Cities are centres of innovation and wealth creation, but also hotspots of air pollution and
noise, heat island effects and lack of green space, which are all detrimental to human health …

Nature-based solutions including urban forests and wetlands can help communities cope
better with climate change and other environmental stressors by enhancing social …

Urban heat stress poses a major risk to public health. Case studies of individual cities
suggest that heat exposure, like other environmental stressors, may be unequally distributed …

Executive summary Despite dramatic improvements in survival, nutrition, and education over
recent decades, today's children face an uncertain future. Climate change, ecological …

Environmental education focused on the early-childhood years is experiencing dynamic
growth in research and practice due to persistent environmental challenges coupled with …

Spending time in natural environments can benefit health and well-being, but exposure-
response relationships are under-researched. We examined associations between …

Introduction Half the world population lives in cities and this is likely to increase to 70% over
the next 20 years. Suboptimal urban and transport planning has led to eg high levels of air …

A growing body of empirical evidence is revealing the value of nature experience for mental
health. With rapid urbanization and declines in human contact with nature globally, crucial …

Technological developments in recent decades have increased young people's
engagement with screen-based technologies (screen time), and a reduction in young …

Background Green spaces have been proposed to be a health determinant, improving
health and wellbeing through different mechanisms. We aimed to systematically review the …