Tag: Climate Change

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More than 400 Million Students Affected by Climate-Related School Closures since 2022

For less than $20 per student schools can adapt and minimize learning losses WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2024 – A staggering 400 million students globally experienced school closures from extreme weather since 2022, according to a new World Bank report released today. The report examines the detrimental impacts of climate change on education in low- and middle-income countries and offers solutions to harness education to spur climate … Continue reading More than 400 Million Students Affected by Climate-Related School Closures since 2022

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Europe

Climate change drives wildfires in South America’s Pantanal wetland, the world’s largest – Study

11 August 2024 – By the Climate Centre Climate change made the hot, dry, windy conditions that supercharged catastrophic Pantanal wildfires in June 40 per cent more intense and up to five times more likely, a new WWA rapid analysis released Thursday has concluded. The Pantanal – the world’s largest tropical wetland – usually floods from November to April during the rainy season, then drains from May … Continue reading Climate change drives wildfires in South America’s Pantanal wetland, the world’s largest – Study

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