https://www.scmp.com/rss/513317/feed Siddhi Aryal, PhD, is the regional director for Vital Strategies Asia Pacific and leads strategic partnerships and fundraising efforts in the region. He also provides oversight and leadership to the Singapore team in their work implementing global programmes. He is a trained public health professional with over 20 years of experience in South and Southeast Asia in designing, managing, and implementing health and development programmes in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Children are the least responsible for climate change and environmental degradation, yet they will bear the greatest brunt of it. One in four deaths of children under five – or 1.7 million deaths a year – can be attributed to environmental hazards. This figure is expected to rise as climate change magnifies the world’s most serious environmental risks. But as countries seek to mitigate environmental risks, they first need data to help drive the political and popular will to take action. Even... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3188385/protect-children-climate-change-measure-environmental-health-risks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3188385/protect-children-climate-change-measure-environmental-health-risks?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Aug 2022 08:30:12 +0000