In light of these problems, UNICEF recently published a study on how climate education may play a role in helping communities in Kenya adapt to specific challenges posed by climate change. More specifically, it focuses on how education can involve children in climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction programs with a view to improved outcomes.365 With respect to education, the report highlights numerous region-specific adaptation programs that could be integrated within educational programs based on the climate induced physical changes that are predicted. The programs range from running emergency preparedness programs in local schools where the risk of flooding is high, to providing childfriendly schools that focus on education, water, sanitation and hygiene, health, protection of vulnerable children, and community participation. For example, the emergency flood preparedness program is meant to set guidelines for students and teachers for surviving disasters, training in recognizing early warning signs, and the knowledge and skills to survive flooding emergencies.366 The child-friendly schools initiative facilitates access to health through mobile health units that come to schools and provide regular vaccinations and nutritional screening, as well as rain water harvesting in times of low-rainfall. Such a program can act as a ‘safety net’ for the most vulnerable children affected by climate change.367 CESCR, General Comment No 13, UN Doc E/C.12/1999/10 (8 December 1999) at para 1 [General Comment No 13]. 334 Ibid at para 1. 335 Ibid at para 5. 336 Ibid at para 6. 337 Ibid at para 9 (World Declaration on Education for All, Article 1). 338 See CESCR, General Comment No 11, UN Doc E/C.12/1999/4, (10 May 1999). 339 General Comment No 13, supra note 354 at para 12. 340 Ibid. 341 Ibid at para 13. 342 Ibid. 343 Ibid at para 14. 344,Ibid at para 16 (UNESCO Convention on Technical and Vocational Education, Article 1(a)). 345 Ibid at para 18. 346 Ibid at para 19. 347 Ibid at para 20. 348 Ibid at para 22. 349 Ibid at para 23. 350 Ibid at para 24. 351 Ibid at para 25. 352 Ibid at para 28. 353 Ibid at para 57. 354 Ibid at para 49. 355 Ibid at para 50. 356 Ibid at para 51. 357 Ibid at para 52. 358 Ibid at para 53. 359 Ibid. 360 P. K. Das, Climate Change and Education, Bangladesh, March 2010, p. 7, online: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=16355. 333 91

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