The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine and the International Association for Adolescent Health recognize that climate change impacts multiple dimensions of health and well-being for adolescents and young adults. According to the World Health Organization, climate change is one of the top 10 health threats facing humanity. No aspect of adolescent health is spared from the consequences of climate change: food and housing insecurity, heat-related morbidity and mortality, water-borne diseases, infectious diseases, including sexually transmitted infections and HIV, mental health disorders, gender-based violence, conflict, internal displacement, and migration are all impacted. Vulnerable populations, such as adolescents and young adults, and those living in lower- to middle-income countries and environmental justice communities, are the ones whose health will be most affected. The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine and the International Association for Adolescent Health call for urgent action in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Convention on the Rights of the Child to avert the irreversible consequences of climate change. Health professionals and health-care organizations can and should help lead global climate action along with youth, supporting mitigation and adaptation strategies that protect young people. Adolescent health professionals and organizations must advocate for climate justice and equitable resources, urge health systems to mitigate their adverse impacts on the environment, advocate for health organizations to focus on green investments, be leaders in climate education of the next generation of adolescent health professionals, and focus research on equitable strategies to reduce climate harms.

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应对气候变化对青少年和青年健康的影响：青少年健康与医学学会和国际青少年健康协会的立场文件


青少年健康与医学协会和国际青少年健康协会认识到，气候变化影响青少年和年轻人健康和福祉的多个方面。根据世界卫生组织的数据，气候变化是人类面临的十大健康威胁之一。青少年健康的任何方面都不能幸免于气候变化的影响：食品和住房不安全、与高温相关的发病率和死亡率、水传播疾病、传染病，包括性传播感染和艾滋病毒、心理健康障碍、性别暴力、冲突、国内流离失所和移民都受到影响。弱势群体，如青少年和年轻人，以及生活在中低收入国家和环境正义社区的人，是健康受到最大影响的群体。青少年健康与医学协会（Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine）和国际青少年健康协会（International Association for Adolescent Health）呼吁根据联合国可持续发展目标和《儿童权利公约》（Convention on the Rights of the Child）采取紧急行动，以避免气候变化造成不可逆转的后果。卫生专业人员和卫生保健组织可以而且应该与青年一起帮助领导全球气候行动，支持保护年轻人的缓解和适应战略。青少年卫生专业人员和组织必须倡导气候正义和公平资源，敦促卫生系统减轻对环境的不利影响，倡导卫生组织专注于绿色投资，成为下一代青少年卫生专业人员气候教育的领导者，并将研究重点放在减少气候危害的公平战略上。