YOUNGO Salud y Clima

The YOUNGO Health Working Group emphasizes the critical link between planetary and human health, citing climate change as the greatest global health threat of the 21st century. The authors highlight the role of youth as frontline health workers and activists, calling for governments to integrate youth perspectives into UNFCCC and G20 preparations and to recognize climate change as a health emergency within their Nationally Determined Contributions.

• Climate change is identified as the most significant threat to global health in the 21st century, with a specific correlation noted between climate-driven changes in global bat diversity and the zoonotic emergence of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2.
• Youth have actively contributed to health and climate efforts, such as medical students in Peru collaborating with the Ministry of Health since February 2021 on health promotion and mental health, and youth in Bazar de Cox working to prevent COVID-19 infections.
• The authors demand that governments implement accountability measures to increase climate action commitments in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and officially recognize climate change as a health emergency.

APA

Iturregui, R. S., & Mariyam, D. (2021). YOUNGO Salud y Clima. Global Climate and Health Alliance. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/es/blog-es/youngo-salud-clima/

Chicago

Iturregui, Rodrigo Sánchez, and Deena Mariyam. YOUNGO Salud y Clima. Global Climate and Health Alliance, 2021. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/es/blog-es/youngo-salud-clima/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Iturregui |first1=Rodrigo Sánchez |last2=Mariyam |first2=Deena |title=YOUNGO Salud y Clima |publisher=Global Climate and Health Alliance |date=20 September 2021 |url=https://climateandhealthalliance.org/es/blog-es/youngo-salud-clima/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{iturregui2021youngo, author = {Iturregui, Rodrigo Sánchez and Mariyam, Deena}, title = {{YOUNGO Salud y Clima}}, publisher = {Global Climate and Health Alliance}, year = {2021}, month = sep, url = {https://climateandhealthalliance.org/es/blog-es/youngo-salud-clima/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }