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Episode: Pia Rebello Britto, Global Director of Education at UNICEF, on Climate-Driven Disruption of Education and the Global Learning Crisis
Description: In a wide-ranging and thought-provoking conversation, Pia Rebello Britto, Global Director of Education and Adolescent Development at UNICEF, unpacks the sobering reality of education in the face of accelerating climate change and systemic inequality.
Drawing on her extensive global experience and UNICEF’s latest report, "Learning Interrupted: Global snapshot of climate-related school disruptions in 2024", she provides a clear-eyed analysis of the intersecting crises that threaten the educational futures of hundreds of millions of children worldwide.
At the heart of the discussion is an alarming statistic: in 2024 alone, climate-related disruptions affected nearly 250 million children. Across 85 countries, ex...