Alfonso and Alfredo Cuarón featured in “Green Day Venice” at Venice International Film Festival
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A captivating dialogue between two brothers, Oscar winning film director and President of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival jury, Alfonso Cuarón and renowned environmental scientist Alfredo Cu

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<p><a href="http://connect4climate.org/event/green-day-venice-how-film-industry-tak…; target="_blank">Green Day Venice</a>, which featured the&nbsp;<a href="connect4climate.org/initiatives/film4climate" target="_blank">Film4Climate</a>&nbsp;One-on-One discussion, a roundtable discussion, and a presentation on the Green Drop Award, was organized by Connect4Climate and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.greencrossitalia.org/&quot; target="_blank">Green Cross Italy</a>, with the&nbsp;<a href="connect4climate.org/sites/default/files/upload/GreenDayVenice-v6-small.pdf" target="_blank">support of many partners</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p>Introducing the day World Bank Group Progam Manager Lucia Grenna emphasized the role of building a network to take on climate change - the ambition of the Connect4Climate program. UNEP&#39;s Laura Fuller highlighted the importance of 2015 as a defining year for sustainable development and the importance of the UNFCCC COP21 meeting in December.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p>Fuller also highlighted the importance of the film industry as a leading example for climate action:</p>

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<p>&quot;There is no better time or place in the world than right here to have this conversation about the role of film in addressing climate change. Cooperation, innovation and creativity will all play a huge part in helping to achieve a carbon neutral planet. Let&rsquo;s seize this opportunity together.&quot;</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:11px;">Lucia Grenna (left) and Laura Fuller (right) introduce Green Day Venice with the moderator (middle) - Photo credit: Max Edkins/Connect4Climate</span></p>

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<p>Download the&nbsp;<a href="connect4climate.org/sites/default/files/upload/Press%20release%20-%20Green%20Day%20Venice%20-%20FINAL%281%29.pdf" target="_blank">Press Release here</a>.&nbsp;<a href="connect4climate.org/about/press-releases" target="_blank">Other languages.</a><o:p></o:p></p>

<p>See more&nbsp;<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/connect4climate&quot; target="_blank">photos of the event&nbsp;here</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p>Find out more about our&nbsp;<a href="connect4climate.org/initiatives/film4climate" target="_blank">Film4Climate&nbsp;initiative here</a>.&nbsp;</p>

Chloe and Theo will change the way you look at the world
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Have you ever wanted to meet someone that changes the way you look at the world? Now is your chance. CHLOE & THEO starring Dakota Johnson, Mira Sorvino and Theo Ikummaq hits select theaters Sept.

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Youth climate change stories screening at UN climate talks
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Connect4Climate is traveling to Lima to bring youth climate stories to COP20 to remind decision makers that they need to be ambitious and act quickly.

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<p><strong>December 5th, 15:30 - 17:30.&nbsp;Support to Capacity Building and Climate Strategies in Developing Countries</strong></p>

<p><em>Organized by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Climate Action, and the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union</em></p>

<p>This side event presents results of capacity building projects, to facilitate better enabling environments and climate strategies in developing countries. The second part is a panel discussion on which key factors are needed for strengthening enabling environments for climate action.</p>

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<p><strong>December 6th - 7th.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.landscapes.org/&quot; target="_blank">Global Landscapes Forum</a></strong></p>

<p><em>Organized by the Peruvian ministries of environment and agriculture, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the Center for International Forestry Research, and the United Nations Environment Programme</em></p>

<p>The Global Landscapes Forum creates a platform for positioning landscapes in the new international agreements on climate and sustainable development. Action4Climate films&nbsp;<a href="https://vimeo.com/90989600&quot; target="_blank">At The Desert&#39;s Edge</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://vimeo.com/95457095&quot; target="_blank">Snows of the Nile</a>&nbsp;will be screened.</p>

