The climate crisis is impacting conditions in public schools. Rising temperatures and severe weather events are increasing in frequency and magnitude, creating pressures that education systems were never designed to manage.

Public education is central to community adaptation. Schools have daily contact with families and hold the potential to engage integrated services and supports that strengthen the communities they serve.

Using Ontario as a test case, the Adaptation Bridge is demonstrating how climate pressures are redefining the role of community schools, and how governance, resource allocation, and system design can empower this necessary transition.

Although grounded in one jurisdiction, the insights and frameworks developed here can support education systems everywhere as conditions continue to change.