St Austin’s Academy was chosen as the only school in Kenya to represent COP26.

St. Austin’s Academy is helping to change the world into a better place by taking action against climate change and other problems to make it a better place for the younger generation. To look forward to a better place and a cleaner world.

If you don’t know what cop26 it is UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 27) The 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the UNFCCC was originally expected to take place from 8-20 November 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, COP 26 was rescheduled from November 2020 to November 2021.

St. Austin’s Academy Represented Kenya it was the only school from Kenya to do this project. The project was done as a team made up of YR  9 – 11 they worked hard and come together to get the work done and Represented to other countries over zoom. They were 12 different schools from different countries.

All this work and projects are Led by miss Mary Gabriel and the student’s leader Ian.

Here is their amazing work:

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Our local environment is facing problems such as locust invasions famine which contributes to food insecurity and floods all of which have come about thanks to climate change. Co2 emissions also play a big role as it contributes to global warming which is making our climate more and more unpredictable. Tree cutting only makes the problem worse as it decreases the amount of co2 that can be taken in by the environment naturally and increase the amount taken in by the atmosphere.