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<p><strong>December 8th, 18:00 - 20:00.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.carpathianconvention.org/news-details-195/items/unfccc-cop20…; target="_blank">The Role of Mountain Forests to Climate Change Adaptation</a>: Which Perspective from Sustainable Forest Management</strong></p>

<p><em>Organized by the Italian Ministry for the Environment; The Italian Presidency of the Alpine Convention</em></p>

<p>This side event aims to share experiences of developing forest management strategy and actions for local adaptation to climate change in mountain areas.</p>

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<p><strong>December 9th, 18:30 - 20:30. The Challenges of Local Adaptation and Initiatives for Communities</strong></p>

<p><em>Organized by the Italian Ministry for the Environment Land and Sea, the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan, CARE International&#39;s&nbsp;Poverty Environment and Climate Change Network, and&nbsp;Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales</em></p>

<p>This side-event will share the experience of developing cross-cutting regional guidelines for local adaptation planning as a matter for regional cooperation involving sub-national administrations (e.g. Regions, Provinces, Urban centres), local communities and the private sector.</p>

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<p>At the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cop20.pe/en/voces-por-el-clima/&quot; target="_blank">Voces por el Clima / Voices for Climate exhibit in Lima</a>&nbsp;three #Action4Climate films are shown.</p>

<h4>Back to Paoyhan</h4>

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<h4>Trail of a Tale - 1st Prize winner of Action4Climate winner</h4>

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World Bank’s Connect4Climate helps spark new action on Climate Change
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What’s your #Action4Climate?
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Franklin Roosevelt once said: “a nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.”

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<p>[video:https://vimeo.com/101874077]</p&gt;

<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/Connect4Climate/status/494371871991672834&quot; target="_blank">Kehkashan</a><a href="http://twitter.com/Connect4Climate/status/494371871991672834&quot; target="_blank">&nbsp;Basu</a>, Global Coordinator for Children and Youth UNEP &amp; Founder President Green Hope UAE</p>

Efficient homes are key to stopping climate change
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There are 26 million homes in the United Kingdom. Together they contribute 27% of the UK's carbon emissions, making the housing sector a vital part of the goverment's committment to an 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050.

Voices4Climate winners receive their prizes
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From Kenya to Lithuania to Colombia, Voices4Climate competition winners from 116 countries have received their prizes and certificates! We would like to again thank all of the participants for using their creative energy to document and share climate change stories.

Announcing the Voices4Climate Winners!
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The Connect4Climate team would like to express our sincere gratitude to all of the supporters, judges, partners, and participants who have helped make the Voices4Climate competition a success.

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13-17

First Place

Rain Rain Go Away Come Again Another Day in Pakistan by Kainat Afsar.

 

18-35

First Place

Do You Have any Wheat to Grind? in Pakistan by Danish Khan.

Second Place

Safeguarding the Next Generation in the UK by Susannah Peel.

Third Place

Soil Erosion #1 in Uganda by Josephine Nakanwagi.

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13-17

First Place

The City of Metals in Pakistan by Kainat Afsar.

Second Place

Green Romanian in Romania by Razvan Lazarescu.

Third Place

Budding Life in Sweden by Axel Kennedal.

 

18-35

First Place

Playing at Sunset in Croatia by Ivo Dukic.

Second Place

At the End of Autumn, Winter Begins! in Iceland by Ingimar Skulason.

Third Place

Cities 01 in South Sudan by Christena Dowsett.

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Energy
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13-17

First Place 

Non Conventional Energy Power in India by Manthan Charles.

 

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First Place

That's When I Came Back to Korea that I Learned How They Create Clouds in South Korea by Fabien Minh.

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Daring to Invest in Uganda by Evanne Nowak.

Third Place

Industry, Energy, Oil, Pollution in Iran by Behdad Rsl.

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Forests
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13-17

First Place

What Policymakers Should Know About Energy in Malawi by Patience Moyo.

Second Place

Dry Swamp in Lithuania by Gabija Vyšniauskaitė.

