Heat

South Sudan has had to close schools for the second year in a row. As temperatures rose to 45 degrees Celsius, it was no longer possible to teach students in already overcrowded classrooms. It takes such clearly visible consequences of climate change to make people in this crisis-ridden country aware of the problem.

Media literacy

Finland has been ranked a world leader in media literacy for years. Children as young as kindergarten age are being taught to handle the disinformation they will encounter online. We talked to Kari Kivinen, the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s (EUIPO) education outreach expert. A former headmaster in Helsinki, he has contributed to shaping Finland’s media literacy education.