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Education, Girls’ Education and Climate Change

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dc.creator Sims, Kate
dc.date 2021-03-30T14:03:40Z
dc.date 2021-03-30T14:03:40Z
dc.date 2021-03
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:44:45Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:44:45Z
dc.identifier Sims, K. (2021). Education, Girls’ Education and Climate Change. K4D Emerging Issues Report 29. Institute of Development Studies. DOI: 10.19088/K4D.2021.044
dc.identifier Sims, K. (2021). Education, Girls’ Education and Climate Change: Executive Summary. K4D Emerging Issues Report 29. Institute of Development Studies. DOI: 10.19088/K4D.2021.045
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/16523
dc.identifier 10.19088/K4D.2021.044
dc.identifier 10.19088/K4D.2021.045
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/198359
dc.description This Emerging Issue Report (EIR) explores research and evidence on the relationship between education, girls’ education and climate change. There is scientific consensus that climate change is real, manifested through increasing temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events, including drought, flooding and cyclones. Climate change, environmental degradation and climate vulnerability are closely linked. Climate change exacerbates environmental and land degradation, especially in areas with drylands and permafrost, river deltas and low-lying coastal areas. There is high confidence that people living in areas affected by environmental degradation are experiencing an increase in the negative effects of climate change. Gender, alongside other drivers of vulnerability and exclusion, is a key determinant of an individual’s vulnerability to the effects of climate change and environmental degradation and influences how climate change is experienced. It is estimated that at least 200 million adolescent girls living in the poorest communities face a heightened risk from the effects of climate change. Evidence and commentary on the role of education, and girls’ education, to address climate change through adaptation, resilience and mitigation is limited, albeit growing. This EIR identifies and summarises the evidence and key commentary around the following themes: links between education, particularly girls’ education, and climate change; how climate and environment matter for achieving gender equality; and why securing girls’ education is an important strategy in addressing climate change. The EIR draws on academic research and literature from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), as well as policy frameworks and grey literature, media articles and blogs from the climate, education and gender fields.
dc.description This summary accompanies Emerging Issues Report (EIR) 29, which explores research and evidence on the relationship between education, girls’ education and climate change. As an emerging issue, key trends are revolving around the relationship between education, girls’ education and climate change. However, more robust research is needed to further understanding this area. The available evidence can therefore inform the following recommendations that reinforce mutually positive outcomes for aligned climate, environment, gender and education planning. These have been broadly grouped into the following categories: climate, environment and gender; education, including girls’ education; and disaster response and preparedness.
dc.description FCDO (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
dc.language en
dc.publisher Institute of Development Studies
dc.relation K4D Emerging Issue Report;29
dc.rights https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
dc.rights © Crown copyright 2021
dc.subject Children and Youth
dc.subject Climate Change
dc.subject Education
dc.subject Environment
dc.subject Gender
dc.subject Rights
dc.title Education, Girls’ Education and Climate Change
dc.title Executive Summary: Education, Girls’ Education and Climate Change
dc.type Emerging Issues Reports


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