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Taking 5 per cent of global military expenditures and directing it towards education and the climate crisis, would free up $100 billion a year to respond to climate change.
Speaking to UN News on the sidelines of COP28 conference in Dubai, Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of the UN global fund for education, sent a strong message to countries as she launched an appeal for $150 million to empower teachers and millions of children affected by forced displacement and climate change.
Ms. Sherif expressed concern that from the Sahel to the Middle East and Asia, children are bearing the brunt of floods, wildfires, drought, heatwaves, and other extreme weather events, which directly impact their education.
She said that the climate crisis has become an education crisis.
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Taking 5 per cent of global military expenditures and directing it towards education and the climate crisis, would free up $100 billion a year to respond to climate change.
Speaking to UN News on the sidelines of COP28 conference in Dubai, Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of the UN global fund for education, sent a strong message to countries as she launched an appeal for $150 million to empower teachers and millions of children affected by forced displacement and climate change.
Ms. Sherif expressed concern that from the Sahel to the Middle East and Asia, children are bearing the brunt of floods, wildfires, drought, heatwaves, and other extreme weather events, which directly impact their education.
She said that the climate crisis has become an education crisis.
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