The first paper from the Early Childhood Scientific Council on Equity and the Environment (ECSCEE), Extreme Heat Affects Early Childhood Development and Health, offers an opportunity to better understand how extreme heat can affect young children—and provides strategies to cool the places where children live, grow, learn, and play.

Related Resources

• InBrief: InBrief | Extreme Heat Affects Early Childhood Development & Health
• Solution Spotlight: Solutions Spotlight: Extreme Heat Affects Early Childhood Development and Health
• Working Paper: Place Matters: The Environment We Create Shapes the Foundations of Healthy Development
• Infographic: Place Matters: What Surrounds Us Shapes Us (En Español)
• Action Guide: Solutions Spotlight: Place Matters
• Article: The Center Welcomes a New Council