Heat and education

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.

Heat stress caused by extreme temperatures is putting more children at risk each year.

As heat waves creep north, they are baking schools that previously did not need air conditioning. Fixing the problem will be neither cheap, nor easy.

English schools could exceed an “overheating” threshold of 26C for one-third of the academic year if global warming reaches 2C above pre-industrial temperatures, a new study finds.