Eric Chivian

Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events; Implications for Food Production, Plant Diseases, and Pests

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Why doctors and their organisations must help tackle climate change: an essay by Eric Chivian

Doctors are ideally placed to provide people with compelling, concrete examples of the medical consequences of climate change, argues Eric Chivian. Not only do they have the ability to turn around the potentially destructive changes to the environment caused by human behaviour, but they also have the responsibility to do so

American and Soviet Adolescents’ Attitudes toward the Future: The Relationship between Worry about Nuclear War and Optimism

Despite continuing efforts to achieve a major and lasting arms control agreement, the existence of large numbers of nuclear weapons is perceived by many as constituting a grave threat to the future of the world. This concern is not restricted just to adults: children and adolescents have indicated that they, too, fear a nuclear war. In conversations with psychologists and psychiatrists, children have revealed stark images of such a war, and have indicated that their plans for the future are affected by those fears. Survey research also suggests that significant percentages of children and adolescents worry about nuclear war.

Soviet and American Secondary School Students on War and Peace

The increased danger of a nuclear war capable of destroying civilization and life itself on our planet has led to an increasing fear and mistrust, in addition to material losses. As scholars testify, the nuclear threat has an appreciable influence on the consciousness and minds of children in different countries of the world, and especially in the USSR and the United States. It makes them uneasy about their fate and the future of the whole of mankind, and affects their behavior, value orientations, and mental health.