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Global Climate Action

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">OPINION</strong><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;"> </span><br />
It has been a really unprecedented year for global climate action</h3>

<p>From the Paris agreement to a new deal on another kind of greenhouse gas, the world is doing a lot to slow climate change. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/it-has-been-really-unprecedented-yea…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">INFORMATIVE</strong><br />
13 SDG: Climate Action</h3>

<p>Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/13-sdg-climate-action" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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The Climate Tracker</h3>

<p><span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">The "Climate Action Tracker" is an independent science-based assessment, which tracks the emission commitments and actions of countries. </span><a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/climate-action-tracker" style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Global Climate Action trailer</h3>

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Forests

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
The importance of urban forests: why money really does grow on trees</h3>

<p>Mature trees clean air, lower stress, boost happiness, reduce flood risk – and even save municipal money. So why are they cut down when cities develop – and how should the UN’s new urban agenda protect them? <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/importance-urban-forests-why-money-r…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a><br />
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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
Forests Provide Vital Resources to 1.3B people</h3>

<p><a href="http://connect4climate.org/infographics/forests-provide-vital-resources…; target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Forests trailer</h3>

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Water

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
How can we better value water as global shortages start to threaten economies?</h3>

<p>With water shortages exacerbating inequalities and causing damage to economies, making sure the commodity is properly valued by all is essential. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/how-can-we-better-value-water-global…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">REPORT</strong><br />
High and Dry: Climate Change, Water, and the Economy</h3>

<p>A new World Bank reports finds that water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change, could hinder economic growth, spur migration, and spark conflict. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/high-and-dry-climate-change-water-an…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
Why Waste Water</h3>

<p>Extreme weather, including droughts and floods, will mean more uncertain water supply. <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/infographics/why-waste-water#" target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Water Trailer</h3>

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Agriculture

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">BLOG POST</strong><br />
Foster Climate-Smart Agriculture</h3>

<p>A growing global population and changing diets are driving up the demand for food. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/foster-climate-smart-agriculture" target="_blank">READ MORE</a>.</p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">BLOG POST</strong><br />
Advancing women’s land and resource rights</h3>

<p>Development practitioners know secure land rights for women are important for the well-being of rural families, whether a woman is head of her household or lives in a household headed by a man. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/advancing-women%E2%80%99s-land-and-r…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">REPORT</strong><br />
Agriculture must adopt climate-smart practices to better help poverty reduction</h3>

<p>The rapid transformation of farming and food systems to cope with a warmer world, such as adopting climate-smart practices, particularly to curb greenhouse gas emissions, is critical for hunger and poverty reduction, the United Nations agriculture agency said today in a new report. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/agriculture-must-adopt-climate-smart…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
Livestock diversity helps cope with climate change</h3>

<p>Livestock diversity or animal genetic resources are terms used to describe the pool of 38 species of domesticated birds and mammals with more than 8 800 breeds currently used for food and agriculture. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/infographics/livestock-diversity-helps-cope-…; target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Agriculture trailer</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/film4climate-agriculture-trailer&…; target="_blank">WATCH IT</a></p>

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Cities & Mobility

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<span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">OPINION</span><br />
Two billion more people will live in cities by 2035. This could be good – or very bad</h3>

<p>Cities are like magnets. Without a better model for growth, people will still come – but they will live in awful conditions. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/two-billion-more-people-will-live-ci…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">REPORT</strong><br />
How Can We Finance the Resilient Cities of the Future?</h3>

<p>By 2030, without significant investment to improve the resilience of cities around the world, climate change may push up to 77 million urban residents into poverty. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/how-can-we-finance-resilient-cities-…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
Transit oriented development with land values</h3>

<p><a href="http://connect4climate.org/infographics/transit-oriented-development-la…; target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Cities And Mobility trailer</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/film4climate-cities-and-mobility-…; target="_blank">WATCH IT</a></p>

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Young & Future Generation

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">OPINION</strong><br />
Young People Hold the Key to Mobilizing Climate Action</h3>

<p>As I look toward our planet’s future, I reflect on numerous examples from our past, in which young generations not only helped lead, but also provided the main spark that forced older decision-makers to push through change. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/young-people-hold-key-mobilizing-cli…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">INITIATIVE</strong><br />
Youth4Climate</h3>

