UNFCCC – Connect4Climate report on activities at COP22

The World Bank’s Connect4Climate program supported to implement a series of activities during the twenty-second session of the Conference of Parties (COP 22), the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 12) and the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1) in Marrakesh, Morocco, focusing on the critical role that young people and the public at large have in mobilizing climate solutions. ​

Action4Climate - A Global Documentary Competition
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We will never end poverty if we don’t tackle climate change

 Jim Yong Kim, World Bank Group President

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The Winning Videos
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The Trail Of A Tale (1st prize, 18-35 years)

A Video By Gonçalo Tocha, Portugal

A letter from the future is written to our recent past, telling us how the world ´it turned out right´.
It follows the trail of someone that left words written, words of change, of simple change. In this near future, the images of our world are the same, but the value of words can be very different.

[video:https://vimeo.com/90993982]

GLOBAL WARNING (2nd prize, 18-35 years)

A Video By Dobrin Kashavelov, Bulgaria/Philippines

A documentary about the super typhoon Yolanda - Haiyan which hit the Philippines on Nov 8th 2013

[video:https://vimeo.com/95871886]

 

Snows Of The Nile (3rd prize, 18-35 years)

A Video By Nathan Dappen, USA / Uganda

Uganda's Rwenzori Mountains rise 5000m from the heart of Africa. At their summits are some of Earth's only equatorial glaciers. But these "Mountains of the Moon," whose existence caused a sensation in Europe when they were first climbed in 1906, are changing fast. Snows of the Nile follows two scientist/photographers on an ambitious expedition to document the disappearance of Africa's last tropical glaciers.

[video:https://vimeo.com/95457095]

 

The Violin Player (1st prize, 14-17 years)

A Video By Francina Ramos, Benjamin Braceras, Argentina

It's an animation movie about a violinist playing at a theater and when he close his eyes he find the entire world melting. After a crazy play he open his eyes over an unexpected reality.

[video:https://vimeo.com/95909475]

 

Facing The Flood (2nd prize, 14-17 years)

A Video By Constantin Huet, Switzerland

The situation in the south of the Greenlandic Ice Cap is deteriorating. A global warming of the earth seems to threaten this area more than anywhere else in the world. Recorded temperatures have begun to fluctuate, and native inhabitants find their culture beginning to sink, below rising sea levels. As is the case for the inhabitants of the Maldivian islands, innocents who presently suffer the consequences of our pollution. At this rate, our future generations will have to face the flood.

[video:https://vimeo.com/95905537]

 

It's Easy If You Try (3rd prize, 14-17 years)

A Video By Zura Tegerashvili, Georgia

What is the problem with climate change and how we can solve it...

[video:https://vimeo.com/95904423]

 

Balud (Jury Special Award)

A Video By Panx Solajes, Philippines

Balud is a Filipino dialect word for "waves."
This short experimental film is a response to Typhoon Yolanda (International name: Haiyan), which swallowed my hometown Tacloban city last November, 2013. This film dedicated to family, friends and fellowmen who were lost on its wake, and to those who are still fighting for survival and for new beginnings.

[video:https://vimeo.com/107639017]

 

Pachamama (People's Choice Award)

A Video By Andressa Nowasyk, Luiza Stalder, Mauricio Iwaoka & Thiaggo Castro, Brazil

This documentary discusses the effects of global warming in São Carlos, a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. We follow Adinalsa, a farmer affected by the extreme heat of summer.

[video: https://vimeo.com/95904123]

 

Tinau (My Mother) (Connect4Climate Special Prize)

A Video By Victoria Burns, Kiribati

Scientists predict that Kiribati - a remote Island Republic in the Central Pacific - could be lost to rising sea levels in the next 50 years. As a result a whole nation faces an uncertain future. 'Tinau' is an intimate family portrait of a Kiribatese mother now settled in the UK and the ties that bind her to her former disappearing homeland.

[video:https://vimeo.com/95872818]

 

The Change (Connect4Climate Special Prize)

A Video By Ha Uyen, Huong Tra, Quang Dung, Quang Phuc, Vietnam

Danang, like many other cities in Central Vietnam, is highly vulnerable to climate change. In particular, typhoon and flood and their recently unpredictable patterns have caused severe impacts on the people's lives, especially the youth. This short film tells 2 interweaving stories of 2 youths in Danang whose lives and career orientations have been tremendously affected by the impacts of climate change.

[video:https://vimeo.com/95871554]

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230 entries. 70 countries.
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From Sub-Saharan drought to floods in Southeast Asia and typhoon damage in the Philippines, the effects of climate change can be devastating. But as these personal documentaries show, communities from all corners of the globe are coming together with hope and energy to face up to the overriding issue of our time.

