Track: Environmental & Climate Impacts on Child Health

Environmental & Climate Impacts on Child Health
The Environmental & Climate Impacts on Child Health session brings together pediatricians, environmental scientists, public health experts, and policy advocates to address one of the most urgent health threats to future generations. The session emphasizes the immediate and long-term consequences of air pollution, rising temperatures, unsafe water, and ecological instability on child development and disease patterns. Special focus is placed on actionable clinical and policy-based interventions that protect vulnerable pediatric populations and empower healthcare systems to respond proactively.

Air Pollution & Respiratory Illness: Examine the link between environmental toxins and pediatric asthma, allergies, and lung development.

Climate-Driven Infectious Diseases: Discuss how climate change is altering the spread of diseases like dengue, malaria, and Zika among children.

Heat Stress and Pediatric Physiology: Understand how extreme heat events affect hydration, cognition, and chronic disease in children.

Environmental Justice in Pediatrics: Learn how marginalized children face higher exposure and lower access to healthcare solutions.

Sustainable Pediatric Healthcare: Explore how hospitals and clinics can reduce their environmental footprint while improving child health.