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How are you greening your life? (multi-language version)

We are announcing Connect4Climate's new weekly competition! In the run-up to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development- Rio+20 , Connect4Climate invites the C4C community and social media users worldwide to submit entries that answer the questio

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Concorso Settimanale Connect4Climate: “How are you greening your life?”

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Informazioni sul concorso settimanale Connect4Climate:

In vista della Conferenza delle Nazioni Unite sullo sviluppo sostenibile Rio+20, Connect4Climate invita i social media users e la propria community a prendere parte al concorso settimanale “How are you greening your life?” Inviateci le vostre foto,video,canzoni,poesie,disegni e raccontateci come state state rendendo la vostra vita piu' sostenibile per il pianeta! Avrete la possibilita’ di vincere uno zaino dotato di pannelli solari!

Partecipare e’ molto semplice:

Inviate un Tweet a @connect4climate con il link della foto,video,poesia,musica,disegno includendo l’hashtag #thegreenlife oppure inviate il vostro link qui <a href="mailto:c4c@worldbank.org">c4c@worldbank.org</a>. Per favore, tenete presente che usando Twitter per partecipare al nostro concorso, accettate i termini di uso di Twitter, in piu’ vi informiamo che se il vostro profilo Twitter e’ protetto non saremo in grado di ricevere i vostri links.

Ogni settimana la nostra giuria scegliera’ un vincitore.

Vi aspettiamo!

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À propos de Connect4Climate Weekly Competition

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En vue de la conférence des Nations Unies sur le Développement Durable Rio+20, Connect4Climate invite la communauté C4C et les utilisateurs des media sociaux partout dans le monde à soumettre histoires, vidéos, photos qui répondent à la question : «Comment êtes-vous en train de rendre votre vie un peu plus écologique? ». Nous sommes intéressés à savoir comment vous essayez de promouvoir une vie plus « verte » et soutenable. Racontez-nous ce que VOUS faites pour mener une vie plus verte  à travers une photo, une vidéo, une chanson, un dessin, un poème, une œuvre d’art ; tout peut marcher ! Soumettez vos histoires pour avoir la chance de gagner un sac à dos solaire Connect4Climate !

Comment s’enregistrer

Insérez dans le tweet @connect4climate le link à vos photos, vidéos, poèmes, musique, blogs, essai (500 paroles ou moins), ou insérez une photo digitale de votre œuvre d’art (ça peut être un dessin, une peinture, une sculpture, une œuvre d’art digitale ecc…). Souvenez-vous d’inclure dans le corps du tweet le « hashtag » #thegreenlife. Autrement vous pouvez soumettre votre travail par email à l’adress eélectronique<a href="mailto:c4c@worldbank.org">c4c@worldbank.org</a>

Rappelez-vous que dès que vous utilisez Twitter pour soumettre, vous êtes en train d’utiliser les services de Twitter, et vous restez pourtant responsables d’observer les politiques et termes d’utilisation de ce service. Nous ne pouvons pas être responsables pour n’importe quelle réclamation de la part de Twitter concernant n’importe quelle violation des politiques et termes d’utilisation faites par un utilisateur.

Notez aussi que si votre profil Twitter est protégé, nous ne pourrons pas recevoir vos soumissions via Twitter. 
Toutes soumissions doivent montrer ou décrire les actions  personnelles faites par le soumettant pour réduire son propre impact sur l’environnement et mener une vie plus écologique. Innovation, imagination et créativité sont bien sur encouragées !

Il y aura un gagnant sélectionné chaque semaine (du Lundi à la Dimanche), et un prix sera donné à chaque gagnant.

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Concorso Settimanale Connect4Climate: “How are you greening your life?”

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Comment s’enregistrer

Il y aura un gagnant sélectionné chaque semaine (du Lundi à la Dimanche), et un prix sera donné à chaque gagnant.

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Qué hacen ustedes para que sus vidas sean más sostenibles?

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En la fase previa a la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible Rio+20, Connect4Climate invita a la comunidad de C4C y los usuarios de medios sociales de todo el mundo a enviar contenidos que responden la pregunta: “Qué hacen ustedes para que sus vidas sean más sostenibles?” Quisiéramos ver y escuchar sus experiencias personales acerca de acciones locales que sean un ejemplo de una forma de vida más sostenible. Muéstranos que están haciendo USTEDES para realizar una vida más verde con una imagen, un video, una canción, un dibujo, una poesía, una obra de arte, todo vale! Envienos sus historias y tendrán la oportunidad de ganar un mochila solar Connect4Climate!