 

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Action4Climate in Times Square
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Two massive displays on Times Square. One thirty second showreel of climate change documentaries created by young filmmakers, played non-stop to millions between 22nd and 29th July 2014. Brought to you by Connect4Climate and MTV Voices.

[video:https://vimeo.com/101737739]

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The Competition
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Young, aspiring filmmakers were invited to produce and submit a short documentary on climate change, considering these issues:

How are you tackling climate change in your community?

What climate solutions have you identified?

What needs to be done to solve the climate challenge?

The contest was open to young filmmakers from all over the world, as individuals or teams of up to five, in two age groups: 14-17 and 18-35. The deadline for submissions was April 1st 2014, with winners announced on October 30th 2014.

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The Prizes
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As well as sharing their climate change stories with the world, entrants had the chance to see their winning documentary shown at major film festivals and featured on the new MTV Voices Platform.

Winners Age 14-17

First Prize: Video Equipment and Editing Software
Second Prize: Editing Software
Third Prize: Tablet

Winners Age 18-35

First Prize: USD 15,000
Second Prize: USD 10,000
Third Prize: USD 5,000

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The Jury
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Award-winning film directors and producers, along with representatives from international organizations, will select the Action4Climate winning entries.

Bernardo Bertolucci, President of the Jury

Director of The Last Emperor, Stealing Beauty, and The Dreamers

"There is no doubt the Earth is in danger. I am looking forward with many other people to see testimonies about the climate changes."

[video:https://vimeo.com/89320843]

Atom Egoyan

Director of Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, and Chloe

"I am here to really talk about this amazing project, because it is a call to arms to filmmakers to use their skills as storytellers. To tell one of the most important stories of our time, which is about climate change."

[video:https://vimeo.com/89530761]

 

Fernando Meirelles

Director of City of God and The Constant Gardener.

"As we know, climate change is the biggest challenge humankind will face in the next century and what has to be done to mitigate the effects of climate change must start with us, from bottom to top."

[video:https://vimeo.com/89320844]

 

Mika Kaurismaki

Director of L.A. Without a Map, Mama Africa, and North Road.

"We human beings are very likely the cause of this global warming. This will destroy our planet, slowly but surely, unless we do something."

[video:https://vimeo.com/89320850]

 

Pablo Trapero

Director of Carancho and White Elephant.

"We all know and suffer from the fact that the climate is changing. It is no longer a theory or a hypothesis: it is a fact."

[video:https://vimeo.com/89320852]

 

Wim Wenders

Director of Buena Vista Social Club and The Soul of a Man.

"To combat climate change is one of the major tasks of our generation."

[video:https://vimeo.com/89321405]

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Your Messages
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[video:https://vimeo.com/101874077]

Kehkashan Basu, Global Coordinator for Children and Youth UNEP & Founder President Green Hope UAE. Kehkashan was awarded the International Children's Peace Prize at The Hague, the Netherlands. 

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Live from Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day
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Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day came during a pivotal time to protect the planet and ensure that world leaders address key issues facing the next generation. Timed to coincide with the spring meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day brought together global policymakers, finance ministers, environment and development NGOs, industry executives and high-profile artists.

It was a day to remember! 

The team at Connect4Climate soared from the energy produced by the leaders, entertainers, visionaries, concerned citizens, and fans who attended Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day. Click on the photo to go through a visual exploration of Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day highlights.

View from audience during Action4Climate celebration. Photo credit: Max Edkins

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Communication for Climate Change Multi-Donor Trust Fund of the World Bank Group, March 2013 - July 2016

This report concerns activities of the World Bank Group (WBG) Communication for Climate Change Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) from March 2013 through July 2016 (Financial Years 2014, 2015 & 2016).

The overall aim of the Communication for Climate Change MDTF is to complement World Bank-financed operations and initiatives on climate change, by advancing the theory and practice of communication for development in support of climate change awareness.

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Film4Climate winners showcased at SHORTCUTZ Festival in Lisbon
Connect4Climate highlights of 2016
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Connect4Climate looks back to 2016 and invites you to check out what we have done throughout the year.

