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Education and school safety

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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Latest Education and school safety additions in the Knowledge Base

Schoolchildren in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 2023
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Empowering Central Asia’s next generation with safer, disaster-resilient schools

Five Central Asian nations – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – reaffirmed their commitment to safe and resilient schools for children this week – with four endorsing the Comprehensive Safe Schools Framework.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
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Documents and publications

Using emerging game technology for disaster risk reduction: A pilot study in Guatemala City

This case study presents a Guatemala City pilot project which exemplifies game engines' successful application, integrating multi-hazard risk assessments and NASA data into an interactive 3D environment.
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Documents and publications

The virtual reality classroom: Engaging students and communities in collaborative learning with virtual reality to understand disasters and climate change

This publication refers to an initiative aimed at improving people's awareness and knowledge of landslides and their risks.
Educational materials

O Esquadrão Aliados apresenta

The Porto City Hall, trough its Serviço Municipal de Proteção Civil do Município do Porto (Municipal Civil Protection Service) provides online information in Portuguese concerning preventive protection measures
A group of five children from a village in Pakistan playing in the green field.
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Still standing: How USAID’s disaster-resilient construction in Pakistan is keeping children in school amidst devastating floods

These USAID-constructed schools served as epicenters of the recovery from the disaster. For the 17,000 people whose homes were destroyed during the floods, 59 of the schools were able to be used as temporary shelters.
Climatelinks
Research briefs

Climate change is taking an emotional toll, but better education could help

New research from ANU has shown that climate change is negatively affecting the emotional wellbeing of young Australians. These feelings are exacerbated by what young people see as shortcomings in their climate education.
Australian National University
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More extremely hot days for school sports

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.
Climate Central
Woman holding two children in a Laotian village
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Heat waves and how they impact children

Heat stress caused by extreme temperatures is putting more children at risk each year.
United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)
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