UNFCCC’s Global Youth Video Competition in Germany

UNFCCC’s Global Youth Video Competition in Germany has open the application for the young participant from age 18 to 30. UNFCCC’s Global Youth Video Competition want to hear about the inspiring actions you are taking to combat climate change in a compelling and concise maximum three-minute video. The competition is co-organized by the UNFCCC and the UNDP-GEF Small Grants Programme and implemented by Television for the Environment-tve.

The Global Youth Video competition is part of tvebiomovies. Now in its eighth year, tvebiomovies invites young people around the world to submit short creative films in a range of genres and online media, showing how we can live better, more comfortable lives without damaging the planet and reach the international targets known as the Sustainable Development Goals.

Categories

a. Climate friendly and resilient cities

Videos must showcase:

• the implementation of climate-friendly solutions/ideas about how to promote sustainability in urban areas/communities; including clean energy, clean transportation, community gardening, stepping up recycling and waste reduction, and other projects to reduce emissions;
• building resilience to climate impacts such as heat waves and floods, for example through tree planting, increasing green spaces and creating flood defences;
• actions to increase public awareness, and to advocate change at the policy level regarding the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to build resilience.

b. Oceans and climate change

Videos must showcase:

• the restoration of wetlands and mangroves which protect against storm surges and saltwater intrusion;
• the construction of dykes and other defences against sea level rise;
• the increase of scientific knowledge to improve ocean health;
• activities which increase public awareness about the need to build resilience with regard to oceans and ways to reduce CO2 emissions so that oceans are better protected.

Prizes

• A round trip to COP23 in Bonn, Germany this November 2017
• Position as a youth reporter at COP23, where you will assist the UNFCCC Newsroom team with videos, articles and social media posts.

How to enter

Make an engaging maximum of three-minute video, using whatever type of camera you have available, about your activities and submit in online to tvebiomovies.

Official Link

Deadline: 18th August 2017