Como participar:

Twiten @Connect4Climate el link a sus fotos originales, videos, poesías, música, blogs, ensayos (500 palabras o menos), o fotos de arte visual (incluyendo pinturas, dibujos, esculturas, arte digital, etc.) incluyendo el hashtag #thegreenlife en el contenido del tweet o envienos vía correo electrónico a <a href="mailto:c4c@worldbank.org">c4c@worldbank.org</a> (ensayos en el cuerpo del email, enlaces a sus YouTube vídeo, blogpost, etc., imagenes, vídeo, o archivos musicales).

Por favor, hagan nota que cuando nos twiten sus contenidos están utilizando el servicio de Twitter y ustedes son responsables por cumplir con las reglas de usuario de Twitter. No nos responsabilizamos por cualquier reclamo de Twitter con respecto al no cumplimiento de sus reglas por parte del usuario. Por favor, observen  también que si sus perfil está protegido no serà posible para nosotros recibir sus propuestas via Twitter.

Las propuestas deben mostrar o describir las acciones personales que el participante hace para reducir su impacto ambiental y para conducir una vida más sostenible. Se fomenta la innovación,  la imaginación y la creatividad!

Un ganador será seleccionado cada semana (De Lunes a Domingo) y se entregará un premio por ganador.

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عن مسابقة كونكت فور كلايمت الإسبوعية

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عن مسابقة كونكت فور كلايمت الإسبوعية<o:p></o:p>

ففي بدء التحضير لإنعقاد مؤتمر الأمم المتحدة للتنمية المستدامة - ريو 20+ كونكت فور كلايمت، يدعو مجتمع كونكت فور كلايمت مستخدمي مواقع التواصل الإجتماعي في جميع أنحاء العالم لتقديم مشاركاتهم التي بدورها تجيب عن" كيفية جعل حياتهم أكثر خضاراً وصديقة للبيئة"ويسعدنا أن نسمع منكم قصصكم الشخصية عن الأعمال المحلية التي أدت إلى أسلوب حياة صديق للبيئة وأكثر إستدامة. أرنا كيف يمكنك أنت أن تفعل كي تعيش حياة أكثر خضاراً وصديقة للبيئة من خلال صورة أو فيديو أو أغنية أو الرسم أو قصيدة أو عمل فني آّخر- كل شيء مسموح به! شاركنا قصصك حتى تحظي بفرصة الفوز بحقيبة الظهر للطاقة الشمسية.<o:p></o:p>

كيف أشارك في المسابقة:<o:p></o:p>

يمكنك أن ترسل لنا مشاركتك على حسابنا في موقع توتير وهو  @connect4climate من خلال وضع الرابط لصورك الأصلية أو الفيديو أو القصائد أو الموسيقى أو مدونة أو مقالات( 500كلمة أو أقل)أو صور للفنون البصرية( بما في ذلك اللوحات والرسومات والمنحوتات والفنون الرقمية وغيرها) مع وضع علامة الهاش في منتصف الرابط كالأتي : #thegreenlife أو إرسال المشاركة على البريد الإلكتروني <a href="mailto:c4c@worldbank.org">c4c@worldbank.org</a> (يجب أن تكون المقالة موجودة في نص الرسالة وبالنسبة للفيديو فيجب وضع رابط الفيديو الخاص بك علي موقع يوتيوب أو رابط المدونة التي ستشارك بها أو رابط الصور والفيديو أو ملفات موسيقى).<o:p></o:p>

نرجو منكم عند إرسالكم لنا مشاركاتكم عبر موقع التواصل الإجتماعي تويتر أن تلتزمو بسياسات وشروط إستخدام  الموقع المعمول بها ولن نكون مسؤولين عن أي مطالبات من الموقع عن إنتهاك المستخدمين للسياسات وشروط إستخدام الموقع وفي حال كان حسابكم علي تويتر محمياً فلن نتمكن من إستقبال مشاركاتكم.<o:p></o:p>

على المشاركات أن تظهر أو تعبر عن مجهودات ذاتية قام المشترك بها من أجل التقليل من تأثيره السلبي على البيئة لعيش حياة صديقة للبيئة وسنشجع وبشدة الإبتكار والخيال والإبداع! 
سيتم إختيار فائز واحد كل أسبوع ( من الإثنين إلى الأحد)وسيتم منح جائزة واحدة لكل فائز.<o:p></o:p>

<a href="http://connect4climate.org/competition/c4c-weekly-competition">القواعد واللوائح</a><o:p></o:p>

Connect4Climate Photo/Video Competition 2011 Winners: Water

The winners are divided by group age.

