This briefing paper argues that the risks and impacts of climate change are critical to consider within any effort to prevent, mitigate, or respond to attacks on education. In the face of these converging crises, states should act urgently to protect education in the context of climate change.

INEE, ICRC, and GCPEA hosted a webinar on the global impact of attacks on schools, universities, students, and educators, and how the humanitarian sector is responding.

A global study of attacks on schools, universities, their students and staff, in 2022 and 2023. Attacks on education are frequent and widespread. From Palestine to Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo to Ukraine, students and teachers are killed, raped, and abducted, while schools and universities are bombed, burned down, and used for military purposes. In the 28 countries profiled in this report, at least ten attacks on education occurred over the past two years.