Children, Cities and Climate

That the Parliament welcomes the preliminary findings from the research, Children, Cities and Climate, conducted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; considers that the nexus of climate change, cities and child health is critical for the future of people and the planet; further considers that, across the world, children and young people are among those worst affected by climate change, with, it understands, air pollution, food insecurity and water scarcity in urban environments having significant negative consequences for their health; recognises reports that over 30% of the four billion people currently living in cities today are children, and that this proportion will rise to 70% of 6.7 billion urban dwellers by 2050; understands that cities are currently a major driver of the climate crisis, being responsible for an estimated 70% of carbon emissions; notes that the Children, Cities and Climate research aims to address the three interconnected challenges, tackling the climate crisis, leveraging the central role of cities in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions and improving child and adolescent health, and producing and communicating new scientific evidence on the public health co-benefits of reducing emissions for children and young people, and acknowledges that the preliminary research findings were presented at COY16 and will be shared at COP26.