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Policies and activities in the education sector to protect students and educators from disasters impacts, ensure continuity of education through all expected hazards and strengthen risk reduction and resilience through education.

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AUCC students develop early warning system to improve flood resilience in Odawna Sahara community

The endeavour culminated in the "Odawna Flood Resilience Project," a multifaceted approach aimed at mitigating the devastating impact of recurrent floods.
Modern Ghana.com
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Documents and publications

Climate-related disaster and human capital investment in the Global South — household heterogeneity and growth

This study develops a dynamic model of climate-related disaster impacts, considering multidimensional household heterogeneity, for analyzing changes in growth and inequality in low-income countries.
Documents and publications

Improving school readiness in the Sahel: The role of adaptive social protection programmes

This document discusses the importance of integrating school readiness measures into social protection programs to improve educational outcomes and strengthen human capital in the Sahel.
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English schools face ‘overheating’ for one-third of year under 2C warming

English schools could exceed an “overheating” threshold of 26C for one-third of the academic year if global warming reaches 2C above pre-industrial temperatures, a new study finds.
Carbon Brief
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Educational materials

Comprehensive School Safety for Children (CSSC)

This child-friendly Comprehensive School Safety Framework is expected to be comprehensible for chidren.
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Engaging children & youth in disaster resilience and climate action

For nearly nine years, Doers has been engaged in disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and humanitarian response actions. With a systems approach, Doers' interventions revolve around the themes of Resilience, Sustainability, and Empowerment.
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Documents and publications

The impact of climate change on education and what to do about it

The study is aimed at examining the intersection between climate change and education, with specific focus on how extreme weather events negatively impacts education outcomes.
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Realizing Education's Promise: Rebuilding Indonesia's madrasahs and returning students to the classroom after an earthquake

When a 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Cianjur district in Indonesia’s West Java province in November 2022, more than 13,000 students at private religious schools were thrown out of their classrooms because of severe damage to their buildings.
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