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Guidance for Building Resilience to Extreme Heat\u00a0 Heat Smart Schools is a guidance framework by CDRI to help schools adapt to rising extreme heat risks. With over two billion children projected to face frequent heatwaves by 2050, the document emphasizes that heat threatens health, learning, and equity, especially in vulnerable communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It outlines seven actionable steps: establish inclusive governance, use science and forecasts, implement structural and nature-based cooling measures, integrate heat literacy into education, address underlying risks like water and nutrition, mobilize financing, and prepare for future heat events through drills and recovery planning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Recommendations span structural retrofits, passive cooling, shaded spaces, hydration systems, and community engagement. The guidance promotes a whole-of-society approach, linking schools with municipal, health, and disaster systems to ensure resilience and safeguard children\u2019s right to learn in a warming world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Guidance for Building Resilience to Extreme Heat\u00a0Community of Practice on Extreme Heat Management in Education Infrastructure\u00a0 Heat Smart Schools is a guidance framework by CDRI to help schools adapt to rising extreme heat risks. With over two billion children projected to face frequent heatwaves by 2050, the document emphasizes that heat threatens health, learning, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":30021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250,958,19,928,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cop-on-extreme-heat-in-educational-infrastructure-urban-documents","category-document-homepage","category-documents","category-updated-status","category-urban-documents"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Community of Practice on Extreme Heat Management in Education Infrastructure\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n