Floods cast spotlight on education’s climate risks - Future-proofing schools against the damaging effects of global climate change is essential
Flooding has disrupted schooling in parts of the country as above-normal rainfall continued this month.
are in countries at high risk of extreme weather events associated with climate change. This includes Southern Africa where intense cyclones in recent years have displaced people, disrupting children’s lives. “Every conceivable sector will be affected and education is one of them. We have seen how education was and still is disrupting basic education and higher education. Higher education was perhaps better prepared to deal with disruption, but basic education not at all,” said professor of environmental law and researcher, Loretta Feris.
“We know we have natural disasters but these are not natural anymore. We need to up our game in understanding what these extremes are going to be and then building resilient infrastructure,” he said
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