<p>This initiative celebrates the power of youth. <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiatives/youth4climate" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">OPINION</strong><br />
COP22: Are you listening to our voices?</h3>

<p>Collective efforts for far-reaching changes (climate change) are possible and realistic should politicians choose to listen to the voice of their young people. <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/cop22-are-you-listening-our-voi…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Fim4Climate Young & Future Generation Trailer</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/fim4climate-young-future-generati…; target="_blank">WATCH IT</a></p>

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Energy

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
Renewables made up half of net electricity capacity added last year</h3>

<p>Experts hail rapid transformation that will see clean energy outgrow fossil fuels in the next five years - but warn UK is failing to exploit huge potential. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/renewables-made-half-net-electricity…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">REPORT</strong><br />
IEA raises its five-year renewable growth forecast as 2015 marks record year</h3>

<p>Renewables have surpassed coal last year to become the largest source of installed power capacity in the world. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/iea-raises-its-five-year-renewable-g…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
Energy Outlook for 2040</h3>

<p>As the world tries to become more and more eco-friendly, we ask the question “What will energy production look like in 2040 and what is being done to make the world a greener place?" <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/infographics/energy-outlook-2040" target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">MORROCO</strong><br />
Morocco Could See 100 Percent Green Energy Use by 2050</h3>

<p>Morocco could run on 100 percent green energy by the year 2050, according to new research on the matter from Stanford University. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/morocco-could-see-100-percent-green-…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Energy trailer</h3>

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Health

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
Air pollution more deadly in Africa than malnutrition or dirty water, study warns</h3>

<p>Annual human and economic cost of tainted air runs to 712,000 lost lives and £364bn, finds Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/air-pollution-more-deadly-africa-mal…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">REPORT</strong><br />
WHO releases country estimates on air pollution exposure and health impact</h3>

<p>A new WHO air quality model confirms that 92% of the world’s population lives in places where air quality levels exceed WHO limits. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/who-releases-country-estimates-air-p…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
Climate Change Threatens Your Health</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/infographics/climate-change-threatens-y…; target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Health trailer</h3>

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Oceans

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
Humanity driving 'unprecedented' marine extinction</h3>

<p>Report comparing past mass extinction events warns that hunting and killing of ocean’s largest species will disrupt ecosystems for millions of years. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/humanity-driving-unprecedented-marin…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
What is Marine Litter?</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/infographics/what-is-marine-litter" target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">MOROCCO</strong><br />
Road to COP22: Protectin Morocco's Coastline</h3>

<p>Increasing temperatures, rising sea levels and ocean acidification amplify extremes of climate change. Finding a solution to minimise the impact on coastal areas has become a priority. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/road-cop22-protectin-moroccos-coastl…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Oceans trailer</h3>

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Waste

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
A Sustainable Food System Could Be A Trillion-Dollar Global Windfall</h3>

<p>A new report makes a strong bottom-line case for more earth-friendly farming — and eating — practices. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/sustainable-food-system-could-be-tri…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">REPORT</strong><br />
Reducing Food Loss and Waste</h3>

<p>About 24 percent of all calories currently produced for human consumption are lost or wasted. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/reducing-food-loss-and-waste" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">SOLUTIONS4CLIMATE</strong><br />
BuffetGO: a solution for food waste, climate change and world hunger</h3>

<p>13% of all the US greenhouse gas emissions result from the food supply chain continues to be widely ignored. <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/buffetgo" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
Food loss and waste facts</h3>

<p>Every year around the globe 1.3 billion tonnes of food is lost or wasted, that is a 1/3 of all food produced for human consumption. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/infographics/food-loss-and-waste-facts" target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">MOROCCO</strong><br />
Morocco Lets Nothing Go To Waste</h3>

<p>Morocco looks at waste as a resource which can be better managed to fuel the economy and reduce environmental impacts. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/morocco-lets-nothing-go-waste" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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#Film4Climate Waste trailer</h3>

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Education

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">OPINION</strong><br />
Our kids learn their ABCs in school. But why not climate change?</h3>

<p>The classroom is the right place to start educating our citizens about the greatest challenge they will face. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/our-kids-learn-their-abcs-school-why…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">INITIATIVE</strong><br />
#Teach4Climate Back to School 2016 Campaign</h3>

