Connect4Climate partnered with AfriDocs to present a week of climate change films to coincide with the United Nations Framework on Climate Change COP meeting in Lima, Peru. During this week some of the worlds best climate films will be screened across sub-Saharan Africa on DStv channel ED (channel 190) and GOtv (channel 65).
At this time last year, the C4C team was busily preparing to launch our first Connect4Climate competition aimed at engaging African youth on climate issues and challenging them to tell their personal climate stories through photos and videos. After receiving more than 700 submissions from every African country on the continent, we landed in Durban, South Africa to showcase and celebrate the winners at the UN Climate Change Conference/COP17 last November.
The Action4Climate competition received more than 230 films from youth representing 70 countries around the world. Their stories show a new world of climate impacts, solutions and actions to address one of our generation’s greatest challenges.
The deadline for the Voices4Climate TerrAfrica podcast category has passed, with a total of 33 podcasts submitted from 11 African countries! A heartfelt thank you to all the participants who worked so hard to submit their radio stories on time. With so many great submissions in this category, it is going to be quite a challenge to select the winners. Fortunately, our roster of superstar judges are more than up to the task.
What is AVCC?
African Voices on Climate Change (AVCC) is a blog-a-thon organized by the Connect4Climate team to bring particular focus to African bloggers writing about climate change in their community. This will be a listening activity for C4C where we turn over the “microphone” to hear what the continent has to say on this complex issue. This "climate change blog-a-thon" will coincide with the on-going efforts to mobilize Africa's youth to participate in the Connect4Climate campaign.
Of the 230 films submitted to the Action4Climate documentary competition, six have been selected to be shown at the 50th Anniversary of the Chicago International Film Festival on October 15th. Producer Donald Ranvaud will deliver opening remarks, and Action4Climate filmmakers Nathan Dappen and Patrick Riggs will talk about their documentaries after the screening.
DATE: Wednesday, October 15th , 2014
TIME: 6:15 PM CDT
PLACE: AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois Street, Chicago.
Connect4Climate was proud to support the Sprek.O. – Cittadinanza, the Spoleto Festival in Spoleto, Italy, on June 5 – 7, organized by our partner Cittadinanzattiva (Active Citizenship). The three-day event focused on waste and sustainable development in three areas: food, environment, and health.
See how athletes across the world are standing up to climate change.
<p>Participants of the <a href="http://www.zanettiandfriends.com/matchforexpo/?lang=en" target="_blank">Match for Expo</a> football game in Milan</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/legacy/guima2%20%281%29.jpg" style="width: 638px; height: 630px;" /></p>
<p>"Let's get connected 4 the same: A better tomorrow starts today!"</p>
<p>Football player at Nea Salamima - Cyprus</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/legacy/gael2.jpg" style="width: 618px; height: 800px;" /></p>
<p>"The health of man, your health depends on the health of the world! Embrace this cause, embrace our / your cause for a healthy planet." </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/legacy/Thiago_Pereira_14.jpg" style="width: 449px; height: 553px;" /></p>
<p>"We, the athletes, commit to keeping the planet healthy and sustainable."</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/legacy/MillaFerreira.jpg" style="width: 450px; height: 550px;" /></p>
<p>"It's really important that we get the message out about our planet climate situation, so that people can really engage on this cause for a better place to live. I am proud to be part of Connect4Climate and actually be the movement."</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/legacy/Anderson_Dias.jpg" style="width: 450px; height: 550px;" /></p>
<p>"We can feel the risks of climate change. We need to act, now."</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/legacy/Matheus_Carvalho_%281%29.jpg" style="width: 450px; height: 550px;" /></p>
<p>"We can’t lose. Let’s win for the climate."</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/legacy/FilippeFerreira.jpg" style="width: 450px; height: 550px;" /></p>
<p>"Connect4Climate is an amazing project to encourage and open people's eyes about our planet's sustainability issue. I feel honored to be able to be part of this project, and to support the cause for a cleaner and healthier planet."</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/legacy/Cristovao_Borges.jpg" style="width: 451px; height: 550px;" /></p>
<p>"We, coaches from all around the world, ask all the nations in the world to make clean energy available, because Fluminense plays clean."</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/legacy/Rafael_S%C3%B3bis_%282%29.jpg" style="width: 450px; height: 550px;" /></p>
<p>"We, football players, ask all the nations in the world to make clean energy available, because Fluminense plays clean."</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/legacy/Neto_%281%29.jpg" style="width: 450px; height: 550px;" /></p>
<p>"A healthy planet is needed for a healthy sport. Join #Sport4Climate."</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/legacy/GuillyBrand%C3%A3o_-_Nova.jpg" style="width: 450px; height: 550px;" /></p>
