke of Brunswick Hotel, Adelaide

Human population and its effect on quality of life, equality, extinctions, and climate change

I think there might be a few spots left

events.humanitix.com/human-popula...
September 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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I was tired of all the pro-natalist bullshit (even from the ABC), so we wrote a paper (preprint still) about the relationship between population growth, ageing, and the #economy

No evidence ageing or declining populations compromise socio-economic performance of countries

doi.org/10.48550/arX...
No evidence ageing or declining populations compromise socio-economic performance of countries
Concerns about declining or ageing populations often centre on the fear that fewer people will translate to a weaker economy and lower living standards. But these fears are frequently based on oversim...
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August 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Distressing (but perhaps not surprising): New research finds that consideration of children's health and wellbeing is missing from most nation's climate action plans.
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Climate change policies fail to protect child health - Globalization and Health
National policies are essential for countries to adapt to the negative health impacts of climate change. Children are disproportionately affected by these impacts and must be at the heart of adaptatio...
globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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I'll be speaking on 'Human population and its effect on quality of life, equality, extinctions, and climate change'

at Duke of Brunswick Hotel, 10 Sep (19:00-20:30)

Tickets here: events.humanitix.com/human-popula...

@sustpopaus.bsky.social @popnmatters.bsky.social @futurechildhealth.bsky.social
Human population and its effect on quality of life, equality, extinctions, and climate change
Do you want to understand the how human endeavour and climate fluctuations alter past, present and future ecosystems? Come and learn from Prof. Corey Bradshaw.
events.humanitix.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Mortes por diarreia entre crianças devem aumentar com aquecimento global, alerta estudo @globocom.bsky.social

g1.globo.com/meio-ambient...
Aquecimento global deve ampliar mortes por diarreia entre crianças
Pesquisa com mais de 3 milhões de crianças mostra que calor extremo e estiagem aumentam risco de doenças; educação materna pode salvar vidas.
g1.globo.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Subnational survey data reveal persistent gaps in living standards across 75 low and middle-income countries doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Subnational survey data reveal persistent gaps in living standards across 75 low and middle-income countries - Nature Communications
Using subnational Demographic and Health Survey data from 75 low and middle-income countries, the authors show that many households lack access to decent living standards as basic prerequisites for hu...
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June 29, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Which aspect of child health is most affected by climate change?

Premature birth www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A phenomenon that often leads to many other health complications after birth

The negative effects can even last for the remainder of individual's life
How climate change degrades child health: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Children are more vulnerable than adults to climate-related health threats, but reviews examining how climate change affects human health have been ma…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Professor Corey Bradshaw's @conservbytes.bsky.social of Future Child Health #TEDxSydney talk is now live!

youtu.be/y68XO_huZdY?...
June 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Journal editors struggling to find reviewers — there are some bloody good reasons why

I used to think it was merely a post-COVID19 hiccough, but the extensive delays in receiving reviews for submitted manuscripts that I am seeing near constantly now are the symptoms of a much larger problem. That…
Journal editors struggling to find reviewers — there are some bloody good reasons why
I used to think it was merely a post-COVID19 hiccough, but the extensive delays in receiving reviews for submitted manuscripts that I am seeing near constantly now are the symptoms of a much larger problem. That problem is, in a nutshell, how awfully journals are treating both authors and reviewers these days. I regularly hear stories from editors handling my papers, as well as accounts from colleagues, about the ridiculous number of review requests they send with no response.
conservationbytes.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Our latest @futurechildhealth.bsky.social report in partnership with @popnmatters.bsky.social

'Fragile Futures: How underestimating the risks of
#population pressure endangers the health
and lives of current and future children'

Now available to download: populationmatters.org/fragile-futu...
April 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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I've just learnt that the US delegate at the United Nations 58th Commission on Population & Development #CPD58 would not support the CPD statement (www.un.org/development/...), so consensus not possible

Nice one, 𝑼𝑛𝒾𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑺𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑨𝓇𝑠𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒
Commission on Population and Development, fifty-eighth session (2025) | Population Division
Members of the Commission Bureau members Ms. Catharina Jannigje Lasseur (Kingdom of the Netherlands) - Western European and Others Group (WEOG) (Chair) Ms. Josélyne Kwishaka (Burundi) - African Group ...
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April 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Our report commissioned by @popnmatters.bsky.social — Fragile Futures — explores how population pressure & climate change threaten child health worldwide

Download here: populationmatters.org/resources/fr...
Fragile Futures Report - Population Matters
Fragile Futures Report Fragile Futures explores how population pressure and climate change threaten child health worldwide. Despite progress in reducing infant mortality, rising
populationmatters.org
April 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Future Child Health in partnership with @popnmatters.bsky.social presents

'Fragile Futures: a critical discussion on #climate and #childhealth'

presented at the United Nations 58th Commission on Population & Development #CPD58

Watch the recorded event here: youtu.be/I5GqL6Czphc?...
Fragile Futures: The Hidden Scale of Child Mortality
YouTube video by Population Matters
youtu.be
April 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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A colleague is attending the UN at the 58th Commission on Population & Development #CPD58 www.un.org/development/..., and has spoken to only 1 American (this is in New York!). It appears Americans have largely pulled out of UN events
Commission on Population and Development, fifty-eighth session (2025) | Population Division
Members of the Commission Bureau members Ms. Catharina Jannigje Lasseur (Kingdom of the Netherlands) - Western European and Others Group (WEOG) (Chair) Ms. Josélyne Kwishaka (Burundi) - African Group ...
www.un.org
April 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM