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#Photo4Climate Finalist Photo
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We are very pleased to announce our first winner of #Photo4Climate Instagram Challenge: congratulations Olumide Climate Idowu. Your photo from Nigeria captures how public #health is being compromised by waste. Here is the original caption:

#photo4climate #health

#ClimateChange & #Health Matters.  Ibadan (Yoruba: Ìbàdàn or fully (Ìlú) Ẹ̀bá-Ọ̀dàn, meaning 'the city at the edge of the savannah' is the capital city of Oyo State and the third largest metropolitan area, by population, in Nigeria, after Lagos and Kano, with a population of over 3.5 Million, and the country's largest metropolis by geographical area.
Climate Change Is Real. Poor Management of Our Canal Exposes Healthcare Workers, Waste Handlers and The Community to Infections, toxic effects and injuries. 
Therefore "Ibadan" can and must keep the environment safe. #LetsDoMore 
#Photo4Climate #ClimateWednesday 
Location: Bode Canal, Ibadan, Oyo State.
Photo by: Me

We do really appreciate all photos submitted, so they are featured on Connect4Climate Facebook album. We challenge you to continue to raise awareness and share your climate change story with us: this week's theme is #Water. Don't forget to follow @Connect4Climate on Instagram, using the hashtag #Photo4Climate and this week's theme #Water. Finalist photo will be displayed during the Paris Agreement Signing Ceremony on 22nd April 2016 at UN Headquarters, New York.

More details here.

#Photo4Climate Instagram Challenge

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You are drawn by multiple and various things every day, trifling details, massive changes or just a slice of our beautiful planet that takes your attention for a small fraction of a second. Are you eager to share your own reality that is affected by climate change? Have you met someone taking action on global warming? Our common home is changing, and so are our lives. We have a special challenge for you: capture that moment, landscape, idea, solution or person that is raising awareness and taking on climate change.

IMAX Power of Film Highlights
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Connect4Climate's program manager Lucia Grenna was invited to a panel discussion on the Power of Film to Effect Change, hosted by the University of Southern California (US
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">&quot;Our legacy is based around teaching...this is the beginning of making a real difference.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IMAXPowerofFilm?src=hash">#IMAXPowerofFilm<…; <a href="https://t.co/aZSzYN2ljC">pic.twitter.com/aZSzYN2ljC</a></p&gt;
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">C4C&#39;s <a href="https://twitter.com/LuciaGrenna">@LuciaGrenna</a&gt; &quot;The science is solid, now we need your storytelling power&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Film4Climate?src=hash">#Film4Climate</a&gt; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IMAXPowerofFilm?src=hash">#IMAXPowerofFilm<…; <a href="https://twitter.com/UNEP">@UNEP</a&gt; <a href="https://t.co/p6L9oPFbTj">pic.twitter.com/p6L9oPFbTj</a></p&gt;
&mdash; Connect4Climate (@Connect4Climate) <a href="https://twitter.com/Connect4Climate/status/710160314730291200">March 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">&quot;The solution is not one, but many.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/TheGlobalGoals">@TheGlobalGoals</a&gt; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IMAXPowerofFilm?src=hash">#IMAXPowerofFilm<…; <a href="https://t.co/3VTj2gu6Zy">pic.twitter.com/3VTj2gu6Zy</a></p&gt;
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/LuciaGrenna">@LuciaGrenna</a&gt; advice to young filmmakers: &quot;cultivate your global citizenship&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/IMAX">@IMAX</a&gt; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Film4Climate?src=hash">#Film4Climate</a&gt; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IMAXPowerofFilm?src=hash">#IMAXPowerofFilm<…; <a href="https://t.co/b41H95mpVi">pic.twitter.com/b41H95mpVi</a></p&gt;
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/nsahba">@nsahba</a&gt; &quot;The possibilities for pro-social effects within the business of storytelling are huge.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IMAXPowerofFilm?src=hash">#IMAXPowerofFilm<…; <a href="https://twitter.com/IMAX">@IMAX</a&gt; <a href="https://twitter.com/Connect4Climate">@Connect4Climate</a></p&gt;
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">&quot;Climate action is an urgent task&quot;- <a href="https://twitter.com/JimKim_WBG">@JimKim_WBG</a&gt; in <a href="https://twitter.com/Connect4Climate">@Connect4Climate</a&gt; video <a href="https://t.co/z19CcjxrRJ">https://t.co/z19CcjxrRJ</a&gt; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IMAXPowerofFilm?src=hash">#IMAXPowerofFilm<…; <a href="https://t.co/hbJ4cDbFBy">pic.twitter.com/hbJ4cDbFBy</a></p&gt;
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Lawrence Bender on powerful documentaries: &quot;You have to find the emotional core,strong narrative arc&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Film4Climate?src=hash">#Film4Climate</a&gt; <a href="https://t.co/otNKrLe0TL">pic.twitter.com/otNKrLe0TL</a></p&gt;
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A Boy from Mexico Campaigns for Climate Change
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Daniel Chávez Ortiz is known as The Ecological Boy in his hometown Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco, in Mexico. Why? Daniel, 11, has been developing environmental campaigns to tackle climate change.

