The developmental consequences of early exposure to climate change-related risks
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Jorge Cuartas
Centro de Estudios sobre Seguridad y Drogas (CESED), Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Jorge Cuartas, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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Search for more papers by this authorDana C. McCoy
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorIsabella Torres
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorLindsey Burghardt
The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJack P. Shonkoff
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorHirokazu Yoshikawa
NYU Global TIES for Children, New York, New York, USA
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Jorge Cuartas
Centro de Estudios sobre Seguridad y Drogas (CESED), Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Jorge Cuartas, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorDana C. McCoy
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorIsabella Torres
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorLindsey Burghardt
The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJack P. Shonkoff
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Search for more papers by this authorHirokazu Yoshikawa
NYU Global TIES for Children, New York, New York, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
The climate crisis encompasses a constellation of risks that threaten human livelihoods, well-being, and survival globally. In this article, we present a new framework based on bioecological and dynamic systems perspectives, and on evidence for conceptualizing how the distinctive dual time frame of both acute (e.g., extreme weather events) and chronic (e.g., ecological degradation) climate change-related risks experienced prenatally and early in life across multiple ecological contexts can threaten human development. We conclude with a call to developmental researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to invest more efforts in understanding and addressing the climate crisis and its developmental consequences to ensure a sustainable future for all.
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