<p>Teaching young people about climate change – its causes, effects, and what we can do about it – is vital. <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/teach4climate-campaign" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
Two-thirds of US students are taught climate change badly, study finds</h3>

<p>Just 38% of US schoolchildren were taught that climate change is linked to fossil fuels, with many teachers spending less than an hour a year on the subject. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/two-thirds-us-students-are-taught-cl…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
What Can We Do About Climate Change?</h3>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">OPINION</strong><br />
Films as a Tool in Education for Sustainable Development</h3>

<p>Towards Raising an Environmentally-conscious Generation in India. <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/films-tool-education-sustainabl…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Education Trailer</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/film4climate-education-trailer&qu…; target="_blank">WATCH IT</a></p>

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Conservation

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<span style="font-size: 13.008px;">OPINION</span><br />
5 ways to help the Arctic as the planet warms</h3>

<p>The Arctic—home to diverse wildlife and many cultures—is changing faster than any other part of the planet in the face of climate change. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/5-ways-help-arctic-planet-warms" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">REPORT</strong><br />
WWF's Living Planet Report 2016</h3>

<p>The future of our Planet is in our hands. WWF's Living Planet Report 2016 shows the scale of the challenge - and what we can do about it. <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/wwfs-living-planet-report-2016&…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202016-10-29%20at%2012.48.18%20PM.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 233px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">GALLERY</strong><br />
What We Fight For</h3>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Conservation trailer</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/film4climate-conservation-trailer…; target="_blank">WATCH IT</a></p>

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Gender

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<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202016-10-29%20at%2012.58.10%20PM.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 200px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
Economic gender parity nearly two centuries off, WEF finds</h3>

<p>Progress in closing the global workplace gender gap is slowing dramatically, according to a World Economic Forum study, with a notable exception in Rwanda, a country still emerging from the aftermath of genocide that has become the world's leader on equal pay. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/economic-gender-parity-nearly-two-ce…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;"><span style="font-size: 13.008px;">REPORT</span></strong><br />
The Global Gender Gap Report 2016</h3>

<p>Through the Global Gender Gap Report, the World Economic Forum quantifies the magnitude of gender disparities and tracks their progress over time. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/global-gender-gap-report-2016" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202016-10-29%20at%2012.59.50%20PM.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 231px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">OPINION</strong><br />
The invisible lives of the girls who get left behind</h3>

<p>The economic empowerment of women is vital to global development. If gender gaps in labour markets were completely closed, as much as $28 trillion could be added to global annual GDP by 2025. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/invisible-lives-girls-who-get-left-b…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202016-10-29%20at%201.06.00%20PM.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 213px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">BLOG POST</strong><br />
Women at the forefront of peacebuilding</h3>

<p>Sixteen years since the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 1325 in 2000, the women, peace and security agenda remains relevant and critical in the face of rising violence, extremism and deadly conflicts. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/women-forefront-peacebuilding" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202016-10-29%20at%201.08.24%20PM.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 265px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
Gender equality – Where are we today?</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/infographics/gender-equality-%E2%80%93-…; target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/F7_Gender_.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 168px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Gender trailer</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/film4climate-gender-trailer" target="_blank">WATCH IT</a></p>

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Innovation

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<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202016-10-29%20at%202.31.59%20PM.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 238px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">OPINION</strong><br />
How Virtual Reality Can Help Us Feel the Pain of Climate Change</h3>

<p>It's hard to comprehend the concept of oceans getting more acidic. Unless you become the coral. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/how-virtual-reality-can-help-us-feel…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
Poor countries have the edge on climate innovation</h3>

<p>The developing world and emerging markets are among the most exciting places for climate policy and innovation, according to a former White House official. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/poor-countries-have-edge-climate-inn…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
UN awards Moroccan fog-water harvesting project</h3>

<p>The system, developed and installed by Morocco based NGO Dar Si Hmad, is said to be the largest fog-water harvesting system in the world. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/un-awards-moroccan-fog-water-harvest…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/F16_innovation_.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 254px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Innovating for Climate Solutions Trailer</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/film4climate-innovating-climate-s…; target="_blank">WATCH IT</a></p>

