School's out: How climate change threatens educationStudents leaving their school compound carry umbrellas on a hot summer day in Dhaka on April 28, 2024, amid the ongoing heatwave. BANGKOK, Thailand — Record-breaking heat last month that prompted governments in Asia to close schools offers fresh evidence of how climate change is threatening the education of millions of children. Asia is warming faster than the global average, and climate change is producing more frequent, longer, and more intense heatwaves. Schools across much of Asia are simply not equipped to deal with the growing consequences of climate change. "The climate crisis is a child crisis.

Source: Philippine Star May 09, 2024 07:18 UTC