Youth Voices to COP21
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<h2>Part 2.&nbsp;Developing countries</h2>

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<h2>Part 3. Business</h2>

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<h2>Part 4. Career tips from COP21 participants</h2>

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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jonathan Grant, Director at PwC, Sustainability &amp; Climate Change: &ldquo;You need to have a major revolution in all sectors in all countries every decade to 2050 and beyond&rdquo;</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rachel Kyte, CEO of Sustainable Energy for All (former Vice President of the World Bank Group and Special Envoy for Climate Change): &ldquo;It costs more in relief than it does to invest in resilience&rdquo;</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Balgis Osman-Elasha, Climate Change Expert at the Compliance and Safe Guards Division of the African Development Bank: &ldquo;The experience of China: we need to learn from it&rdquo; &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t want to follow the same trajectory&rdquo;.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Joël Pain, Executive Director &lrm;at Ernst &amp; Young - EMEIA Sustainable Finance Leader: &ldquo;You can set up new businesses on these new bases&rdquo;</li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Clifford Rechtschaffen, Senior advisor for California Governor J. Brown, working on climate, energy, and environmental issues: &ldquo;California can reach out with our counterparts even if national governments are not taking proactive action&rdquo;.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">John Roome, Senior Director the World Bank Group&#39;s Climate Change Global Practice: &ldquo;Using modern technology you can get a very good sense at very low cost as to what assets and communities are exposed to various risks&rdquo;.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bambang Susantono, Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development at the Asian Development Bank: &ldquo;We need local champions that on the ground make things happen&rdquo;</li>
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“Power of Film to Effect Change” Panel Discussion

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Recognizing the long-standing and successful engagement of global youth and creative industries in the climate change conversation, Connect4climate has been invited to participate in the panel discussion of “Power of Film to Effect Change”. 

Connect4Climate's program manager Lucia Grenna, IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond, UN Environment Program’s (UNEP) Naysan Sahba, Dean of USC School of Cinematic Arts Elizabeth Daley, and Academy Award winning film producer Lawrence Bender will share their thoughts on this topic.

Film4Climate at FICG31… One Year Later!
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Exactly one year since its official launch, Film4Climate returns to the Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), the most prestigious film fes

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<p>Exactamente un año después de su lanzamiento oficial, <a href="http://connect4climate.org/initiatives/film4climate&quot; target="_blank">Film4Climate </a>vuelve al Festival de Cine Internacional de Guadalajara (<a href="http://www.ficg.mx/31/index.php/es&quot; target="_blank">FICG</a>), el festival de cine más prestigioso de América Latina con un excelente programa.</p>

<p>Del 4 al 11 de marzo, FICG31 y Film4Climate presentarán fuera de competencia una selección de películas ambientales y relacionadas al cambio climático a los muchos espectadores, representantes de la industria y los críticos asistentes al festival.</p>

<p>Las películas influyen de tal manera en nuestro comportamiento, que dan forma a nuestros hábitos, desempeñan un papel fundamental en la sensibilización pública e incluso logran efectivos llamados a la acción.</p>

<p>Iván Trujillo, director del FICG, vio el año pasado el potencial de liderar desde el Festival la iniciativa de Pantalla Verde desarrollada por <a href="http://connect4climate.org&quot; target="_blank">Connect4Climate </a>y así sumarse a la acción para enfrentar la problemática del cambio climático.</p>

<p>Mucho se ha logrado en los últimos 12 meses: desde el establecimiento de una red de socios de más de 160 organizaciones de la industria del cine, la celebración de eventos de alto perfil en los principales festivales de cine de todo el mundo, hasta el lanzamineto en la histórica Conferencia sobre el Clima de las Naciones Unidas (COP21) de la <a href="http://connect4climate.org/initiative/film4climate-international-charte…; target="_blank">Guía de Film4Climate</a> para la reducción de los impactos ambientales en las producciones cinematograficas. Así hoy Film4Climate es un actor relevante dentro de la industria.</p>

<p>El compromiso de FICG a una industria del cine con conciencia ambiental en realidad comenzó hace siete años con el establecimiento de la <strong>&quot;Muestra de Cine Socio-Ambiental&quot;</strong>, que en colaboración con la <em><strong>Universidad del Centro de la Cultura de Guadalajara</strong></em>, ha contado con alrededor de 100 películas ambientales durante los últimos seis años.</p>

