Climate change and adolescents in South Africa : the role of youth activism and the health sector in safeguarding adolescents' health and education

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Climate change and adolescents in South Africa : the role of youth activism and the health sector in safeguarding adolescents' health and education

Chersich, Matthew F.; Scorgie, F.; Wright, Caradee Yael; Mullick, S.; Mathee, A.; Hess, J.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/74817
Date: 2019-09

Abstract:

Today’s youth will inherit a world made hazardous by greenhouse gases. As a general rule, those chiefly responsible for emitting these gases will be spared the full brunt of their effects. Age has become a clear fault line of this phenomenon: while today’s adults will experience some impacts of these emissions, adolescents and future generations will face their full force in time.

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