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Winners: Water, 13-17 years old

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1st place in the 13-17 age category

The Happy Well - Dario Gandini, Pitias  Ghirmai, Solomon Filipos, Yoyarib Robiel class IVA – Eritrea -

Every  morning  Semar, Luwam, Selam and Yohannes have a duty: bringing water from a well in a small Eritrean village to their houses 
These days, the kids have happy smiles on their faces as the well is full of water to the brim. To them it is also an opportunity to meet and play together with their friends. It is the end of the rainy season and although a bit late than usual, it has rained abundantly. Yet fear grows in the children’s hearts because they  feel  doubtful  about whether  there will  be usual rainfall in the years to come or not,  since the well hasn’t had  so  much water  in recent years for the lack of rain. The elderly  who  have  witnessed a changing world often say that rainfall was once abundant. Wells were always full, the surrounding environment was covered with forests and farming was   more productive. On the other hand, news coming from other countries in the Horn of Africa claims that people are starving  due to rain shortage,  which in time  may also affect our country, Eritrea. Once the containers and the buckets have been filled up , the children are back to their homes  happy  for their successful  achievement :  they were able to find water in the well but deep in their hearts  they foresee  a  life without water in their future…

2nd place in the 13-17 age category

No Comment - Helmi Rebai – Tunisia - Not necessarily that all things grow with time. Some get smaller every day.

3rd place in the 13-17 category

Scarcity of Water on River - Peniella Codjo – Benin - The effect on climate change on Benin ouemé river.

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Winners: Water, 18-24 years old

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1st place in the 18-24 age category

The Easy Months of the Year – Mason Richard – Niger -

The Sahel in October is filled with smiles.  Here at 5 a.m., women from the town of Chadakori in the Maradi Region of Niger exalt the abundance of water in their wells and the fullness of the millet fields, ready for harvest.  In Niger, rainy season means the cultivation of millet and sorghum to provide the sustenance for the rest of the year, along with peanuts, beans, and corn.  The other nine dry months of the year bring trials and tribulations of many sorts.  Increasingly, dry seasons are lasting longer and longer into the year, traditional planting times are being abandoned, and chemical pesticides and fertilizers are being used ubiquitously.   Most women see their husbands and sons ride off into the distance in the backs of trucks, heading south to more moist regions to find work for seven, eight, or nine months.

2nd place in the 18-24 age category

Water Over Roadway – Chad Skeers – USA

Waves continue wearing away at beach-side communities in the Keta District of Ghana.  This road previously went to a town that has been all but washed away.  The damming of the Volta River keeps the sediment that once fed the coasts of Southeaster Ghana trapped in Lake Volta.  Without it, beaches and communities all along the coast continue to arose.

3rd place in the 18-24 age category

Drought - Sebri Wafa – Tunisia

Some people in Tunisia don't even have water for their animals.

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Winners: Water, 25-35 years old

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1st place in the 25-35 age category

The Well – Maria de la Guardia – Bangladesh 
Two young girls on the island of Lamu, off Kenya's coast, pull water up from one of the many wells throughout the island. With almost constant hot and humid conditions, water is scarce here, and wells are slowly becoming contaminated by the salty Ocean as water levels rise.

2nd place in the 25-35 age category

There Was a Lake - Malalatiana Katia Rakotbe – Madagascar -  
Nous sommes habitués à voir de l'eau à cet endroit, lorsqu'il a commencé à faire de plus en plus chaud, l'eau a commencé à disparaitre.

3rd place in the 25-35 age category

Drought Being a Major Effect of Climate Change – Yussuf Abdi -  
Climate change has contributed to the spread of drought in the African countries, in particular the horn of Africa and Northern part of Kenya, where i live. Thousands of animals including goat, cattle, camel and wildlife succumbed to death. Thousands of children died millions remain malnourished while elderly people were not spared either. The photos explain the extent to which people search for drinking water for themselves and their animals.

How Are You Greening Your Life? - Winner of the Sixth Week!

"Our Future Has Been Served" by Nico Eloranta.

