Global Youth Video Competition on Climate Change

Ages:Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional

Type:Submission

Categories:Art, Environment, video

Scope:International

Registration

Entry Fee: $

Contact


biomovies@tve.org.uk

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the UNDP/GEF Small Grant Programme have teamed up once again with tve to launch a video competition for the best youth climate projects happening around the globe. Send us an inspiring video diary, a maximum of three minutes long, in one of two categories:

  • Category 1: Climate friendly and resilient cities
  • Category 2: Oceans and climate change

Make a maximum three-minute video about your activities to help combat climate change and submit your entry using the Global youth video competition entry form found on the competition website. The two winners will receive the following prizes:

  • Round-trip travel to COP23 in Bonn, Germany, November 2017;
  • Position as a youth reporter for COP23, responsible for assisting the UNFCCC Newsroom team with videos, articles and social media posts.

Winning entries will be judged based on the following criteria:
  • Content: clearness and effectiveness of the video in documenting a story about climate change, promoting action and/or offering new solutions.
  • Innovation, originality, and impact: telling a climate story in a fresh and unusual way, appealing to a broad and diverse audience and encouraging further thought and action.
  • Technical expertise: quality of camera and audio work, effectiveness of editing and strength of script.
​A shortlist of videos selected by a judging panel including representatives from UNDP, UNFCCC and tve will be selected and posted online.
This competition has not yet listed it's awards.

Website: http://biomovies.tve.org/en/enter/global-youth-video-competition/

Managing Organization: Television for the Environment

Contact:

biomovies@tve.org.uk

Eligibility:
Open to any person in any country between 18 and 30 on the closing date for entries

Registration Opens: January 1, 1970

Registration Closes: August 31, 2018

Overview

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the UNDP/GEF Small Grant Programme have teamed up once again with tve to launch a video competition for the best youth climate projects happening around the globe. Send us an inspiring video diary, a maximum of three minutes long, in one of two categories:

  • Category 1: Climate friendly and resilient cities
  • Category 2: Oceans and climate change

Process

Make a maximum three-minute video about your activities to help combat climate change and submit your entry using the Global youth video competition entry form found on the competition website. The two winners will receive the following prizes:
  • Round-trip travel to COP23 in Bonn, Germany, November 2017;
  • Position as a youth reporter for COP23, responsible for assisting the UNFCCC Newsroom team with videos, articles and social media posts.

Criteria

Winning entries will be judged based on the following criteria:
  • Content: clearness and effectiveness of the video in documenting a story about climate change, promoting action and/or offering new solutions.
  • Innovation, originality, and impact: telling a climate story in a fresh and unusual way, appealing to a broad and diverse audience and encouraging further thought and action.
  • Technical expertise: quality of camera and audio work, effectiveness of editing and strength of script.
​A shortlist of videos selected by a judging panel including representatives from UNDP, UNFCCC and tve will be selected and posted online.

Awards

This competition has not yet listed it's awards.

Participate

Website: http://biomovies.tve.org/en/enter/global-youth-video-competition/

Managing Organization: Television for the Environment

Contact:

biomovies@tve.org.uk

Entry Fee:

Eligibility:
Open to any person in any country between 18 and 30 on the closing date for entries

Deadlines

Registration Opens: January 1, 1970

Registration Closes: August 31, 2018