Impact of higher-income countries on child health in lower-income countries from a climate change perspective. A case study of the UK and Malawi.

ABSTRACT: Climate change is the number one threat to child health according to the World Health Organisation. It increases existing inequalities, and lower-income countries are disproportionately affected. This is unjust. Higher-income countries have contributed and continue to contribute more to climate change than lower-income countries. This has been recognised by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, which has ruled that states can be held responsible if their carbon emissions harm child rights both within and outside their jurisdiction. Nevertheless, there are few analyses of the bilateral relationship between higher- and lower-income countries concerning climate change. This article uses the UK and Malawi as a case study to illustrate higher-income countries' impact on child

SUBMITTER: Hannah E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10766172 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature