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@futurechildhealth.bsky.social
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Our research aims to quantify how current and future environmental changes affect child health. We lead a multi-disciplinary team with the expertise to establish this ground-breaking area of research Perth, Western Australia futurechildhealth.org

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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Climate change affects Indigenous children’s health worldwide, review of 53 studies finds medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10...
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Climate change affects Indigenous children's health worldwide, review of 53 studies finds
Indigenous children across the globe are experiencing significant climate-related health impacts, ranging from malnutrition and infectious diseases to effects on mental health and cultural well-being ...
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Indigenous children across the globe experiencing large climate-related health impacts ranging from malnutrition and infectious diseases through to impacts on mental health, cultural wellbeing, and problems before birth www.thekids.org.au/news--events...
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Climate change threatens Indigenous children’s health and wellbeing worldwide
Indigenous children across the globe are experiencing large climate-related health impacts ranging from malnutrition and infectious diseases through to impacts on mental health, cultural wellbeing, an...
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Latest FCH paper: Global systematic review of how climate change degrades the wellbeing and health of #Indigenous children link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Great podcast about our work on pre-invasion Indigenous population size from 4ZZZ's 'Know Idea' (listen from 00:45:10) know-idea.pinecast.co/episode/a9dc... @ciehf.bsky.social
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Through The Eyes of Mice
Inconel 718, Through The Eyes Of Mice, The Male Wave, A Junky Cup, Stillbirth 'Grief' in Whale Mothers, MotoRap, Historical Indigenous Australian Population Boom, Buffering Fast Fashion Framework, and...
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In human populations, inequality can intensify instability, but equality does not create unlimited carrying capacity iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new research theconversation.com/more-than-2-...
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More than 2 million Indigenous people lived in Australia in 1788: new research
Genetic, archaeological and environmental evidence suggest the Indigenous population fell by more than 90% in the 70 years after the British invaded.
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Scorching summers and heatwaves linked to poorer mental health in children news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2026/08...
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Scorching summers and heatwaves linked to poorer mental health in children
As record-breaking heat grips communities worldwide and Australia prepares for an intense El Niño summer, new research provides the first global review linking high temperatures and […]
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
1st global synthesis of heat-related mental health impacts in children & young people High temperatures & heatwaves associated with adverse mental health risks, but data lacking for some of hottest and most socio-economically disadvantaged regions globally academic.oup.com/ije/article/...
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Sydney’s 1789 smallpox epidemic came from the First Fleet and killed up to 220,000 #Indigenous Australians theconversation.com/sydneys-1789... #NAIDOCWeek
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Sydney’s 1789 smallpox epidemic came from the First Fleet and killed up to 220,000 Indigenous Australians: new research
New mathematical modelling shows the first smallpox epidemic among Aboriginal people in the Sydney region may have spread thousands of kilometres and lasted decades.
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
OVERSHOOT Podcast: 'The ghastly costs of population denial' www.populationbalance.org/podcast/core...
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The Ghastly Costs of Population Denial — Population Balance
Humanity is pushing life to the brink. Mathematical ecologist, Corey Bradshaw, explains how our growing population and consumption are driving the depopulation and extinction of countless species whil...
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
An international and interdisciplinary framework for nature prescribing in healthcare journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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An international and interdisciplinary framework for nature prescribing in healthcare: A modified Delphi study
Nature prescriptions allow healthcare providers to recommend nature connection and exposure for health and well-being benefits. However, an accepted interdisciplinary shared definition of nature presc...
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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Global human population pushing Earth past breaking point A recent paper, co-authored with the late Paul Ehrlich, reveals that the global human population has surpassed Earth's sustainable capacity. It highlights the dire implications for food security, climate stability, and wellbeing. The study…
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Global human population pushing Earth past breaking point
A recent paper, co-authored with the late Paul Ehrlich, reveals that the global human population has surpassed Earth's sustainable capacity. It highlights the dire implications for food security, climate stability, and wellbeing. The study underscores that immediate changes in consumption and population management are crucial for a sustainable future.