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February, 2016
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<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="width: 20px; height: 14px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/march-4-earth-virtual-realit…; target="_blank">March4Earth Virtual Reality (VR)&nbsp;Launch:</a>&nbsp;</strong>First VR video in the World Bank Group</p>

<p>&quot;The idea of being at the center of this march at the Eternal City surrounded by so much human history was a powerful thought. It was electric moment that inspired us to create a Virtual Reality (VR) experience so others could feel that same energy and get transported to this place,&quot; writes&nbsp;Jimmy Vainstein, World Bank GSD Printing &amp; Multimedia on this<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/march-4-earth-virtual-realit…; target="_blank"> blog post</a>.</p>

<p>[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-n5XTp3t3Q]</p&gt;

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Connect4Climate awarded <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/connect4climate-honored-its-…; target="_blank">Green Oscar</a> at</strong> <strong>the 13<sup>th</sup> Annual Global Green Pre-Oscar Party, held in Los Angeles, U.S.A.</strong></p>

<p>The World Bank Group&rsquo;s global partnership program, Connect4Climate,&nbsp;awarded for public outreach, youth engagement and advocacy work that it has been doing to advance environmental and climate change education, and to find innovative ways to take climate change concerns to a wider public, especially by working with the creative industries to maximize exposure of the issues at stake and encourage the acceleration of solution.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://www.connect4climate.org/sites/default/files/images/lucia-grenna…; style="width: 1000px; height: 755px;" /></p>

<p style="text-align: center;">The internationally&nbsp;acclaimed musician Stevie Wonder and Connect4Climate&#39;s Program Manager Lucia Grenna on the green carpet.&nbsp;Photo Credit: Leigh Vogel</p>

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March, 2016
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<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; height: 14px; width: 20px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/film4climate-ficg31…-one-year-later" target="_blank">Film4Climate&nbsp;returned to the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG)</a></strong></p>

<p>FICG31 and Film4Climate presented a selection of out-of-competition environmental and climate-related movies to the many filmgoers, industry representatives, and critics who attended the festival.</p>

<p>[video:https://vimeo.com/157779769]</p&gt;

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="height: 14px; width: 20px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/imax-power-film-highlights&q…; target="_blank">IMAX&rsquo;s Power of Film to Effect Change</a></strong></p>

<p>Connect4Climate&#39;s program manager Lucia Grenna was invited to a panel discussion on the&nbsp;<a href="http://connect4climate.org/event/%E2%80%9Cpower-film-effect-change%E2%8…; target="_blank">Power of Film to Effect Change</a>, hosted by the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts, in partnership with IMAX and UNEP. More details about the programme and the panelists are available&nbsp;<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/event/“power-film-effect-change”-panel-discussion" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>

<p>[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ5-7m972qM]</p&gt;

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April, 2016
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<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">​ &nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/event/photo4climate-instagram-challenge…; target="_blank"><strong>#Photo4Climate Instagram Challenge&nbsp;</strong></a></p>

<p>We had&nbsp;a special challenge&nbsp;this year in order for&nbsp;you to share your climate story with us on Instagram: capture that moment, landscape, idea, solution or person that is raising awareness and taking on climate change.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/photo4climate_banner_final2-.png" /></p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" /><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/event/how-can-creative-industries-encou…; target="_blank">Guardian Live Q&amp;A: How can the creative industries encourage climate action?</a></strong></p>

<p>How can creative industries be effectively engaged to raise public awareness of climate change in countries around in the world? How can they reach those who are most resistant to accepting the reality of the situation? And how can they use creativity to challenge potential public fatigue with the subject? An&nbsp;expert panel was convened to discuss these questions and more.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://www.connect4climate.org/sites/default/files/images/q%26a_guardi…; style="width: 1000px; height: 662px;" /></p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Photo credit: Bárbara Gomes Simões/Connect4Climate</p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/historic-climate-signing-and…; target="_blank"><strong>Digital Media Zone at High-level Signing Ceremony for Paris Agreement</strong></a></p>

<p>On Earth Day, history was written. Connect4Climate, the World Bank Group&#39;s global partnership program, joined the world in celebrating the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/event/high-level-signing-ceremony-paris…; target="_blank">signing of the Paris Climate Change Agreement</a>&nbsp;at the United Nations.</p>

<p>World leaders from 175 Parties (174 countries and the European Union) came together at the United Nations to sign up to the Paris Climate Change Agreement. The signing ceremony far exceeded the historical record for first-day signatures to an international agreement.</p>

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<p style="text-align: center;">US Secretary of State&nbsp;John Kerry&nbsp;signing the agreement with his granddaughter.&nbsp;Photo Credit: Leigh Vogel</p>

<p>Connect4Climate was excited not only to witness the important event, but also <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/historic-climate-signing-and…; target="_blank">to add the youth voice</a> in support of world leaders who signed the Paris Agreement.</p>

<p>[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blOIUJDxN3Y]</p&gt;

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May, 2016
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<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" /><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Connect4Climate supported Climate Action 2016 Summit in Washington, D.C.</strong></p>

