Children in England face prolonged “lost learning” caused by extreme heat and flooding at school, according to research on the potential impact of the climate crisis on education. School leaders and teachers said the scenarios published by the Department for Education were “grim reading” regarding the climate risks schools and students might experience, and urged ministers to move quickly to improve school resilience. Under one scenario, by 2050, rising heat levels will cause the equivalent of more than eight days of lost learning, as classroom temperatures around 35C (95F) became too hot for effective teaching unless adaptations such as improved
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