Heat and education

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.

This edition of Southasiadisasters.net highlights the key lessons and experiences of various stakeholders (both government and non-government) in taking concerted actions to build the resilience of Chhattisgarh, India, against disaster risks such as

Extreme heat can result in physical, cognitive and emotional difficulties but there is no consistent educative policy across Australian schools for heat protection. Brendon Hyndman, Southern Cross University, highlights five key action areas to improve national school heat policy in Australia.

Temperatures in less than one in six English classrooms were considered adequate throughout the year, according to the first Building Schools for the Future programme report. Overheating is of particular concern as it can not only reduce educational

UNISDR interviewed Mihir R. Bhatt, Head of All India Disaster Mitigation Institute to explain what heat waves are, how they are impacting India and possible solutions that can be incorporated in implementing Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia. Mihir R. Bhatt said,'No national landscape of risk can be drawn out in Asia without including heatwave risk'...

Hundreds of deaths caused by an extreme heat wave in India could have been prevented if authorities followed the example set by Ahmedabad which introduced measures such as cooling spaces to protect citizens from the rising mercury, climate experts said. In Ahmedabad, authorities have focused on public awareness as the first step in preventing heat-related deaths...

At least 800 people have died in a major heatwave that has swept across India. 'The state government has taken up education programmes through television and other media to tell people not to venture into the outside without a cap, to drink water and other measures,' said P. Tulsi Rani, special commissioner for disaster management in the state...

This publication intends to build the capacity of children in the face of extreme heat.