OVER 26 million enrolled students in the Philippines are confronted with the multifaceted impacts of climate change, including the possibility of El Niño, bringing intolerable heat, more powerful typhoons and limited access to water for basic needs. This happens to about half of the 75 million children around the world, whose education is interrupted every year by natural disasters such as flood and drought.
"In the past 4 years, we have experienced changes in the school calendar and mode of delivery due to the pandemic and to adapt to the changing climate, on top of all the class suspensions due to frequent typhoons. We are yet facing another calendar shift due to El Niño," 17-year-old climate campaigner Rohj Olivo said.
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