<p>The Paris Agreement was signed by&nbsp;more than 170 countries in New York City on Earth Day 2016. That historical moment was just the beginning&nbsp;of a path to implement ambitious climate action. The Climate Action Summit 2016, held in Washington D.C. on 5-6 May gathered mayors and governors, academia, business leaders and world leaders to discuss one of the most defining issues of our time.</p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/climate-action-summit-day-1&…; target="_blank">Climate Action Summit: Day 1</a></strong></p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/climate-action-summit-last-d…; target="_blank">Climate Action Summit: Last day highlights</a></strong></p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/highlights-climate-action-summit-…; target="_blank">Highlights from the Climate Action Summit Interviews</a></strong></p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/climate-action-summit-interviews&…; target="_blank">Climate Action Summit Interviews</a></strong></p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/climate-action-summit-interview-r…; target="_blank">Climate Action Summit Interview: Rachel Kyte</a></strong></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://www.connect4climate.org/sites/default/files/images/Youth4CLimat…; style="width: 1000px; height: 662px;" /></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Rachel Kyte supports the Connect4Climate program #Youth4Climate. Photo Credit: Daniel Pinto Lopes/Connect4Climate</em></p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" /><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Connect4Climate presented at the Embassy of Italy, Washington, D.C for the ‪#&lrm;EUOpenHouse</strong></p>

<p>Connect4Climate presented&nbsp;its initiatives and engaged&nbsp;people on climate change through a Virtual Reality video at the Italian Embassy in Washington D.C., May 14, during the <a href="http://www.euopenhouse.org&quot; target="_blank">#EUOpenHouse</a>.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/EUOpenHouse-Italy-2016.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 750px;" /></p>

<p>More photos are available on <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHskA32K8x&quot; target="_blank">Connect4Climate</a>&#39;s&nbsp;Flickr account.</p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" /><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://connect4climate.org/event/governments-bonn-take-forward-historic…; target="_blank">Connect4Climate took&nbsp;part of the 4th Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment</a></strong></p>

<p>The Dialogue is an annual forum for Parties and stakeholders to share their experiences, exchange ideas, good practices and lessons learned in the area of climate change education and public awareness.&nbsp;Connect4Climate&nbsp;will take part in this event,&nbsp;presenting&nbsp;<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/event/fiat-lux-illuminating-our-common-…; target="_blank">Fiat Lux</a>&nbsp;initiative amongst other public engagement and outreach activities as best case examples of Actions for Climate Empowerment.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/fiat-lux.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 667px;" /></p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Fiat Lux: Public art projection featuring images of humanity and climate change to illuminate St. Peter&rsquo;s Basilica on the opening of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2015).&nbsp;Photo credit: Joshua Brott-Obscura</p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/Film4Climate-Cannes2016&quot; target="_blank"><strong>Film4Climate at Cannes Film Festival</strong></a></p>

<p>Connect4Climate&rsquo;s film arm,&nbsp;<a href="http://connect4climate.org/initiatives/film4climate&quot; target="_blank">Film4Climate</a>, attended&nbsp;the 69 edition&nbsp;<a href="http://www.festival-cannes.com/&quot; target="_blank">Cannes Film Festival</a>&nbsp;to solidify and build on&nbsp;work done in recent years to green the silver screen by&nbsp;enlisting further&nbsp;support for&nbsp;more sustainable film production and encouraging the inclusion of climate action&nbsp;in content creation.</p>

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<div style="clear:both;"><strong>FIlm4Climate Global Video Competition Announced at Cannes Film Festival</strong></div>

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<div style="clear:both;">-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/sites/default/files/files/press-release…; target="_blank">Press Release: Film4Climate initiative to green the film industry receives strong support at the Cannes Film Festival</a></strong></div>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/cannes-2016-lucia-grenna-lawrence…; target="_blank">Cannes 2016 - Lucia Grenna &amp; Lawrence Bender</a></strong></p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" /><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Connect4Climate and Columbia University Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) hosted a <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/event/webinar-engaging-global-creative-…; target="_blank">webinar</a> &ldquo;What is the real role of the Creative, Media &amp; Entertainment and Advertising Industries in addressing climate change awareness?&rdquo;</strong></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img alt="" src="https://www.connect4climate.org/sites/default/files/images/LuciaQuote.j…; style="width: 1000px; height: 662px;" /></strong></p>

<p><strong>-&nbsp;<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/connect4climate-cred-webinar-reca…; target="_blank">Connect4Climate, CRED webinar: the recap</a></strong></p>

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June, 2016
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<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/connect4climate-going-wild-l…; target="_blank"><strong>Connect4Climate joined the #WildforLife campaign launched by UNEP</strong></a></p>