<p>"Connect4Climate is a new and inspiring light shed over our problems concerning the sustainability of a healthy and balanced life in our planet. It's important to support and help them spread the word, so in the end with a combined effort we can all make a difference."</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/legacy/IanMouro2.jpg" style="width: 450px; height: 550px;" /></p>
<p>"It would be very important to start thinking more in the future, giving a good education about how the planet is so important for each one of us. A healthy planet is a green planet."</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/legacy/Antonio_website.jpg" style="width: 450px; height: 550px;" /></p>
<p>Special thanks to <a href="http://www.ambiente.sp.gov.br/parque-estadual-do-jaragua/" target="_blank">State Park - Parque Estadual do Jaraguá</a></p>
<p>"Let's ride against climate change!"</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/legacy/MarcelaWitt.jpg" style="width: 450px; height: 550px;" /></p>
<p>"Sport is universal. So is climate change. Join me on the Sport4Climate campaign from Connect4Climate and Fórum das Américas and find out how athletes are helping fighting climate change!"</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/legacy/Novella_Calligaris.png" style="width: 450px; height: 550px;" /></p>
<p>“Athletes warming up against global warming!”</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/legacy/Matteo_Marenghi_Vaselli_-_Lucifer_Melges_20.jpg" style="width: 450px; height: 550px;" /></p>
<p>"One winning strategy: consume less.”</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/legacy/TORMENTA.jpg" style="width: 450px; height: 550px;" /></p>
<p>"Lost in the endless universe, there is a tiny drop of water full of life. Let's be responsible and wise enough not to destroy God's creation completely. Humanity must stop profit from being humanity's main goal."</p>
This initiative celebrates the power of youth. Global citizens under-30 are inheriting a hotter, more unpredictable climate that has enormous implications for the future.
<p>#Youth4Climate is a social media campaign organized by a flotilla of partners to inspire young people around the world to take action on climate change. Today’s youth are the first generation to feel the impacts of climate change and the last that can do something about it.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/images/legacy/youth4climate.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 450px;" /></p>
<p>As the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change says in Article 6, education contributes to the solutions being developed to respond to the challenges and opportunities presented by climate change.</p>
<p>“The solutions to climate change are also the paths to a safer, healthier, cleaner and more prosperous future for all. To see this and to understand what needs to be done requires a sharp and sustained focus on education, training and public awareness in all countries and at all levels of government, society and enterprise.”</p>
<p>Key points on why climate change education matters:</p>
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<p>- Long-term, independent records from weather stations, satellites, ocean buoys, tide gauges, and many other data sources all confirm that our nation, like the rest of the world, is warming. Scientists who study climate change confirm that these observations are consistent with significant changes in Earth’s climatic trends. (U.S. National Climate Assessment, 2014)</p>
<p>- Over the 21st century, climate scientists expect Earth’s temperature to continue increasing, very likely more than it did during the 20th century. Two anticipated results are rising global sea level and increasing frequency and intensity of heat waves, droughts, and floods. These changes will affect almost every aspect of human society, including economic prosperity, human and environmental health, and national security. (USGCRP Climate Literacy, 2009)</p>
<p>- Climate change will bring economic and environmental challenges as well as opportunities, and citizens who have an understanding of climate science will be better prepared to respond to both. (USGCRP Climate Literacy, 2009)</p>
<p>- Society needs citizens who understand the climate system and know how to apply that knowledge in their careers and in their engagement as active members of their communities. (USGCRP Climate Literacy, 2009)</p>
<p>- Climate change will continue to be a significant element of public discourse. Understanding the essential principles of climate science will enable all people to assess news stories and contribute to their everyday conversations as informed citizens. (USGCRP Climate Literacy, 2009)</p>
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The #Youth4Climate social media campaign is an effort led by the <a href="http://www.noaa.gov/" target="_blank">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)</a>, the <a href="http://energy.gov/" target="_blank">U.S. Department of Energy</a>, the <a href="http://www.astc.org/" target="_blank">Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC)</a>, the <a href="http://cleanet.org/clean/community/index.html" target="_blank">CLEAN Network</a>, <a href="http://www.wildcenter.org/" target="_blank">The Wild Center</a>, the World Bank Group’s global partnership program Connect4Climate, <a href="http://www.climategen.org/" target="_blank">Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy</a>, <a href="https://acespace.org/" target="_blank">Alliance for Climate Education</a>, <a href="http://www.earthday.org/" target="_blank">Earth Day Network</a>, <a href="https://www.climateinteractive.org/" target="_blank">Climate Interactive</a>, and others. It is an open discussion for all to join the youth call for climate action.</p>
