Climate Crisis: Extreme Weather Disrupts Education for 242 Million Children Worldwide
2025-01-26
Fortune
The impact of climate change is being felt in classrooms globally, with extreme weather conditions disrupting the education of approximately 242 million children across 85 countries last year. Children struggling to concentrate in sweltering heat, flooded schools, and other climate-related disasters. This highlights the urgent need for climate-resilient education infrastructure and adaptive learning solutions to ensure uninterrupted learning for all, particularly in the face of rising global temperatures and climate extremes, affecting education systems and student well-being.