<p>WildforLife&nbsp;campaign - launched by&nbsp;<a href="https://wildfor.life/&quot; target="_blank">UNEP</a>&nbsp;- aims to tackle illegal&nbsp;trade in wildlife, warning that such trade is driving many species to the brink of extinction.&nbsp;The&nbsp;campaign is part of an ambitious agenda that is being driven by the UN which recognizes wildlife crime as a serious crime and a threat to our shared sustainable development.</p>

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<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/going-wildforlife&quot; target="_blank">Going #WildforLife</a></strong></p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" /><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/Film4Climate-Global-Video-Competition-o…; target="_blank"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Film4Climate Global Video Competition Opens for Submissions</strong></a></p>

<p>The competition offered filmmakers a chance to have their work reviewed by a jury chaired by Bernardo Bertolucci, and including other preeminent directors, producers, writers and political leaders.</p>

<p>Just during the launch day, #Film4Climate was received more than 4.2 million impression and 211 mentions. The Film4Climate website received about 2000 visitors.</p>

<p>[video:https://vimeo.com/171117213]</p&gt;

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://connect4climate.org/initiative/ceos-and-policymakers-meeting-bus…; target="_blank"><strong>Business &amp; Climate Summit&nbsp;in London</strong></a></p>

<p>The<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/event/business-climate-summit-2016&quot; target="_blank">&nbsp;Business &amp; Climate Summit</a>&nbsp;is the leading annual forum for businesses, investors and policymakers on climate action. It is where business and governments come together to agree on a roadmap for reaching net zero emissions over the next half century. It demonstrates how low carbon strategies are good for business and good for growth - and it builds the partnerships needed to scale up and accelerate the low carbon transition.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://www.connect4climate.org/sites/default/files/images/BCS-graphic…; style="width: 1000px; height: 603px;" /></p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/un-announces-common-ground-init…’s-‘big-six’-support-sdgs" target="_blank">UN announces Common Ground Initiative with Advertising&rsquo;s &lsquo;Big Six&rsquo; in support of the SDGs</a></strong></p>

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July, 2016
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<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://connect4climate.org/initiative/every-citizen-can-call-climate-ac…; target="_blank"><strong>Connect4Climate organized a climate change discussion&nbsp;during the&nbsp;Festival of Participation&nbsp;promoted by the&nbsp;Italia, Sveglia! (Italy, Wake up!)&nbsp;alliance</strong></a></p>

<p>Connect4Climate facilitated the discussion on climate action, engaging several stakeholders from different private sector industries, including construction companies, energy providers, tourism players, as well as the local public administration, academia and citizens.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://www.connect4climate.org/sites/default/files/images/IMG-20160708…; style="width: 1000px; height: 563px;" /></p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Max Falcone, Connect4Climate, Sandro Polci, Legambiente, Lorenzo Santilli, Unioncamere Abruzzo, Pietro Laureano, UNESCO, Marco Frey, Cittadinanzattiva, Marco Girolami, Touring Club Italiano. Photo Credit: Connect4Climate</p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/event/festival-participation&quot; target="_blank">Festival of Participation</a></strong></p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" /><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/15c-record-we-must-not-break…; target="_blank"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;1.5C: The Record We Must Not Break</strong></a></p>

<p>The&nbsp;<a href="http://www.1o5c.org/&quot; target="_blank">&lsquo;1.5C: the record we must not break&rsquo;</a>&nbsp;campaign raises&nbsp;awareness about the impacts of global warming&nbsp;and the need for a substantive increase in ambition by governments and business to hold the global temperature increase below 1,5 C and meet the Paris Climate Agreement targets. It calls&nbsp;for action to prevent warming beyond 1,5 C and therefore avoid risks such as inundation of low lying territories, failed crops and other social, economic and health threats.</p>

<p>[video:https://vimeo.com/178943792]</p&gt;

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August, 2016
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<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" />&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/teach4climate-campaign&quot; target="_blank">#Teach4Climate social media campaign</a></strong></p>

<p>This coordinated social media effort is a commitment to education, engagement, and lifting up innovative and effective climate change education resources and opportunities. In order to create a powerful presence during this school year, we need your help!&nbsp;#Teach4Climate builds on the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiatives/youth4climate&quot; target="_blank">#Youth4Climate</a>&nbsp;social media campaign launched in 2015 around the COP21 Climate Talks.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://www.connect4climate.org/sites/default/files/images/%23teach4cli…; style="width: 800px; height: 800px;" /></p>

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September, 2016
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<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/event/film4climate-venice-film-festival…; target="_blank"><strong>Film4Climate at Venice Film Festival</strong></a></p>

