Heat and education

This regional report offers key recommendations and a self-assessment tool to make the education systems in South Asia, and globally, more resilient in the face of increasing climate change risks.

High school sports practices are starting amid a brutally hot summer in much of the country. As temperatures rise, heat illnesses are becoming an increasing risk for athletes, particularly in the first few weeks of practice.

As heat waves become more common and more intense, more than 13,700 schools will need to install air conditioning, and another 13,500 will need to upgrade their existing systems by 2025.

This summer has brought not only a resurgence of the coronavirus but also some of the starkest evidence yet of the devastating toll that climate change will take on the planet – and on the lives and learning of children.

Study shows which states need better guidelines to protect student-athletes from heat

A new UMD-led study finds that in tropical regions of the globe, exposure to extremes of heat and precipitation during prenatal and early childhood years could make it harder for children to attain secondary school education, even when they live in better-off households.

A new project in Paris seeks to reduce heat in schoolyards by implementing greener materials, management techniques, and structures. The project also reinforces social cohesion by involving local communities in the design process with the goal of opening these spaces to the wider public.