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

dc.contributor.authorChersich, Matthew F.
dc.contributor.authorScorgie, F.
dc.contributor.authorWright, Caradee Yael
dc.contributor.authorMullick, S.
dc.contributor.authorMathee, A.
dc.contributor.authorHess, J.
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-02T08:13:34Z
dc.date.available2020-06-02T08:13:34Z
dc.date.issued2019-09
dc.description.abstractToday’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.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentGeography, Geoinformatics and Meteorologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianpm2020en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.samj.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationChersich, M.F., Scorgie, F., Wright, C.Y. et al. 2019, 'Climate change and adolescents in South Africa: the role of youth activism and the health sector in safeguarding adolescents' health and education', South African Medical Journal, vol. 109, no. 9, pp. 615-619.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.other10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i9.14327
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/74817
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherHealth and Medical Publishing Groupen_ZA
dc.rights© 2019, South African Medical Association. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 3.0).en_ZA
dc.subjectClimate changeen_ZA
dc.subjectHealth policyen_ZA
dc.subjectPolitical activismen_ZA
dc.subjectAdolescent healthen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.titleClimate change and adolescents in South Africa : the role of youth activism and the health sector in safeguarding adolescents' health and educationen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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