<p>Workshop and talks&nbsp;presented by Connect4Climate, World Bank Group, in collaboration with Green Cross Italy and FIMA - Federazione Italiana Media Ambientali.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://www.connect4climate.org/sites/default/files/upload/F4C-Venice-2…; /></p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" /><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/peace-and-sustainability-worksh…; target="_blank">C4C Video Message presented at the Peace and Sustainability Workshop UAE hosted by Green Hope UAE</a></strong></p>

<p>In a&nbsp;lead up&nbsp;to the forthcoming International Day of Peace, youth organisation Green Hope conducted an epoch conference cum workshop on &ldquo;Peace and Sustainabilty.&quot;. It was attended by scores of students from different schools and universities, as well representatives from corporate.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://www.connect4climate.org/sites/default/files/images/Peace-Sustai…; style="width: 1000px; height: 562px;" /></p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" /><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/earth-marrakech-global-climate-…; target="_blank"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Launch of the Earth To Marrakech Global Climate Movement</strong></a></p>

<p>At an event at United Nations headquarters, the United Nations Foundation and GOOD magazine announced the launch of&nbsp;Earth To Marrakech, a global movement to raise the volume and profile of the discussion around climate action.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/earth-to-marrakech.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 563px;" /></p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/celebrating-innovative-climate-…; target="_blank"><strong>Connect4Climate joined our partner&nbsp;Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Climate CoLab&rsquo;s Crowds &amp; Climate conference</strong></a></p>

<p>At this year&rsquo;s Crowds &amp; Climate conference, 27 climate change projects were recognized including the grand prize winner, the Vancouver, BC company Climate Smart for its Business Energy and Emissions Profile (BEEP) Dashboard - a carbon mapping tool that connects cities and businesses working to cut carbon emissions.</p>

<p>[video:https://vimeo.com/185661285]</p&gt;

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October, 2016
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<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" /><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/pakistani-youth-climate-change-…; target="_blank"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Pakistani Youth for Climate Change: Gilgit Baltistan</strong></a></p>

<p>The primary purpose of the workshop was to raise awareness about climate change among the youth of Gilgit Baltistan, a region heavily affected by periodic floods, one of the effects of climate change.&nbsp;This workshop was part of the Pakistani Youth for Climate Change initiative, a multidisciplinary project aimed at involving Pakistani young people in the global conversation on climate change.</p>

<p>[video:https://vimeo.com/185184528]</p&gt;

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" /><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/10/06/fact-sheet-tackl…; target="_blank"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sport4Climate recognized on the White House&rsquo;s press release &ldquo;Tackling Climate through Sports&rdquo;</strong></a></p>

<p>Sports and recreation are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and extreme-weather events. Millions of athletes, from children to professionals, play sports that are directly impacted by weather and climate. A number of athletic facilities and infrastructure are in low-lying, flood-prone regions. Extreme weather and climate change can affect the health and performance of athletes and pose risks to spectators and event staff.&nbsp;</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiatives/sport4climate&quot; target="_blank"><img alt="" src="https://www.connect4climate.org/sites/default/files/images/Sport4Climat…; style="width: 1000px; height: 142px;" /></a></p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" /><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/sustaining-film-vancouver&qu…; target="_blank"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Vancouver International Film Festival</strong></a></p>

<p>The <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/event/vancouver-international-film-fest…; target="_blank">Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF)</a> is renowned across the world for encouraging and giving a voice to important new trends that can influence thinking for the future. Connect4Climate was pleased to partner this year to support the Sustainable Production Forum &ndash; a day of discussion and illustration offered by the Festival to explore what is happening in the film industry, both locally and internationally.</p>

<p>[video:https://vimeo.com/188209926]</p&gt;

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/film4climate-shortlist-annou…; target="_blank">Film4Climate Shortlist Announced</a></strong></p>

<p>After receiving climate stories from every corner of the world&nbsp;80 videos were&nbsp;selected for the shortlist of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.film4climate.net/&quot; target="_blank">Film4Climate Global Video Competition</a>. The finalists include 20 Public Service Announcement video and 60 short films selected by a technical review committee, who analyzed and evaluated a grand total of&nbsp;864&nbsp;exciting and thought-provoking videos submitted to the Film4Climate Global Video competition over a 3 month period.</p>

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November, 2016
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<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" /><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/celebrating-youth-voices-cop…; target="_blank">COP22 in Marrakesh, Morocco</a></strong></p>

