Climate Change, Nurturing Care, and Child Development
The CARE lab examines the links between climate change, nurturing care, and child development and leverage science + existing experiences of families living in climate hazard settings to understand how to promote resilience, ecologically, in the context of climate change.
We do so by employing quasi-experimental analyses that leverage satellite/geocoded data, systematic reviews, and other quantitative and qualitative approaches
Related Publications
- Cuartas, J., Balza, L., Camacho, A. & Gómez-Parra, N. (2025). Ambient heat and early childhood development: A cross-national analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.70081
- Cuartas, J., & Morris-Perez, P. (2025). Bringing natural ecosystems into the bioecological model of human development. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02334-y
- Cuartas, J., & Camacho, A. (2025). High temperatures and violent child punishment at home: Evidence from six countries. Psychology of Violence. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000651
- Cuartas, J., McCoy, D., Torres, I., Burghardt, L., Shonkoff, J. & Yoshikawa, H. (in press). The Developmental Consequences of Early Exposure to Climate Change-Related Risks. Child Development Perspectives. http://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12503
- Cuartas, J., Spitzer, J., Ramirez-Varela, L., Brieant, A., Ghazanfar, A., Lansford, J., Mulatie, M., Opiyo, R., Sanson, A., Aref, A. (2024). Climate change and families: Review of evidence and policy eecommendations. DIFI Report, Doha International Family Institute & Duke University. (Link)
- Cuartas, J., Bhatia, A., Carter, D., Cluver, L., Coll, C., Draper, C., Donger, E., Gardner, F., Grueso, H., Herbert, B., Lachman, J., Maalla M’jid, N., Seidel, F. & Kelly, O. (2023). The climate crisis and violence against children. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00137-2
- Cuartas, J., Bhatia, A., Carter, D., Cluver, L., Coll, C., Draper, C., Donger, E., Gardner, F., Herbert, B., Kelly, O., Lachman, J., Maalla M’jid, N., Seidel, F. & (2023). Climate change is a threat multiplier for violence against children. Child Abuse & Neglect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106430
- Cuartas, J., Spitzer, J., Ramirez-Varela, L., Brieant, A., Ghazanfar, A., Lansford, J., Mulatie, M., Opiyo, R., Sanson, A., Aref, A. (2024). Climate change and families: Review of evidence and policy eecommendations. DIFI Report, Doha International Family Institute & Duke University. (Link)