climate change on education systems at various scales i.e local,regional and international.

1. EFFECTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE
ON EDUCATION
March 2017
Presented by: Adrian K Matongera

2. CONTENT
Definition of Climate Change
Effects of Climate Change on
Education

3. DEFINITION OF CLIMATE CHANGE
It is the variation in Global atmospheric condition
over an average period of not 30 years
This is derived statistical/mathematically using data
from previous records.
 change in the state of long term atmospheric
conditions that can be identified (e.g. using
statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or
the variability of its properties, and that
persists for an extended period, typically
decades or longer.

4. CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
 NATURAL CAUSES
 Volcanic eruptions

5.  Ocean currents

6.  Earth orbital changes-
 More tilt = warmer summers & colder
winters
 Less tilt = cooler summers & milder winters

7.  Solar Variation

8.  HUMAN CAUSES (Anthropogenic or Man-made
causes)
 Greenhouse gases
 Deforestation
 Coal mining
 Burning of fossil fuels
 Industrial processes
 Agriculture

10.  Economic
 Social
 Health
 Environmental
Effects of climate Change

11.  Local – Zimbabwe
 Regional – The Whole of Africa
 Global – Earth as a whole
Scales of Effect

12. HOW IS CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECTING
EDUCATION
 Infrastructure destruction due to flooding
 2016-2017 rain season in Zimbabwe where bridges
, roads and school were destroyed.

13. Agriculture Failure
 Droughts leading to crop and animal failure
in Agro-based economy leading to lack of
finances to pay for school fees .
 Children affected by malnutrition.
 Students to focus on farm work and school
work simultaneously leading to under-
performance in school.

14. crop failure

15. Financial Schortages
 No money in the banks due to high
importation levels.
 From 2014-2015 we saw increase
importation of grain and other commodities
fro Zambia and South Africa leading to
cash shortages in banks.
 This was a result of drought which led to
poor harvest and deindustrialisation

16. Cash Shortages
 No money in the banks to pay for fees and
to cover transport expenses.

17. High temperatures
 Affect students and teachers’ performance
due to uncomfortable hot conditions.with
much impact in rural areas where there are
no conditioning systems.(Anderson et
al,1995)

19. Energy Deficit
 Droughts affects generation of hydro-power
due to low discharge in rivers
 This leads to massive loadsheddings in
academic institutions
 Case of Zimbabwe in 2009-2013
 Limits the use of electronic gadgets such
as computers.
 Affects e-learning.

21. Health
 Prolonged rainfall led to an increase in
Malaria in Zimbabwe (2016-2017)
 Poses an health threat to students e.g
cancers ,dehydration
 Causes irritation to those with skin
conditions e.g. albinos

22. Deindustrialisation
 Limited natural resources leads to closure
of industries due
 This leads to shortages in attachment
positions in related academic fields such
as engineering and agriculture.
 Case : Grain Marketing Board,Zimbabwe

24. Change in Scientific Concept
 Climate change led to a change in
Scientific undastanding such a Geographic
Climatic theories e.g
 - Global climatic regions such as tropical
 rainforests,Tundras and Savannas
 In Zimbabwe,there is a change in the
characteristic of the 5 agriculture regions.

25. 5 Regions

26.  This model assumes stationarity in
atmospheric conditions of those regions
but in reality they have changed.
 This means that further research must be
done so that these concepts must be valid
in the education industry.

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28. THANK YOU