Current Reality
Every morning, 10-year-old Rina wakes up to a reality shaped by climate change. Early rains flooded the dirt road to her rural school, closing it for days and leaving her questions unanswered. When the water receded, the well was contaminated, and her parents—farmers reliant on seasonal crops—faced another failed harvest.
Rina’s story is shared by millions of children in Bangladesh, one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. With 1 in 3 children directly affected, the impacts on their health, education, and future are deep and lasting.
Yet the education system offers little to prepare them. Rina’s textbooks mention the environment but don’t teach survival skills, sustainable practices, or how to adapt to changing conditions. To equip children for a climate-uncertain future, Bangladesh must integrate comprehensive, practical climate education across subjects and grade levels.
Rina and her peers didn’t cause this crisis—but with the right tools, they can be the generation to overcome it.