{"id":12219,"date":"2025-08-27T09:37:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T08:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/?p=12219"},"modified":"2026-06-27T10:15:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T10:15:28","slug":"protecting-young-children-from-extreme-heat-strategies-for-healthy-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/2025\/08\/27\/protecting-young-children-from-extreme-heat-strategies-for-healthy-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Young Children from Extreme Heat: Strategies for Healthy Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"115\" data-end=\"810\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Cs-LwU83Kp8\"><strong><em data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"1021\">Addressing the Impact of Extreme Heat on Young Children<\/em><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nClimate change is shaping children\u2019s early development, with record-breaking heat posing significant risks to young children and their caregivers. Practical strategies\u2014such as expanding green spaces, implementing cooling solutions, and advancing supportive policies\u2014are already being adopted by communities to reduce these risks. In a webinar hosted by the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, panelists Dr. Lindsey Burghardt, Michelle Kang, and Dr. Jennifer Vanos discussed actionable ways to protect children where they live, learn, and play. Their insights highlight both scientific evidence and community-driven solutions to safeguard child development in a warming world.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"1023\"><em data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"1021\">Source: <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/developingchild.harvard.edu\/resources\/webinars\/addressing-impact-of-extreme-heat-on-young-children\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"1020\">Center on the Developing Child \u2013 Addressing the Impact of Extreme Heat on Young Children<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addressing the Impact of Extreme Heat on Young Children Climate change is shaping children\u2019s early development, with record-breaking heat posing significant risks to young children and their caregivers. Practical strategies\u2014such as expanding green spaces, implementing cooling solutions, and advancing supportive policies\u2014are already being adopted by communities to reduce these risks. In a webinar hosted by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[162,3,4,164,149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-change","category-curriculum-practice","category-environmental-sustainability","category-impact-and-resilience","category-world-forum"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13264,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12219\/revisions\/13264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}