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Policies and activities in the education sector to protect students and educators from disasters impacts, ensure continuity of education through all expected hazards and strengthen risk reduction and resilience through education.

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Japan is using Augmented Reality to teach children the dangers of flash floods.

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School in a hot world: what research is saying about children’s health and learning

Climate change is making southern Africa hotter. While much attention has focused on climate impacts like droughts, floods and food insecurity, another crisis is unfolding quietly inside classrooms.

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School drill in Vanuatu
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Vanuatu Marks First International Day in Memory of the Victims of Earthquakes

On 29 April 2026, Vanuatu marked its first national observance of the International Day in Memory of the Victims of Earthquakes, bringing together partners to strengthen earthquake preparedness and disaster resilience.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific
woman on the construction of a hut at Omorate on Ethiopia
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Israel Hinkossa
Gamifying Gadaa: Indigenous knowledge meets real trees
A statistics graduate in rural Ethiopia built a game that translates the UNESCO‑recognized Oromo Gadaa democracy into digital climate action, allowing players to earn points that fund real‑world, community‑verified reforestation.
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Ministry of Education and MDMC strengthen school preparedness through training of disaster safe and psychosocial education units in schools

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (Kemendikdasmen) in collaboration with Muhammadiyah Disaster Management Center (MDMC), held a Disaster Safety Education Unit (SPAB) and Psychosocial Support Training.

Muhammadiyah Disaster Management Centre
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Documents and publications
Toward disaster-resilient universities: A pre-COVID assessment of American institutions of higher education

This article investigates the state of resilience of academic institutions in the Southeastern United States prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
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Documents and publications
Teaching resilience with the Stop Disasters game: a teacher's guide

This Teacher’s Pack supports the use of the Stop Disasters online game as a practical way to introduce disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience in the classroom.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Schoolchildren playing the Stop Disasters game in Barcarena, Brazil, in the lead up to COP30 (October 2025).
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A year in review: The Stop Disasters game travels around the world

2025 marked a year of exceptional growth for the Stop Disasters game.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Documents and publications
What are the likely impacts of rising temperatures on students and how are countries adapting?

This policy brief summarises the results and discusses the policy implications of an assessment the number of schools and students at risk of rising temperatures in 2050 across 13 OECD countries and economies.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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