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Consumption

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<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202016-10-29%20at%202.48.43%20PM.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 224px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">ARTICLE</strong><br />
Human Consumption of Earth's Natural Resources Has Tripled in 40 Years</h3>

<p>Humans' appetite for gnawing away at the fabric of the Earth itself is growing prodigiously. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/human-consumption-earths-natural-res…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">REPORT</strong><br />
Global Material Flows and Resource Productivity </h3>

<p>In recent years, interest in resource efficiency and sustainable management of natural resources has increased considerably, standing out as one of the top priorities on the international political agenda. <a href="http://unep.org/documents/irp/16-00169_LW_GlobalMaterialFlowsUNEReport_…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
The True Environmental Cost of Eating Meat</h3>

<p>Do you know the real cost of a steak? We’re not talking about the dollars that people shell out to buy one, but rather the environmental cost of creating it? <a href="http://connect4climate.org/infographics/true-environmental-cost-eating-…; target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">GALLERY</strong><br />
Industrial scars: The environmental cost of consumption</h3>

<p>Environmental artist J Henry Fair captures the beauty and destruction of industrial sites to illustrate the hidden impacts of the things we buy. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2016/oct/24/industrial-…; target="_blank">SEE IT</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/F4_COnsumption_.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 165px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate: Become a climate-friendly consumer trailer</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/film4climate-become-climate-frien…; target="_blank">WATCH IT</a></p>

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Price On Carbon

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<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20Shot%202016-10-29%20at%203.02.42%20PM.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 203px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">BLOG POST + INITIATIVE</strong><br />
Global Cooperation through Carbon Markets Could Cut Climate Mitigation Costs Dramatically</h3>

<p>Greater cooperation through carbon trading could reduce the cost of climate change mitigation by 32 percent by 2030, according to a new World Bank report. <a href="http://connect4climate.org/article/global-cooperation-through-carbon-ma…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">INITIATIVE</strong><br />
The solution to climate change: #PutAPriceOnIt</h3>

<p>The goal of the Put A Price On It campaign is to put a price on carbon pollution by mobilizing the support of generations most affected by climate change: young people. <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/article/solution-climate-change-putapri…; target="_blank">READ MORE</a></p>

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<strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">INFOGRAPHIC</strong><br />
Capacity building for CO2 mitigation from international aviation</h3>

<p><a href="http://connect4climate.org/infographics/capacity-building-co2-mitigatio…; target="_blank">CHECK IT</a></p>

<h3><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/F10_Carbon_.png" style="width: 1000px; height: 187px;" /><br />
<strong style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">VIDEO</strong><br />
#Film4Climate Put a Price on Carbon trailer</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/video/film4climate-put-price-carbon-tra…; target="_blank">WATCH IT</a></p>

After receiving climate stories from every corner of the world 80 videos have been selected for the shortlist of the Film4Climate Global Video Competition.

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East Asia and Pacific

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<h3>"25" by Gisela Andhika Sari, Indonesia</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/1OxXqj5Q_UU]</p>

<h3>"#IAM" by Francoislito Awitan, Philippines</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/XjhNoDZ9G1k]</p>

<h3>"A Thousand Shades of White" by Jheng-Ru Li, Taiwan</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/dgY1blzlg7g]</p>

<h3>"Action Contre La Faim" by Josh Dawson, Australia</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/oXQABzX53pw]</p>

<h3>"At the edge of kampung beting" by Dony Putro Herwanto, Indonesia</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/bSo5GQ-752o]</p>

<h3>"Esrever" by Hoi Shan Yeung, China</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/auswIX9q9dw]</p>

<h3>"Love Note to an Island" by Lulu DeBoer, Kiribati/USA</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/utSs6Zo74Kk]</p>

<h3>"Origin" by Zhen Yee Khor, Malaysia</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/sRl-y9eMGP0]</p>

<h3>"Our Land" by Amin Panji Wijaya, Indonesia</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/gJMorklX4zU]</p>

<h3>"Repower Our Schools" by Luke Sweet, Australia</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/QNFA47EEmrg]</p>

<h3>"Roots" by Souksamlan Laladeth, Laos</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/GfIHMJP7MYk]</p>

<h3>"The City" by Breech Asher Harani, Philippines</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/wrEotLy_Co0<span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">]</span></p>