Third Place

Don't Cut Trees in the US by Kenneth Guerrero.

 

18-35

First Place

Planting Hope in the Philippines by Marian Ledesma.

Second Place

Death of our Zambian Forests in Zambia by Nancy Saili.

Third Place

Spring In, Winter Away in Bangladesh by Kimvutkimakar Suman.

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18-35

First Place

Suffering of Woman in Morocco by Adil Moumane.

Second Place

A Long Walk in Somalia by Anab Garad.

Third Place

Wajir County in Kenya by Maash Sheik Hussein.

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Health
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13-17

First Place

The Ambulance in Pakistan by Kainat Afsar.

 

18-35

First Place

Dumping Site in Kenya by Ray Blount.

Second Place

Health 01 in South Sudan by Christena Dowsett.

Third Place

Infested Environment in Malawi by Violet Moyo.

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Jobs & the Green Economy
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13-17

First Place

The Bride of River in Pakistan by Kainat Afsar. 

Second Place

Adding Sunshine to the Sand in South Africa by Jason Hanslo.

 

18-35

First Place

A Day at the Office in Mozambique by Joana Simões Piedade.

Second Place

Talent + Environment = Employment in Cameroon by Ngalim Njaiwo.

Third Place

Youth Queue for Green Jobs in the UK by Adela Nistora.

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Water
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13-17

First Place

Goodbye to the Beautiful Pond in Indonesia by Haries Ramdhani.

Second Place

Where is My Drop of Water? in India by Arpan Vyas.

Third Place

Water & Child in India by Manthan Charles.

 

18-35

First Place

La Sequía in Colombia by Oliver A Olivella.

Second Place

I Don't Believe in Global Warming in Italy by Stefano Cetalo Geronimo.

Third Place

Drinking Problem in Namibia by Joana Simões Piedade.

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First Place

Speechless in Norway by Sich Rich.

Second Place

A Cashmere Story in Mongolia by Prl Jay.

Third Place

Downstream in Belgium by Roel Nollet.

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First Place

A Changing World in Trinidad and Tobago by Stephon Gabriel.

Second Place

Green As Love in Singapore by Andy Chong.

Third Place

We Be in Nigeria by Idamiebi Ilamina-Eremie.

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Formula in Portugal by Filipe Pinto.

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Trash Maniac in the US by Muntasir Mamun.

Years of Living Dangerously Launch at World Bank
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Would you like to see Harrison Ford cuddling an orangutan orphaned by deforestation? Meet a scientist who studies ocean warming on Christmas Island? Or understand how drought helped cause today’s heart-rending human disaster in Syria?

Un sueño argentino llega a Times Square
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Un violinista toca frente a su público, cierra los ojos e imagina que se escapa con su instrumento. A su alrededor árboles, monumentos y animales se derriten poco a poco, todos víctimas del calentamiento global. Mientras todo eso ocurre, él nunca para de tocar.

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<p>El reconocimiento vino por parte de un jurado liderado por Bernardo Bertolucci,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV1MY5lid8A&amp;feature=share&amp;list=P…; target="_blank">Fernando Meirelles</a>, Walter Salles y otros grandes nombres de la industria cinematográfica además de expertos en cambio climático como Rachel Kyte, vicepresidenta del Banco Mundial.</p>

<p>El corto además fue proyectado en una de las conocidas pantallas en Times Square en Nueva York, por donde pasan unas 300.000 personas a diario.</p>

<p>Recientemente Francina y Benjamín viajaron a Buenos Aires para asistir al festival Ventana Sur (uno de los mercados de&nbsp; cine latinoamericano más importantes de la región) donde el director argentino Pablo Trapero -también&nbsp; miembro del jurado del concurso-&nbsp; elogió el corto que fue proyectado ante cientos de profesionales de la industria. &ldquo;Trapero nos dijo que le gustó mucho la animación, que la vio con su hijo de 12 años&rdquo;, cuenta Francina con orgullo.</p>

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