Climate change to affect 26M Filipino students — child rights group
Climate change to affect 26M Filipino students — child rights group
By DOMINIC GUTOMAN
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – Save the Children Philippines (SCP) said that over 26 million enrolled students in the Philippines are affected by climate change.
This situation reflects the Philippines’ top ranking not just in the World Risk Index 2022 but also in the Child Climate Risk Index in the East Asia and Pacific region.
“In the past four 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,” said Rohj Olivo, a 17-year-old advocate for SCP’s Generation Hope campaign against climate change and inequality.
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