Education, capacity building and job creation to address climate change

Resilience in education

Resilience in education is the ability of learners, teachers, and systems to adapt, recover, and thrive despite disruptions—such as conflict, pandemics, disasters or climate change—ensuring continuity, equity, and quality of learning for all. It refers to building flexibility, preparedness, and responsiveness into education so that no learner is left behind during a crisis.

Axis: Fostering Human & Social Development

Key Objective: Education, capacity building and job creation to address climate change

Why it matters

Resilience in education matters because crises—climate shocks, health emergencies, conflicts—regularly disrupt learning. Without resilience, millions of children lose access to schools and the infrastructures that support learning, widening inequalities. Resilience in education ensures children keep learning when disasters strike, preventing lost futures. It matters because resilient schools and teachers create safe, adaptive spaces that empower the next generation to thrive despite adversity. By strengthening systems to adapt and recover, societies protect education as a human right and build long-term stability, equity, and sustainable growth.

Since 2022, 400 million students worldwide have faced school closures due to climate-related events like floods, storms, and heatwaves.

In 2024, extreme weather disrupted schooling for 242 million children across 85 countries—1 in 7 school-age children globally.

World Bank Group’s report “Choosing Our Future: Education for Climate Action” - https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstreams/ed79f278-303f-4e7e-b6e5-4dba7a34f3db/download