Spanish schools to teach pupils how to cope with climate crisis disasters

"The aim, according to the education ministry, is to provide schools with a package that imparts the necessary knowledge, skills, attitudes and values needed to deal with emergency situations in a safe and effective way. As well as natural hazards and disasters, it will cover chemical, industrial and nuclear accidents and those related to the transport of dangerous materials. More than 8 million children in 25,000 schools will be given the compulsory training, which will be delivered using videos, infographics and other media."

"Infant school children aged three, four and five, will learn to recognise an alarm and how to spot the first signs of danger, as well as basic safety principles, the ministry said in a statement. Older children will learn to seek out high ground in a flood and to shelter under a desk if the earth starts to shake. It said students would also be taught about the differences between information and disinformation in emergency situations."

"Spanish children will be taught how to respond to floods, wildfires, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in a drive to help prepare them for the growing impact of the climate emergency. The plan, unveiled on Thursday, comes after a summer of forest fires killed four people and less than a year after catastrophic floods claimed more than 220 lives in eastern parts of the country."

Spain will deliver compulsory emergency-response training to more than 8 million children in 25,000 schools to address climate-exacerbated hazards. The training will cover natural disasters, chemical, industrial and nuclear accidents, and incidents involving dangerous-material transport. Instructional materials will include videos, infographics and other media. Infant and primary pupils will receive a minimum of two hours, while older pupils will receive at least four hours. Regions can adapt content to local risk profiles. Young children will learn alarm recognition and basic safety; older pupils will learn actions such as seeking high ground in floods and sheltering during earthquakes, plus how to spot disinformation.

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