Our Climate, Our Future: Schools and COP26
A ‘Forest of Promises’ formed by students around the world acts as a powerful reminder of the key role schools can play in the fight against climate change.
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Learn
Using resources developed by Twinkl and WWF, with input from more than 20 expert organisations including The Climate Coalition, the Fairtrade Foundation and the Soil Association, schools around the world have been learning about COP26 and climate change.
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Mini Climate summit
Students at Dorothy Stringer Secondary School in Bristol, UK, undertake a mini climate summit, discovering for themselves how the complex interconnected issues round climate change most be balanced to find a plan that can shape a fair and sustainable future.
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Boris Johnson and Nadhim Zahari visit the mini Summit
Students at Westbury-On-Tym CofE academy were joined by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Education Secretary Nadhim Zahari for their mini summit on 15 October 2021
Students in the role of world leaders committed to a global funded programme of agroforestry and solar power, and richer countries agreed to fund those with lower incomes already feeling the effects of climate change.
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Act
Having learned about the global issues, students have been looking at what this could mean for them and their school.
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School Climate Action
School Climate Action Workshops using the Our Climate Our Future pack have enabled students to define a plan for their school to take positive action for the planet.
When schools take action to lower their environmental footprint they can achieve real impact, while also sending ripples across communities and giving students real-life experience of how to apply sustainable principles in real life.
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One of the key actions schools across the UK have been taking is to sign up to Let’s Go Zero 2030, making a commitment to do everything possible to lower emissions to zero, and to call on government for the support needed to make this a reality. https://letsgozero.org/.
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Students reflected on what they could do as individuals, and made a #PromiseToThePlanet on a leaf.
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On the back of their leaf, students wrote a promise they wanted to see made by world leaders.
The two sides of each leaf reflect that we all need to be part of the solution to climate change, but that the promises of world leaders will be key to success. And we must all play a role in ensuring the promises made at COP26 are kept.
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Students at Westbury CofE Academy in Bristol, UK, introduced UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Education Secretary to the activity...
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Boris Johnson and Nadhim Zahari's leaves
... and each made their own #PromiseToThePlanet.
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Young people have the biggest stake in the outcomes of COP26, and they will play a key role in making its legacy a success. Their voices are important for world leaders to hear as they make decisions that will determine the shape of the future these young people will inherit.
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Forest of Promises
During COP26, schools around the world will showcase the leaves their students make on a tree of promises, forming part of a global Forest of Promises.
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Our Climate. Our Future
Schools around the world have submitted leaves that now adorn a tree in the Blue Zone at COP26, where world leaders and negotiators are working to define the next steps in the fight against climate change.
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