3 Ways Climate Change Could Impact Schools - with Heat Expected to Cost Children Days

3 ways climate change could impact schools - with heat expected to cost children days

Closing lights, shutting blinds and bringing fans to class: How Ontario schools are coping with a heat wave — or trying to

Teachers and students across Ontario grappled with sweltering conditions in schools that are several decades old and lack central air conditioning.

Ontario heat wave prompts concerns about students, educators sweltering in schools

Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones placed the onus of action on school boards

Schools shift Sports Day as heatstroke risks rise under climate crisis

Japan’s undokai, or Sports Day, are getting reschduled with several months difference. Children are struggling to run relays in the afternoons without risking heatstroke, a circumstance brought about by the dire climate crisis. Tokyo is logging an increasing number of days above 35 C every year. During three weeks in July 2024 alone, 24,300 people nationwide were taken to hospital with heat‑related illness, many of them students. Annual heat‑str…