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Integrating Data to Ensure Inclusive Education for Climate-displaced Populations

Insights and recommendations on utilizing data to minimize learning disruptions in the context of climate change.

Date Published
21 Feb 2025
Authors
Jonghwi Park Shinobu Yume Yamaguchi
Series Title
UNU-IAS Policy Briefs
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This policy brief identifies challenges and opportunities in collecting, analyzing and using data to predict and address the education needs of climate-displaced populations. It calls for innovative data integration, enhancing education management information systems and building capacity among policymakers to secure climate-resilient, quality education for all.

Increasing numbers of children and adults are displaced or migrating due to the impacts of climate change, affecting their right to education. Gaps in data at the intersection of climate-related risks and human mobility hinder governments from ensuring undisrupted and inclusive learning in the context of climate change.

Recommendations:

  • Integrate education-in-emergencies data into education management information systems for crisis-sensitive education planning.

  • Explore utilization of innovative data sources to project potential mobility of learners, especially in disaster-prone areas.

  • Apply computational simulations to forecast education needs in the context of climate change and human mobility.

  • Develop capacity and a sense of ownership among education policymakers, planners and administrators to enhance use of data for climate resilience.