News Impact of weather, school education of more than 24 crore children affected
Regarding the rapidly changing climate United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) A report has come out. in which It has been reported that due to bad weather (heatwave, floods, cyclones), school education of about 242 million i.e. 24 crore 20 lakh children in 85 countries has been disrupted. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell warned that children are ‘more vulnerable’ to extreme weather. He said in a statement, ‘Children heat up faster, sweat less and cool down more slowly than adults. Due to the scorching heat, children are not able to concentrate in classes because they do not get respite there. If the road is flooded or the school is washed away, they cannot reach school.”
Education gets disrupted due to climate change
Russell said education is one of the services most frequently disrupted by climate-related threats. Yet it is often ignored in policy discussions, he warned. Children’s future must be at the forefront of all climate-related planning and action.
Available data shows that heatwaves, cyclones, floods and other extreme weather have at times led to suspension of classes for students from kindergarten to high school, extended holidays, and delays in opening of schools. Even schools throughout the year were damaged or destroyed.
At least 171 million children have been affected by the heatwave. Due to extremely high temperatures in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Thailand and the Philippines, 118 million children were affected by the heatwave in April. Thousands of schools in the Philippines were closed during the summer due to the risk of hyperthermia in children. Because there were no ACs in these schools. In many countries, schools start in the month of September itself. Classes were canceled in 18 countries due to the devastating Typhoon Yagi in East Asia and the Pacific.
Children are most affected in India
South Asia was the region most affected by climate change, with 128 million school children affected. The maximum number of children affected due to heatwave in India was 54 million. Whereas in Bangladesh 35 million children were affected by heatwave.
Necessary steps will have to be taken soon
This figure is likely to increase further in the coming years due to increase in temperature. Half of the world’s children (about one billion) are living in countries where the risk of climate change is high. According to UNICEF estimates, if greenhouse gas emissions continue at this level, eight times more children will face heatwaves in 2050 than in 2000. Three times more people will be affected by severe floods and 1.7 times more people will be affected by wildfires. UNICEF called for investment in classrooms that are more resilient to climate-related threats. Apart from the immediate impacts, UNICEF also fears that this damage could increase the risk of some children – especially girls – dropping out of school.
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