Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in the education sector: resource manual
This resource manual, is primarily a capacity development tool to support governments and their development partners in guaranteeing the right to quality education for all children. This manual builds upon the goals set by the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs) and the Education for All (EFA) movement. Focusing on equity and rights, this resource manual aims to enhance the climate change adaptation, mitigation, resilience and risk reduction capacities of children and their communities in response to changing physical environments.
This resource manual is primarily for use by anyone engaged in policy advocacy and planning related to the education sector. The target audience of this resource manual includes: ministries of education and environment, as well as their counterparts in other ministries (see Module 8) and civil society; education professionals; development or humanitarian aid agencies; education planners; and curriculum developers and teacher educators. The resource manual is designed to complement the ongoing work of governments and development agencies regarding education sector responses to climate change and disaster risk as well as broader human resource development strategies.
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