More than three million children die every year due to unhealthy environments. This atlas tackles issues as diverse as the devastating and largely unknown impact of indoor air pollution, the unfashionable yet huge tragedy of sanitation, and complex emerging issues like climate change.

Full-colour maps and graphics clearly demonstrate the threats that children face everywhere, and underscore the impact of poverty on children’s health. While this crisis cannot be ignored and demands urgent action, success stories, such as the Montreal Protocol, show a way forward for the world to make sure that our children will inherit a safer planet and a brighter future.

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- Inheriting the world [pdf 9.83Mb]

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- Contents, acknowledgements and foreword [pdf 146kb]
- The world's forgotten children [pdf 551kb]
- Two worlds: rich and poor [pdf 768kb]
- Traditional hazards, new risks [pdf 417kb]
- Water for all: making it happen [pdf 524kb]
- Hurry up in the toilet: 2.4 billion are waiting [pdf 600kb]
- To fetch a pail of water [pdf 453kb]
- Malaria [pdf 449kb]
- Fluoride and arsenic in drinking-water [pdf 738kb]
- Indoor smoke: breaking down respiratory defences [pdf 498kb]
- Passive smoking: Children protest [pdf 552kb]
- Polluted cities: The air children breathe [pdf 534kb]
- Child injuries are preventable [pdf 856kb]
- Child labour: Growing up too quickly [pdf 814kb]
- Lead: IQ alert [pdf 573kb]
- Safe food: Crucial for child development [pdf 588kb]
- Poisoning: Hidden peril for children [pdf 545 kb] [pdf 557kb]
- Getting the lead out [pdf 479kb]
- Healthy schools: Empowering children [pdf 651kb]
- Enjoying the sun safely [pdf 910kb]
- Climate change [pdf 648kb]
- Highs and lows of environmental health [pdf 380kb]
- World data table [pdf 139kb]