BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:594@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20240523T120000Z DTEND:20240523T130000Z DTSTAMP:20240326T154648Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/the-climate-crisis-as-a-long-term-threat -to-learning-longitudinal-evidence/ SUMMARY:The climate crisis as a long-term threat to learning - longitudinal evidence DESCRIPTION:23 May 2024\, 12:00-13:00 BST\n \;\nJoin the Centre for the Study of Global Development for a hybrid seminar with Professor Catherine Porter.\n \;\nSeminar abstract \nRecent research from the Young Live s project has documented the impact of climate shocks (floods\, droughts) during early childhood on later life outcomes\, including educational atta inment and social and emotional skills. We have found that in India\, even shocks experienced in the womb have significant long-term adverse impacts fifteen years on. In Ethiopia and Peru\, we have found that climate shock s also have an effect on children's foundational cognitive skills\, such a s working memory and inhibitory control. With global heating\, such shocks are likely to become more frequent\, and more severe. However\, our findi ngs do show that when families are able to access social protection\, this can mitigate the effects of early-life shocks and protect children's abil ity to build skills.\n \;\nSpeaker bio \nProfessor Catherine Porter i s Director of the Young Lives Research Programme at the University of Oxfo rd\, and Professor of Development Economics at Lancaster University. Her r esearch interests are in applied microeconomics\, often using panel or lon gitudinal datasets. Her focus is on the impact of unexpected events (shock s) on various outcomes such as nutrition\, education and parental investme nts\, how inequality develops through childhood into adolescence and early adulthood\, and the effectiveness of policy in remediating such inequalit ies.\n \;\nRegister to attend on Eventbrite. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/0 2/climate-crisis-long-term-threat.jpg CATEGORIES:Seminar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR