Heat and education

Experts hope urban redesign projects can solve a climate crisis in classrooms that left 30 million students in Latin America without teaching last year.

This report and supporting documents outline the risks posed to children due to unsuitable conditions of playgrounds during summer, and guidance on how to improve a playground's level of thermal comfort and safety.

Across the world, climate change is making it too hot to learn. Teachers are increasingly trying to educate students in dangerously hot classrooms, often in old school buildings built to withstand cold weather rather than heat.

This paper evaluates the impact of higher temperatures on learning outcomes in Peru. The paper aims to improve understanding of how to deal with the impacts of climate change on learning outcomes in developing countries.

The study highlights the need to bridge institutional and community-level knowledge gaps on heatwaves. Municipal governments are crucial in strengthening public school resilience, yet policy-driven reforms remain limited.

What happens to a child's body when they sit in class during a heatwave and what does this mean for their long-term health?

The game is a tool for sparking conversations within classrooms and communities around natural hazards in Scotland.

As millions of student athletes begin outdoor practice this late summer, they're playing in a warmer world than their parents or coaches experienced decades earlier.