<p>The 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to UNFCCC took&nbsp;place in Marrakech, Morocco, 7-18 November 2016.&nbsp;Connect4Climate joined the world leaders&nbsp;in declaring fighting climate change is an urgent duty. We were so excited to showcase inspiring climate change solutions stories from young people around the world that raised their voices through the<a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/film4climate-competition-winners-ann…; target="_blank">&nbsp;Film4Climate Global Video Competition</a>&nbsp;and truly pleased to award them for their creativity and efforts solving climate change.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/youth-cop22-connect4climate.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 662px;" /></p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Max Edkins, Connect4Climate, speaks to youth audience with Ahmad Ahlendawi, UN Youth Envoy, at COP22. Photo Credit: Giulia Braga</p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/event/cop22-marrakech-climate-change-co…; target="_blank">COP22 Marrakech Climate Change Conference</a></strong></p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/event/connect4climate-cop22&quot; target="_blank">Connect4Climate at COP22</a></strong></p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/ratification-watch-india-positi…-“-force”" target="_blank">Ratification Watch: India is positioned to inch the Paris Agreement closer &ldquo;into force&rdquo;</a></strong></p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/road-cop22-protectin-moroccos-c…; target="_blank">Road to COP22: Protecting Morocco&#39;s Coastline</a></strong></p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/agriculture-must-adopt-climate-…-–-un-report" target="_blank">Agriculture must adopt climate-smart practices to better help poverty reduction &ndash; UN report</a></strong></p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/special-cop22&quot; target="_blank">SPECIAL COP22</a></strong></p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/event/young-and-future-generations-day&…; target="_blank">Young and Future Generations Day</a></strong></p>

<p><strong>- <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/cop22-are-you-listening-our-voi…; target="_blank">COP22: Are you listening to our voices?</a></strong></p>

<p><strong>-&nbsp;<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/event/sustainable-innovation-forum-unep…; target="_blank">Sustainable Innovation Forum - UNEP</a></strong></p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/celebrating-youth-voices-cop…; target="_blank">Celebrating Youth Voices at COP22</a></strong></p>

<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Social Media Impact</strong></div>

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<li>The hashtags #Film4Climate and #Youth4Climate generated more than 5.1K mentions and 3.9K retweets and received more than 134M impressions during COP22.</li>
<li>#Youth4Climate was top-mentioned hashtag for Youth Day and Education Day&nbsp;</li>
<li>#Earth to Marrakech generated over 875M impressions through more than 34,000 posts and reached more than 90 million people in over 100 countries</li>
<li>Film4Climate Competition generated more than 500 articles published in 85 countries in 27 different languages since its launch in June. USA, Italy, Korea, and Morocco are the countries that published articles the most</li>
<li>The hashtag #Film4Climate created more than 314M impressions just on Twitter and received 15K mentions and 11K retweets from its launch in June. The Film4Climate winners announcement is the top tweet with 281 retweets and 315 Likes and over 80K impressions:</li>
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<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/film4climate-competition-winners-ann…; target="_blank">Film4Climate Competition Winners Announced</a></strong></p>

<p>860 videos from 155 countries.&nbsp;Connect4Climate&nbsp;received inspiring climate change solutions stories from young people around the world that raised their voices through the <a href="https://www.film4climate.net/&quot; target="_blank">Film4Climate Global Video Competition</a>&nbsp;showing that it is possible to take on climate change. We truly believe&nbsp;that young people can alter the course of history and Connect4Climate is extremely proud to be their platform, by helping them transform the planet. As so we are truthfully pleased to award the for their incredible work, creativity, and time invested solving climate change.&nbsp;<a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/film4climate-competition-winners-ann…; target="_blank">Check here all the winning entries</a>.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/film4climate-ceremony-cop22.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 662px;" /></p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" /><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/t-shirt-pope-high-school-game-a…; target="_blank">Winners of the Italian High School Competition offered Pope Francis a Connect4Climate gift to celebrate #OurCommonHome and advocate for climate action during COP22</a></strong></p>

<p>Pope Francis&nbsp;accepted this symbolic gift with great joy, thanked the students who&nbsp;briefly talked about the environmental education competition and their dedication to climate action. In response&nbsp;Pope Francis congratulated them and said: &quot;Well done guys, keep it up, you are the future.&quot;&nbsp;</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/popefrancis-connect4climate.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 750px;" /></p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/high-school-game-e-connect4clim…; target="_blank">High School Game e Connect4Climate: Una t-shirt per il Papa</a></strong></p>

<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" /><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/south-africa’s-powerful-renewable-story-needs-be-told" target="_blank"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Energy 21&quot; workshop at the U.S. Embassy in South Africa</strong></a></p>

