Andorran Group Urges School Air Conditioning Amid Climate Heat Rise

Concòrdia, a General Council group, has urged the government to adapt school facilities to rising temperatures driven by climate change. The call follows complaints from the Andorran School Parents' Association (Ampaea) about classrooms exceeding 30 degrees during the final weeks of the school year, affecting students' comfort and health.

Consellera general Maria Àngels Aché submitted written parliamentary questions to the executive, highlighting how recent heat episodes have increased significantly. She noted that most school spaces lack air conditioning systems, despite students spending much of their day there. These conditions, she argued, harm children's and young people's well-being, health, and concentration.

Aché asked the Education ministry whether it has identified schools with thermal regulation issues and if it plans any measures to adapt them to the new climatic reality. She also inquired about any completed or planned assessments of high temperatures' effects on students' academic performance, well-being, and health.

The group warned that longer heat periods could repeat this year's problems in coming years, raising questions about school facilities and the academic calendar. Concòrdia stressed the need for suitable conditions to protect learning, describing it as more than a comfort issue but a matter of safeguarding vulnerable groups like children and adolescents alongside the elderly.

No response from the government was available at the time of publication.