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ARC COE for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures @ciehf.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
New research co-authored by CIEHF members is calling for a fundamental shift in academic publishing. The authors call for dynamic, consent‑based citation approaches that respect First Nations authority and data sovereignty—moving beyond “one size fits all” models. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
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Crediting and citing Indigenous Knowledges within research
Abstract. Knowledge exchanges between Indigenous and scientific communities occur regularly, with researchers frequently seeking and benefiting from Indige
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Christine Barry @christine-barry.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
We are thrilled to share our latest publication! We consider crediting and citing Indigenous Knowledges within research, hoping to provoke thought among readers and provide a pathway forward! 🌏 academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
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Crediting and citing Indigenous Knowledges within research
Abstract. Knowledge exchanges between Indigenous and scientific communities occur regularly, with researchers frequently seeking and benefiting from Indige
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
We’re running out of Earth: Study warns current lifestyle needs 2 planets timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trend...
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We’re running out of Earth: Study warns current lifestyle needs 2 planets | - The Times of India
Trending News: The global conversation around climate change, population growth, and sustainability is becoming more serious with each passing year. A new study is n.
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Nous serions déjà trois fois trop nombreux pour vivre durablement sur Terre www.science-et-vie.com/societe/nous...
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Nous serions déjà trois fois trop nombreux pour vivre durablement sur Terre
Découvrez pourquoi la capacité de charge de la Terre serait largement dépassée selon les modèles écologiques actuels.
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Popolazione: siamo troppi per le risorse del nostro pianeta www.galileonet.it/pianeta-popo...
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Popolazione: siamo troppi per le risorse del nostro pianeta - Galileo
C'è ancora tempo (poco) per ripensare al modo in cui usiamo suolo, acqua, energia e materiali
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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Global human population pushing Earth past breaking point www.scimex.org/newsfeed/glo...
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Global human population pushing Earth past breaking point
Global human population pushing Earth past breaking point The Earth has already exceeded its ability to support the global population sustainably, with new research warning of increasing
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
We dedicate our latest paper to the memory of Vale Paul Ehrlich, who died before the final version was available. Thank you for your mentorship, support, and friendship, Paul 'Global human #population has surpassed Earth’s sustainable carrying capacity' doi.org/10.1088/1748...
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Global human population has surpassed Earth’s sustainable carrying capacity
Global human population has surpassed Earth’s sustainable carrying capacity, Bradshaw, Corey J A, Judge, Melinda A, Blumstein, Daniel T, Ehrlich, Paul R, Dasgupta, Aisha N Z, Wackernagel, Mathis, Weed...
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Pete Hamnett @not-a-dr.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Stoked to receive the Ecological Society of Australia’s Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment, allowing me to send ~300 fallow deer teeth to a commercial lab to determine their age by cementum annuli analysis, rather than spending months doing it myself! Bring on the data!
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
New @futurechildhealth.bsky.social paper just published in @bmj.com Paediatrics Open: 'Systematic review of climate-change interventions for improving child health' doi.org/10.1136/bmjp... résumé: poor evidence base for assessing effectiveness of intervention policies
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
New @futurechildhealth.bsky.social publication: Disproportionate climate burden of rising temperatures on low birth weight in Pakistan doi.org/10.1186/s129...
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Disproportionate climate burden of rising temperatures on low birth weight in Pakistan - BMC Medicine
Background Warming temperatures add to the global health burden, with disproportionate effects on pregnant women and newborns. Low birth weight is a major neonatal health issue in Pakistan, leading to...
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Measuring and monitoring child health and well-being—an integral part of the climate change agenda doi.org/10.1093/heap...
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Measuring and monitoring child health and well-being—an integral part of the climate change agenda
Climate change has far-reaching consequences for all aspects of human society (Romanello et al. 2023). Children are uniquely vulnerable to climate change f
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Jamie Turnbull of @thekidsau.bsky.social & Future Child Health presents 'Global systematic review of how climate change degrades the wellbeing & health of #Indigenous children' at the 2025 Public Health Association Australia Conference in Wollongong, NSW youtu.be/irCkvNR-h6k?...
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Global Systematic Review of Climate Change and Indigenous Child Health
<p>Climate change worsens global health, with Indigenous children among the most vulnerable. Despite increasing research on climate-related health impacts, Indi
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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Even the #WorldBank acknowledges that humanity has over-exploited the planet, gone beyond its safe boundaries, and that our economic system is to blame openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/c... Good start, but they mention nothing about the fact that we are too many doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Tonight! Duke of Brunswick Hotel, Adelaide Human population and its effect on quality of life, equality, extinctions, and climate change I think there might be a few spots left events.humanitix.com/human-popula...
