Practitioner experience and reflections on what can be done specifically within the education sector to adapt and reduce the negative impacts of climate change on education.

Save the Children, the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and other partners are teaming up to better understand and further the global discourse around the relationship between climate change and education financing, and advocate for education to be seen as a key part of the solution.

Education is increasingly vulnerable to climate change, but has an important role to play in helping learning communities and education systems mitigate and adapt to it. Read how IIEP-UNESCO is working with ministries of education to enhance their capacities for crisis-sensitive educational planning.

The climate crisis adds another layer to the existing learning crisis and calls for building education systems that can prepare for crises, ensure continued access to education during unpredictable times, and prevent and mitigate their negative impacts as much as possible.

Education and climate are both in crisis. But while faith in the role of education to mitigate climate change is strong, the evidence on how education will effect change is generally weak. It’s time to adopt differentiated education responses that recognize environmental justice issues.

Recent studies confirm the extent to which improvements in classroom condition can positively impact children’s ability to learn. With so many classrooms needed, there is an opportunity to both improve the design of schools and instigate a change in attitude towards carbon-smart construction.

Data can significantly improve decision-making and allow for prioritizing interventions to benefit the most vulnerable populations. That’s why the ministry of Education in Sierra Leone is working with Fab Inc. to develop a web-based data tool that helps estimate and prioritize where new schools are really needed.

Read the stories of Candida, Shingai and Paolo, three students whose access to education has been challenged by the impacts of climate change in their countries, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Vanuatu.

With increasing funding available for climate action, how can the education sector access these resources in the context of a changing climate? What are the eligibility criteria to follow? Here are some of the answers.

Read how the Alliance for World Change, founded by GPE youth leader Clement Kaponda of Zambia, is raising awareness and working with partners to combat the effects of climate change in his country.

With clear and multidirectional links between education and climate protection, the potential for education to ensure sustainability and mitigate the impacts of climate change is undeniable. Here are 5 key takeaways for the education community from COP27.

The link between education and climate change is two ways. While climate change poses risks to education, education can play a role in reducing climate change and its impacts. That’s why multilateral institutions are taking actions to respond to the climate challenge through education.

How to support education organizations take the next step on gender and climate justice.

Learn about the challenges of preparing food for large groups, like students in school, in the Global South, and the potential for ‘eCooking’ (electric cooking) to be transformational, with far-reaching climate, health, cost and time benefits.

By transforming learning assessments, we can empower students to take action on climate change and harness the potential of education to adapt our world to the impacts of climate change.

Read how in Ecuador, the community-based organization Warmi STEM is using indigenous knowledge to promote girls' careers in STEM to help fight climate change.

Teaching children about climate change cannot simply be about giving them facts. Different pedagogical approaches can help students in lower-income countries become more climate sensitive and agents of change.

The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has just issues a new policy paper, with its vision for bringing the relationship between girls’ education and climate and environmental change into sharper focus.