Risk of heat-related deaths has ‘increased rapidly’ over past 20 years
Linkhttps://www.carbonbrief.org/risk-of-heat-related-deaths-has-increased-rapidly-over-past-20-years/
Educators for Sustainable Development
Klima 6th Edition
What does hot weather do to the body?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7n6m7y6yvo
Too hot to learn: The impact of climate change on education
https://www.globalpartnership.org/blog/too-hot-learn-impact-climate-change-education
Extreme heat shuts schools for millions, widening learning gaps worldwide
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/extreme-heat-is-closing-schools-widening-learning-gaps-worldwide-2024-04-30
Call for submissions
EIAP is calling on educators and union leaders to submit poems, essays, and artworks about climate change that they would like to be published in the next edition of the KLIMA Newsletter. You may send your entry to alanah.torralba@ei-ie.org.
Infographic: Heat Stress in the Classroom
What is heat stress and what can schools do to prevent heat stress in the classroom?
Asia Pacific Education unionists demand heat adaptation in schools amidst record-breaking temperatures
Amidst severe summer heatwaves in Asia, education unionists strategized on union actions demanding effective heat adaptation during Education International Asia-Pacific’s 4th Climate Justice webinar in June.