<p>En 2015, el festival elevo su compromiso ambiental al no solo <strong>albergar el lanzamiento de Film4Climate</strong>, sino al insistir en la implementación de prácticas centradas en el medio ambiente, tales como la impresión de un menor número de materiales y la reducción del impacto ambiental del evento en su totalidad.</p>

<p>Hoy Connect4Climate tiene el honor de celebrar un año de la exitosa alianza con el Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara y la Universidad de Guadalajara.</p>

<p>La sección Film4Climate en FICG de este año incluirá la proyección de &quot;Sila y los guardianes del Ártico&quot;, &quot;Cómo cambiar el mundo&quot;, &quot;Vertedero de armónicos&quot;, &quot;Racing exctinction&quot; y muchas otras películas, seguidas de conversatorios con los directores, ponentes de alto nivel y embajadores, entre ellos las actrices y activistas Bianca Jagger, Victoria Abril, y Assumpta Serna.</p>

<p>Para obtener más información sobre el programa, visite <a href="http://www.ficg.mx/31/index.php/es/programacion/fuera-de-competencia/fi…; target="_blank">http://www.ficg.mx/31/index.php/es/programacion/fuera-de-competencia/fi…;

<p>Durante la próxima semana se harán emocionantes anuncios, por favor continúe visitando <a href="http://connect4climate.org&quot; target="_blank">connect4climate.org</a> para las actualizaciones y siga nuestras páginas de <a href="http://twitter.com/Connect4Climate&quot; target="_blank">Twitter </a>y <a href="http://www.facebook.com/connect4climate&quot; target="_blank">Facebook </a>para noticias en tiempo real!</p>

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MIT Climate CoLab: Seeking high-impact climate change solutions
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On MIT’s Climate CoLab, Connect4Climate’s proud partner, your climate change solution can win a $10,000 cash prize and be part of national or global plans for climate change.  New contests seek proposals for low-carbon energy, building efficiency, transportation, smart cities, adaptation, shifting public attitudes and behaviors and many more.

Authors of winning proposals will be invited to MIT to present their proposal, enter the Climate CoLab Winners Program, and be eligible for the $10,000 Grand Prize. Plus: If your proposal is included in a top global climate action plan later this year, you will receive CoLab Points, which are redeemable for cash prizes.

Even if you don’t have new ideas yourself, work with over 50,000 members in improving other people’s ideas and support the ones you find most promising.

Entries are due May 23, 2016. Enter soon to receive feedback from Climate CoLab community members and the experts who are overseeing the contests.

Can crowdsourcing save the planet? Find out at the Climate CoLab!

Connect4Climate honored for its climate advocacy work
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“Let’s get some positivity into this world!”, exhorted Stevie Wonder during an exclusive performance at the 13th Annual Global Green Pre-Oscar Party held this Wednesday night in Los Angeles.

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March 4 Earth in Virtual Reality
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This November Rome was at the center of climate action as people came together to raise their voices by marching together to demand a true commitment against climate change. The People’s March for Earth was slated to star

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<p>The March4Earth VR video&nbsp;is available on&nbsp;<a href="http://littlstar.com/videos/f2760f4a&quot; target="_blank">LittlStar</a>&nbsp;via iOS or Android App, Samsung Gear VR, Apple TV or via Web (Chrome or Firefox browser).</p>
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<p>Enjoy it on Virtual Reality with a Google Cardboard or a Samsung Gear VR headset.<br />
For a direct link click&nbsp;<a href="http://littlstar.com/videos/f2760f4a&quot; target="_blank">HERE</a></p>

<p><strong>For more information, go to:</strong><br />
March4Earth:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.march4earth.org/index-eng.php">http://www.march4earth.org/in… />
RYOT:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ryot.org/">http://www.ryot.org/</a><br />
NARRATED BY: Greta Scacchi<br />
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Connect4Climate &ndash; World Bank Group, Earth Day Italy, Earth Day Network, RYOT.<br />
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With sincere thanks to our Partners: Earth Day Italy &ndash; Pierluigi Sassi, Earth Day Network, Vicariate of Rome, The Most. Rev. Matteo Zuppi.<br />
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SPECIAL THANKS: Paolo Dieci, Giuseppe Fiorello, Rosario Fiorello, Claudia Gerini, Lucia Grenna, Italian Association of Professional Advertising Agents TP, Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea &ndash; Minister Gian Luca Galletti, LINK 2007, Roberto Pagnotta, Rosario Pellecchia, Eleonora Pratelli, Radio 105 Network, Camila Raznovic, Carolina Rey, Kathleen Rogers, Tony Severo, Suite19 PR, Francesco Totti, Biagio Vanacore.</p>

Connect4Climate is a World Bank Group Multi-Donor Trust Fund powered by Italy’s Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development that drives climate action through advocacy, partnerships, and creative communications.

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