Be The Movement Youth Pledge

We, the participants of "Be The Movement", a global forum organized by the University of Warsaw and Connect4Climate on this day, November 20, 2013, jointly and solemnly declare:

Be The Movement Speakers

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Eliza Anyangwe

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<h3>Global Development Professionals Network, The Guardian</h3>

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<h4>"A lot of effort is spent on trying to tell people that climate change is happening, but not very much on on trying to give the people [...] a sense of what they can do."</h4>
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Cameroon-born Eliza Anyangwe is a London-based writer. By day she manages content for the Guardian's Global Development Professionals Network and spends the rest of her time documenting Africa’s representation in the media and in the arts through her blog “Product Of My Past.” She is also one of the organizers of Africa Gathering, London.

In the past, Anyangwe has been a social entrepreneur, promoting sustainability in fashion; the West African cotton project officer for the environmental NGO PAN UK; a writer on development issues for the Guardian Katine Project and jack-of-all-trades during an internship at Action Against Hunger UK. She has a voracious appetite for knowledge with special interest in ICT4D, social media and governance, media and development, Africa and the fashion industry, and of course, illustrated novels.
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Peter Bakker (via video message)

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<h3>President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)</h3>

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<h4>"Your generation needs to step up, dream big, find solutions, and add them to Action2020."</h4>
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Peter Bakker joined the WBCSD in January 2012 after having been involved as a member for a number of years in his role as CEO of TNT NV, the Netherlands based holding company of TNT Express and Royal TNT Post. Peter is a respected leader in corporate responsibility. He is the recipient of Clinton Global Citizen Award in 2009 and the SAM Sustainability Leadership Award in 2010, and is a UN WFP Ambassador Against Hunger. In addition to his role at the WBCSD, Peter is the Chairman of War Child Netherlands; a Co-Chair in the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN-LN); Council member for China Council for International Cooperation (CCICED); and Deputy Chairman for International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC). Peter holds a master’s degree in Business Economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam and a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from the HTS Alkmaar.

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Geoff Barnard

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<h3 style="line-height: 20.0063037872314px;">Knowledge Management Strategy Advisor- Climate & Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)</h3>

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<h4>"We are wasting time when time is so precious right now."</h4>
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Geoff Barnard helped develop CDKN’s approach to communications as leader of its knowledge management team. He now plays an advisory role, focusing particularly on learning, and CDKN’s work with think tanks and other knowledge brokers. He is closely involved in the Climate Knowledge Brokers Group, and chairs the Steering Group that coordinates its events and activities.

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Prof. Krzysztof Blazejczyk

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<h3 style="line-height: 20.0063037872314px;">Head of Climatology, University of Warsaw</h3>

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<h4>"How do we transfer knowledge from researchers to journalists with the most simple but not trivial way?"</h4>
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Krzysztof Blazejczyk is a professor of Earth Sciences and head of the Department of Climatology at the University of Warsaw. He is an expert in climatology, climate change impacts and human bioclimatology. His research deals with human influences on climate and the consequences of climate change on humans as individuals and on society at large. His special interests are the relationships between climate and human health as well as urban climate issues.

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David Cadman

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<h3 style="line-height: 20.0063037872314px;">President ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability</h3>

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<h4>"Time is not on our side. It's time to get angry, it's time to say we want a future."</h4>
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David Cadman is a former Vancouver city councillor, social and environmental activist, and a member of the Coalition of Progressive Electors. Cadman studied at the University of the South in Tennessee and got a master’s in international development in Geneva. He also attended the Sorbonne. Cadman spent several years in Tanzania and Kenya developing literacy programs. Back in his native Canada, he worked for the Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia and the Greater Vancouver Regional District as communications director. He has served as president of the Society Promoting Environmental Conservation. Since 2007, Cadman is President of the international organization 'ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability' an international organization of nearly 1,000 local governments that have made a commitment to sustainability. He heads ICLEI’s executive committee, representing the organization to other international bodies.

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Bruce Campbell

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<h3 style="line-height: 20.0063037872314px;">Program Director, Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCFAS)</h3>

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<h4>"What is a climate smart village? It's about new technologies, it's about climate information services, it's about local knowledge and institutions and it is about village development plans."</h4>
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Bruce Campbell is a specialist in inter-disciplinary work, championing new approaches to doing applied research on natural resource management. In 2009, he became Director of the newly-established CGIAR Challenge Program on Climate Change at the University of Copenhagen, and in 2011 Director of its successor, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Campbell is a staff member of the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). For two decades, he focused on social-ecological systems in southern Africa, during which he served as the inaugural Director of the Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Zimbabwe. He serves on several editorial boards, and is a scientific committee member of PECS, the ICSU Program on Ecosystem Change and Society. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and more than a dozen books. He holds degrees in ecology from Cape Town (B.Sc. Hons.), Minnesota (M.Sc.) and Utrecht (Ph.D.) Universities.