<p>Global&nbsp;and local experts and leaders within the renewable energy industry believe the time to champion renewable energy is now &ndash; as South Africa&rsquo;s energy mix is currently being decided and debated.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://www.connect4climate.org/sites/default/files/images/legacy/ENGER…; style="width: 1000px; height: 566px;" /></p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Bulding bridges and establishing partnerships to better combat climate change.&nbsp;Photo credits:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/energy21sa&quot; target="_blank">ENERGY21</a></p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/event/energy21-renewable-energy-21st-ce…; target="_blank">ENERGY21 - Renewable Energy for the 21st Century</a></strong></p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/building-social-currency-climat…; target="_blank">Building social currency for climate leadership</a></strong></p>

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December, 2016
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<p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/C4C-drop-green.png" style="font-size: 13px; width: 20px; height: 14px;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/c4czone-time-climate-action-now…; target="_blank">Digital Media Zone at World Bank Headquarter during the World Bank&rsquo;s Law, Justice and Development Week and the Climate Investment Funds annual meetings</a></strong></p>

<p>More than 30 climate change and social development experts, academics, young leaders and climate leaders enriched a four-day program of panels, short talks, conferences and screenings of Leonardo DiCaprio&rsquo;s documentary Before the Flood and Years of Living Dangerously, that brought together an online audience of over 65 thousand people through our Facebook live videos, and more than 30 million impressions were reached on twitter using the hashtag #C4CZone.</p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/Connect4Climate-Digital-Media-Zone.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 562px;" /></p>

<p style="text-align: center;">Connect4Climate Digital Media Zone at the World Bank, in parallel to Law, Justice &amp; Development Week and Climate Investment Funds annual meeting. Photo Credit: Kaia Rose</p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/event/connect4climate-digital-media-zon…; target="_blank">Digital Media Zone at Legal Week</a></strong></p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/event/law-justice-and-development-week&…; target="_blank">Law, Justice and Development Week</a></strong></p>

<p>-&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/c4czone-time-climate-action-now…; target="_blank">C4CZone: Time For Climate Action Is Now</a></strong></p>

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<p><strong>The Connect4Climate team still&nbsp;mourns the passing of our dear colleague, friend and mentor, Donald Ranvaud. He will always be in our thoughts and actions. May he rest in peace.</strong></p>

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In parallel to the Law, Justice and Development Week, the Connect4Climate Digital Media Zone presented in Washington D.C. an interactive media hub where students, NGOs, private and public sector representatives gathered to underline the urgency of climate action in tackling climate change.

“What COP22 showed us is that decarbonization is the leading driver of what happens next." Achim Steiner, former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) opened the Law, Justice and Development Week and the Connect4Climate Digital Media Zone, this December 5th, with a powerful speech underlining the role of private companies leading the way to a clean and sustainable future that relies on renewables as its only source of energy. Achim Steiner was joined by the World Bank Group president, Jim Yong Kim, Laura Tuck, Sustainable Development Vice President of the World Bank, Mafalda Duarte, Program Manager of the Climate Investment Funds, and Sheila Redzepi, Vice President of the World Bank Group External and Corporate Relations accompanied by the three young activists Victoria Barrett, Paola Hernandez, and Brian McDermott, Alliance for Climate Education (ACE).

More than 30 climate change and social development experts, academics, young leaders and climate leaders enriched a four-day program of panels, short talks, conferences and screenings of Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary Before the Flood and Years of Living Dangerously, that brought together an online audience of over 65 thousand people through our Facebook live videos, and more than 30 million impressions were reached on twitter using the hashtag #C4CZone.


Connect4Climate Digital Media Zone at the World Bank. Photo: Kaia de Rose

Over the week our conference attendees had the opportunity to listen from influential leaders on the importance of the Paris Agreement, the link between justice, human rights and climate change, the role of green bonds and social enterprises, how food insecurity ignites conflict, the position of youth taking on this issue, the importance of forests, and what is the path that governments, the public and the private sector companies, and individuals need to follow in order to accomplish the climate goals signed one year ago in Paris during COP21.

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“We need to reshape the energy sector around the world”, said Patricia Beneke, director and regional representative of the United Nations Environment Programmes (UNEP) Regional Office for North America, sharing an optimistic view of the future. The solution? Putting a price on carbon, advised the present speakers over the four days. “Carbon pricing is an elegant simple solution that saves the environment and generates money", affirmed Tom Kerr, Principal Climate Policy Officer of the International Finance Corporation. "30% of emissions are being covered by a #priceoncarbon but we need to create a carbon market", added James Close, director of the World Bank’s Climate Change Group.

Achim Steiner opened the week with a message that would echo during the Connect4Climate four-day Digital Media Zone: “Young people have the power to make this moment not only be heard but to succeed.” A message that our audience carried home, a message that we hope will ignite a vital and imperative climate action required globally to protect upcoming generations’ future. 

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