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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
I was tired of all the pro-natalist bullshit (even from the ABC), so we wrote a paper (preprint still) about the relationship between population growth, ageing, and the #economy No evidence ageing or declining populations compromise socio-economic performance of countries doi.org/10.48550/arX...
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No evidence ageing or declining populations compromise socio-economic performance of countries
Concerns about declining or ageing populations often centre on the fear that fewer people will translate to a weaker economy and lower living standards. But these fears are frequently based on oversim...
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Distressing (but perhaps not surprising): New research finds that consideration of children's health and wellbeing is missing from most nation's climate action plans. @gchalliance.bsky.social @childfundalliance.bsky.social @savethechildren.org @world-j-pediatr.bsky.social
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Climate change policies fail to protect child health - Globalization and Health
National policies are essential for countries to adapt to the negative health impacts of climate change. Children are disproportionately affected by these impacts and must be at the heart of adaptatio...
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
New paper: Climate change policies fail to protect child health doi.org/10.1186/s129...
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Climate change policies fail to protect child health - Globalization and Health
National policies are essential for countries to adapt to the negative health impacts of climate change. Children are disproportionately affected by these impacts and must be at the heart of adaptatio...
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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
I'll be speaking on 'Human population and its effect on quality of life, equality, extinctions, and climate change' at Duke of Brunswick Hotel, 10 Sep (19:00-20:30) Tickets here: events.humanitix.com/human-popula... @sustpopaus.bsky.social @popnmatters.bsky.social @futurechildhealth.bsky.social
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Human population and its effect on quality of life, equality, extinctions, and climate change
Do you want to understand the how human endeavour and climate fluctuations alter past, present and future ecosystems? Come and learn from Prof. Corey Bradshaw.
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Mortes por diarreia entre crianças devem aumentar com aquecimento global, alerta estudo @globocom.bsky.social g1.globo.com/meio-ambient...
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Aquecimento global deve ampliar mortes por diarreia entre crianças
Pesquisa com mais de 3 milhões de crianças mostra que calor extremo e estiagem aumentam risco de doenças; educação materna pode salvar vidas.
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Risk of deadly diarrhoeal diseases in children set to worsen as climate changes @themicrobiologist.bsky.social www.the-microbiologist.com/news/risk-of...
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Risk of deadly diarrheal diseases in children set to worsen as climate changes
Diarrhoea remains one of the most serious health threats to young children in the Global South, and new research shows that climate change is set to worsen the risk substantially.
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Mudanças climáticas aumentarão mortes por diarreia na infância, diz estudo @cnn-brasil.bsky.social www.cnnbrasil.com.br/saude/mudanc...
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Mudanças climáticas aumentarão mortes por diarreia na infância, diz estudo | CNN Brasil
Cientistas da Universidade Flinders, na Austrália, chamam a atenção para efeitos do aquecimento global em países de baixa e média renda
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Risk of deadly diarrhoeal diseases in children set to worsen news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/07...
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Risk of deadly diarrhoeal diseases in children set to worsen
Diarrhoea remains one of the most serious health threats to young children in the Global South, and new research shows that climate change is set to […]
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
New preprint: Global systematic review of climate change and #Indigenous child health ssrn.com/abstract=533... #climatechange #childhealth
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Global Systematic Review of Climate Change and Indigenous Child Health
<p>Climate change worsens global health, with Indigenous children among the most vulnerable. Despite increasing research on climate-related health impacts, Indi
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Subnational survey data reveal persistent gaps in living standards across 75 low and middle-income countries doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Subnational survey data reveal persistent gaps in living standards across 75 low and middle-income countries - Nature Communications
Using subnational Demographic and Health Survey data from 75 low and middle-income countries, the authors show that many households lack access to decent living standards as basic prerequisites for hu...
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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Which aspect of child health is most affected by climate change? Premature birth www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... A phenomenon that often leads to many other health complications after birth The negative effects can even last for the remainder of individual's life
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How climate change degrades child health: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Children are more vulnerable than adults to climate-related health threats, but reviews examining how climate change affects human health have been ma…
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Professor Corey Bradshaw's @conservbytes.bsky.social of Future Child Health #TEDxSydney talk is now live! youtu.be/y68XO_huZdY?...