<h3>"The Glimpse" by Soon Heng Loh, Singapore</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/3tfsZOPizys]</p>

<h3>"The Message" by Adbul Rachman Rizky, Indonesia</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/iPZ0gIHU_iY<span style="font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 20.0063px;">]</span></p>

<h3>"We Stand For Change" by Taj Minter Naughton, Australia</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/E2r8YgzVVTo]</p>

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Europe and Central Asia

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<h3>"A Drop in the Ocean" by Daire O'Suilleabhain, Ireland</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/QWJmf-u1Mp8]</p>

<h3>"A sustainable catch " by Biel Calderon , Spain</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/xCa27dfis80]</p>

<h3>"Climateplatoon " by Daphne van den Blink , The Netherlands/Belgium</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/FoYiyliA0bM]</p>

<h3>"Coral Bleaching: The Story of Frank the Coral " by Tullio Rossi , Italy</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/_0jUL1t8TdU]</p>

<h3>"Earth Owl's - Tips to Save the World" by Maria Nunes, Portugal</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/f0jC7MnwMiU]</p>

<h3>"Epic Tears - California water waste " by Konstantin Minnich, Germany</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/9JxYx_sbcak]</p>

<h3>"Eternal Summer " by Benjamin Pfohl , Germany</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/JqoafCcALIc]</p>

<h3>"Haiti's Last Tree " by Alexia Dickinson , UK</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/Yj-N65-6oHw]</p>

<h3>"Nature is a language, can't you read?" by Andrea Labate, Italy</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/Pdg1CwQ5RFY]</p>

<h3>"Nebeday, the bio-coal" by Maylis Mercat, France</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/XQiAxnQtvm4]</p>

<h3>"October 2050" by Alžběta Göbelová, Czech Republic</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/PoYgSJfR2TU]</p>

<h3>"Only Together Can We…" by Jerely Browne, UK</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/NLmr8JNi5Mc]</p>

<h3>"Our Unstable Climate" by Tadhg Mc Nealy, Ireland</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/4MEpa8YU_ww]</p>

<h3>"Pakkaspoika (Polar Boy)" by Karim Saheb, Finland</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/PI9ydyvgOng]</p>

<h3>"Plastic Free Cambodia" by Pablo Chavanel, France</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/e_aFCgU_wxE]</p>

<h3>"Sweaty Santa " by Moritz Rautenberg , Germany</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/ngMq5-Ry77Y]</p>

<h3>"Syria: when the water runs out" by Loic Jouan, France</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/83by3VM52T0]</p>

<h3>"The Plastic Age" by Gina Maffey, UK</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/bLEGDUGov9A]</p>

<h3>"Wasser Werke " by Marvin Nuecklaus, Germany</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/2LMk72IAtJo]</p>

<h3>"Your Choice" by Daniel Martinez Martinez, Spain</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/KYLyOH_SkzM]</p>

<h3>"Zé wants to know why" by Diogo Cardoso, Portugal</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/lz0ItZnbzEs]</p>

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Latin America & the Caribbean

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<h3>"A War" by David Paez & Tomás Del Castillo , Argentina</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/XQPayzbAgIU]</p>

<h3>"Awfully Deep" by Azul Serra, Brazil</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/7jWJEQXzUqU]</p>

<h3>"Camila" by Aldo Vera Salas, Peru</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/8tn7ir2BQ_M]</p>

<h3>"Cin'energy, pedaling towards new solutions" by Lucia Palenzuela, Argentina</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/MT2o7myIaKg]</p>

<h3>"Despertando conciencia" by Luis Valentino Rodriguez Martinez, Colombia</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/1tkUVz4mT78]</p>

<h3>"Mission Change, rescuing home." by Pamela Velazquez Sanchez, Mexico</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/XYkTcb0D5CE]</p>

<h3>"Pale Blue Dot" by Antonio Heitor Cantão, Brazil</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/V2NuDrT_PJk]</p>

<h3>"Small Change" by Dylan Quesnel, Trinidad & Tobago</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/jlvuapgh00k]</p>

<h3>"The Game" by Rafael Altamira, Mexico</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/HOP6J9fQAvw]</p>

