Children in the New Millennium Environmental Impact on Health

Book : Children in the New Millennium Environmental Impact on Health

Language : English

Library : Child Labor

Publish Place : New York

ISBN : 92-807-2065-1

Publish Date : January 2002

Publisher : United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF

Book Type : Book

Book Number : 1675

INDEX

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
Acknowledgements

The Context .........................................................................
1
Introduction Progress made since the World Summit on Children and the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
Underlying Causes of Children's Environmental Health Problems
A CHILD'S WORLD AND LIFE CYCLE ........................................
2
Pregnancy Infancy and Early Childhood School-Age Children Adolescence
Children in Need of Special Protection
ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS TO CHILDREN .............................
3
Lack of Safe Water and Sanitation Chemical Pollution and Radiation Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution Natural Resource Degradation
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
Climate Change Ozone Layer Depletion Desertification
Loss of Biodiversity

RECOMMENDATIONS .............
5
Local Initiatives National Actions Regional Partnerships International Support
LOOKING AHEAD.
ENDNOTES ........
Abbreviations. Index Photo credits