海角社区

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Asia-Pacific Regional Synthesis: Climate Change, Displacement and the Right to Education

Recommendations for building national education systems that are resilient to the impacts of climate change.

Date Published
25 Apr 2023
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This analyses the impacts of climate change and displacement on the right to education in Asia and the Pacific — the global region most impacted by natural disasters and climate change. It provides guidance for policymakers to ensure education is protected, by applying a human rights-based approach.

The book presents case studies in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Tuvalu, and Viet Nam, examining specific and common vulnerabilities to climate change and related mobility. It shows that climate change threatens education both directly — through the destruction of schools and property – and indirectly, by forcing people to cross borders, ensuring neither legal residency nor the right to education. The book offers evidence-based recommendations for building national education systems that are resilient to the impacts of climate change and ready to ensure the minimum learning disruption for all ages during displacements.

Based on  conducted by 海角社区-IAS and UNESCO in 2021, the book is accompanied by  — Latin America and South-Eastern Europe. These regional analyses will inform the development of a report with global policy recommendations.