Policy Guidance Brief 6: Building a Resilient Myanmar Society through Education, Science and Technology

The Guidance Brief is a tool to effectively address climate change in Myanmar by aiding the understanding of key sectoral challenges, strategic objectives and specific actions. The guidance brief focuses on the pivotal role of the education, science and technology sectors in creating a knowledge-based society to drive Myanmar's inclusive and resilient economic social development. Key impacts of climate change on the education sector relate to damages to school infrastructure, reduced mobility, increased risks to children’s health and poverty. The country should integrate climate change into education and training programmes, improve technical and institutional capacities for research in the field of climate change, develop inclusive public awareness programmes, and establish partnerships at the local, national and international levels. The expected results of implementation are: (i) capacity of actors in the education sector is developed to integrate principles of sustainability, low-carbon development and resilience into the curricula at primary, secondary and tertiary levels; (ii) capacity of actors in the science, technology and education sectors is developed to generate research, and build and use climate information systems; (iii) institutional capacity and multi-stakeholder partnerships are enhanced to access and manage climate financing to ensure climate responsive education, science and technology.