Climate Change Threatens Global Education: A Dire Warning from GEM Report

Climate change is severely impacting global education systems, leading to school closures, learning losses, and increased dropout rates, particularly in low and middle-income countries. The Global Education Monitoring Report highlights the necessity for comprehensive climate adaptation measures in the education sector to mitigate these adverse effects.

Climate-related stressors such as heatwaves, wildfires, floods, and rising sea levels are increasingly disrupting education worldwide, warns the latest Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM) by UNESCO.

The UNESCO report, compiled with the University of Saskatchewan, reveals how climate change is causing school closures and higher dropout rates, especially in low and middle-income countries.

Over the past two decades, extreme weather events have impacted education systems, causing infrastructural damage and loss of life. The report calls for a multi-faceted approach to climate adaptation in education to combat the devastating effects of climate change.

(With inputs from agencies.)