Bangladesh Held First National Climate Risk Analysis Workshop for the Education Sector

Bangladesh has taken a historic step to safeguard its education system from the growing impacts of climate change. The Ministries of Education (MoE), in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), and with financial support from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), organized the country’s first-ever national workshop on Developing a Climate Risk Analysis for the Education Sector from 20 to 22 October 2025 in Dhaka.

The workshop is part of the Climate Smart Education Systems Initiative (CSESI), a global programme that helps countries integrate climate adaptation and environmental sustainability into education policies and plans. For Bangladesh, where floods, cyclones, saltwater intrusion, and heat stress regularly disrupt schooling, the initiative marks the first coordinated national effort to understand how climate risks affect classrooms, teachers, students, and communities.

“Climate change is no longer only an environmental concern; it is an education concern,” said Ms Bodrun Nahar, ndc, Additional Secretary (Development a.i.) of the Secondary and Higher Education Division (SHED), MoE. “We must ensure that every child can continue learning even during climate emergencies,” she added.