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Climate change policies fail to protect child health (preprint) doi.org/10.21203/rs....
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Climate change policies fail to protect child health
Background National policies are essential for countries to adapt to the negative health impacts of climate change. Children are disproportionately affected by climate-sensitive health risks and must ...
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Global population growth will impact countries unfairly – what the modelling shows news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/05...
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Global population growth will impact countries unfairly – what the modelling shows
What is the impact of climate change in your country? Global ecologist Professor Corey Bradshaw suggests countries with rising populations and weaker economies are the most […]
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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Journal editors struggling to find reviewers — there are some bloody good reasons why I used to think it was merely a post-COVID19 hiccough, but the extensive delays in receiving reviews for submitted manuscripts that I am seeing near constantly now are the symptoms of a much larger problem. That…
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Journal editors struggling to find reviewers — there are some bloody good reasons why
I used to think it was merely a post-COVID19 hiccough, but the extensive delays in receiving reviews for submitted manuscripts that I am seeing near constantly now are the symptoms of a much larger problem. That problem is, in a nutshell, how awfully journals are treating both authors and reviewers these days. I regularly hear stories from editors handling my papers, as well as accounts from colleagues, about the ridiculous number of review requests they send with no response.
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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Our latest @futurechildhealth.bsky.social report in partnership with @popnmatters.bsky.social 'Fragile Futures: How underestimating the risks of #population pressure endangers the health and lives of current and future children' Now available to download: populationmatters.org/fragile-futu...
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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I've just learnt that the US delegate at the United Nations 58th Commission on Population & Development #CPD58 would not support the CPD statement (www.un.org/development/...), so consensus not possible Nice one, 𝑼𝑛𝒾𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑺𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑨𝓇𝑠𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒
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Commission on Population and Development, fifty-eighth session (2025) | Population Division
Members of the Commission Bureau members Ms. Catharina Jannigje Lasseur (Kingdom of the Netherlands) - Western European and Others Group (WEOG) (Chair) Ms. Josélyne Kwishaka (Burundi) - African Group ...
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Our report commissioned by @popnmatters.bsky.social — Fragile Futures — explores how population pressure & climate change threaten child health worldwide Download here: populationmatters.org/resources/fr...
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Fragile Futures Report - Population Matters
Fragile Futures Report Fragile Futures explores how population pressure and climate change threaten child health worldwide. Despite progress in reducing infant mortality, rising
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Future Child Health in partnership with @popnmatters.bsky.social presents 'Fragile Futures: a critical discussion on #climate and #childhealth' presented at the United Nations 58th Commission on Population & Development #CPD58 Watch the recorded event here: youtu.be/I5GqL6Czphc?...
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Fragile Futures: The Hidden Scale of Child Mortality
YouTube video by Population Matters
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Global infant mortality will rise – in contrast to United Nations projections news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/04...
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Global infant mortality will rise – in contrast to United Nations projections
A new report presented in New York on 8 April reveals that current United Nations projections on infant mortality rates are inaccurate. The Fragile Futures report […]
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Corey Bradshaw @conservbytes.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
A colleague is attending the UN at the 58th Commission on Population & Development #CPD58 www.un.org/development/..., and has spoken to only 1 American (this is in New York!). It appears Americans have largely pulled out of UN events
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Commission on Population and Development, fifty-eighth session (2025) | Population Division
Members of the Commission Bureau members Ms. Catharina Jannigje Lasseur (Kingdom of the Netherlands) - Western European and Others Group (WEOG) (Chair) Ms. Josélyne Kwishaka (Burundi) - African Group ...
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Future Child Health Professor Peter Le Souëf speaking from the 58th Commission on Population & Development #CPD58, United Nations, New York
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
How is the climate crisis impacting children's health — now and in the future? Join us for this critical conversation to explore the intersection of environmental breakdown, population dynamics and child wellbeing. Click to register populationmatters.org/civicrm/even...
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Future Child Health @futurechildhealth.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Dr Melinda Judge of Future Child Health (futurechildhealth.org/team/dr-meli...) speaking just prior to the opening of the 58th Commission on Population and Development at the United Nations today
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