ADB suggests steps to make schools climate resilient

A new report from the Asian Development Bank has stressed the need for adapting schools to the impacts of climate change since extreme weather is significantly increasing school closures and affecting learning outcomes and household incomes over the long-term. The report, ‘Climate Change and Education Playbook’, referred the 2022 floods in Pakistan which damaged some 17,000 schools, disrupting education of 2.6 million children. Climate change poses a significant threat to continuous education delivery and learning outcomes. Each school faces unique climate risks that need to be identified, assessed, and addressed through adaptation measures, making schools climate resilient. Adaptation measures help reduce the impacts of climate risk and allow schools to continue functioning with minimum disruption, and create a culture of safety and resilience, the report says.