<h3>"What I Have Left" by Jed Charles, Saint Lucia</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/h7Pzbxp92iY]</p>

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Middle East and North Africa

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<h3>"Before it's too late" by Ferdaous Abouhaouari, Morocco</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/Ciz0rO9_VBo]</p>

<h3>"How to cook the world" by Idan Elkabetz, Israel</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/qWKzfDEOqvk]</p>

<h3>"Sunday Thoughts" by Nadia Asfour, Lebanon/ USA</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/gn4B_4YZBY4]</p>

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North America

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<h3>"A Bright Idea" by Jessica Jaja , Canada</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/Ug8wIjE3yNw]</p>

<h3>"Climate Countdown: Carbon Pricing" by Kaia Rose, USA</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/NA59sLmtIFE]</p>

<h3>"Empowering Haiti" by Julia Pyper, Canada</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/RTeo5nMFUdM]</p>

<h3>"Looking Back to Move Forward " by Catherina Savattere , USA</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/jX_-ugQtiow]</p>

<h3>"Past is Prologue" by Anthony Farenwald, USA</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/SOKkcKKGVtw]</p>

<h3>"Plastic Pollution, our Oceans, our Future" by Christopher Hanson, USA</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/zvWOdW0dGxk]</p>

<h3>"The Snow Guardian" by Nathan Dappen, USA</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/u9rTyw6zylM]</p>

<h3>"The World Beyond the Screen" by James Tralie, USA</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/VV82X_0Nvyk]</p>

<h3>"Three Seconds" by Spencer Sharp, USA</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/sacc_x-XB1Y]</p>

<h3>"To Change" by Jeeyoon Lee, USA</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/wLVsl1wxEag]</p>

<h3>"Youth & Climate: Coal Ash in North Carolina" by Wen Lee, USA</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/MeYYdop987w]</p>

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South Asia

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<h3>"Armour" by Sanyog Mohite, India</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/BVsrOD1dCzg]</p>

<h3>"Fisherman" by Vahid Omidi, Afghanistan</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/KSSDV_-oSsc]</p>

<h3>"H2O " by Thiwanka Mihiran, Sri Lanka</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/ZVoA4sCAY2c]</p>

<h3>"How Would you Feel?" by Md Saiful Islam, Bangladesh</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/ZlHX7CoqGbE]</p>

<h3>"Paradise Melting" by Bilal Ahmed, Pakistan</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/H7Tpx0DTmVU]</p>

<h3>"Youth On Climate : Keidy Transfiguracion" by Ritu Bhardwaj, India</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/E2HDouTkd18]</p>

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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<h3>"Beatrice" by Sydelle Willow Smith, South Africa</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/m2HmeQw1VLY]</p>

<h3>"Boa Vista Beyond the Beauty" by Nelvino Lima, Cape Verde</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/C78PHFpMV2Y]</p>

<h3>"Climate Governance: A matter of survival for nomad" by Oumarou Ibrahim Hindou, Chad</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/rU5Yhuz4NWI]</p>

<h3>"Connect4Change" by Samkelisiwe Makhoba, South Africa</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/gVqrDSxpyNI]</p>

<h3>"Everybody Knows" by Jeremih Oyugi, Kenya</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/u0EcAsVJGqQ]</p>

<h3>"Forests, the fountain of development" by Lapaque Mbumba, DRC</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/WPmGCteIBAo]</p>

<h3>"Hayibo Climate " by Craig Charnock , South Africa</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/gwMDE3WNRe0]</p>

<h3>"Kutxintxa" by Ivan Mauro Zacarias, Mozambique</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/qIgTbjEAecU]</p>

<h3>"Resisting Extinction" by Kennedy Kihire, Uganda</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/k4sZaG54mzA]</p>

<h3>"The final warning/ The book" by Habofanoe Letsosa, Lesotho</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/_P1U0Qpw-QY]</p>

<h3>"THINK GREEN" by Goodhope Elieskia, Tanzania</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/C29RRPmwlM0]</p>

<h3>"Together We Can" by Francis Demesi, Kenya</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/ANLKquwKNPI]</p>

<h3>"Who Am I?" by Mark Wambui, Kenya</h3>

<p>[video:https://youtu.be/nqaJ3TMEqY8]</p>