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Corrado Clini

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<h3>Director General Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea</h3>

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<h4>"Connect4Climate is working in order to build a global movement to raise awareness and demand action against climate change."</h4>
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Clini was the director of the department of environmental protection and industrial medicine in Venice-Porto Marghera in the 1980s. He became the director general of the Italian environment ministry in the 1990s and was appointed Minister for a period of two years (2011-2013), after which he regained the position of Director General. From 2000 to 2001 he served as co-chairman of the G8 task force on renewable energy. He was also co-chairman of the European environmental and health committee of the United Nations economic commission for Europe. Clini also worked as a visiting professor at the Department for Environmental Sciences and Engineering of Tshingua University (Beijing) and at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

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Marion Davis

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<h3>Communications Manager, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)</h3>

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<h4>"Adaptation is a learning process, climate change, everything we are doing, we are learning so it will get better."</h4>
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Marion Davis handles communications for SEI's Reducing Climate Risk theme – including editing, writing support, online materials, social media, outreach, media relations, and internal communications. She also manages communications for SEI-US and works closely with SEI headquarters on global communications. Davis joined SEI-US in February 2010, initially managing editing and communications for the Climate Economics Group. She came to SEI with more than 15 years' experience in journalism and public relations, mostly focusing on domestic public-policy issues in the U.S. Born and raised in Costa Rica, she is fluent in Spanish and English and also speaks German and French. Davis has a B.A. in English and history from Georgetown University and an M.S. in print journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

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Yvo De Boer

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<h3>KPMG’s Special Global Advisor on Climate Change and Sustainability</h3>

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<h4>"There is a massive fear to be a first mover, to begin, to drive that change."</h4>
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Yvo de Boer (born June 12, 1954) was appointed by then Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from 4 September 2006 to 1 July 2010. He resigned in 2010 to join KPMG as its Special Global Advisor, Climate Change and Sustainability and global ambassador. In 2011, he was appointed to chair the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Climate Change. Alongside his work for KPMG, de Boer is currently a Professional Fellow at the University of Maastricht and is a certified mediator. He is a Member of the Board of the Centre for Clean Air Policy, a Council Member of the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (and co-chair of the taskforce on Climate and Energy), a member of the Green Growth Leaders, a member of the Capital Markets Climate Initiative steering group (established by UK Climate Minister Greg Barker), a Board Member of the Carbon Markets International Association, a member of the International Advisory Group of the Rotterdam Climate Initiative, as well as a Board member of the Carbon Markets International Association. Mr. de Boer received a knighthood from her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands in 2009 and the Dutch Climate Award in 2010.

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Lucia Grenna

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<h3>Senior Communication Officer & Programme Manager Connect4Climate, World Bank</h3>

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<h4>"There is no risk in being environmentally friends, and no risk in doing the right thing, but a huge risk to ignore what could happen."</h4>
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Lucia Grenna heads the unit specializing in Communication for Climate Change at the World Bank operational communication division, where she has been working since 1999. She is the author of several articles and publications on communication for development. She was the task manager for the First World Congress on Communication for Development (WCCD, Rome 2006) that brought together for the first time more than 800 communication professionals engaged in development initiatives, policy- and decision-making, NGOs, community representatives, and academics from around the world to discuss how to mainstream development communication into development policies and practice. Prior to joining the World Bank, she worked as a journalist in print and electronic media and produced hundreds of interviews on issues related to economic and social development. Mrs. Grenna also produced and marketed several multinational movies and documentaries, and was a team member of the World Bank/CNN Millennial campaign. In addition, Mrs. Grenna has worked with the private sector, UN agencies and European Union. An Italian national, she speaks English, Italian and Spanish.

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Dr. Sepo Hachigonta

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<h3>Program Manager: Climate Change, FANRPAN, African Climate</h3>

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<h4>"We believe knowledge lies with the people."</h4>
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Sepo Hachigonta is responsible for coordinating FANRPAN's climate change projects including adaptation and mitigation. Since 2008, Hachigonta has been part of a team that runs training workshops on the use of climate information for policy development. The training is facilitated by University of Cape Town (UCT) in collaboration with United Nations Framework for Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC). Hachigonta holds an MSc and a PhD in Environmental Science from UCT. He also holds a BSc in Physics and Electronics from the University of Zambia.

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Jamie Henn

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<h3>Strategy and Communications Director and Co-Founder, 350.org</h3>

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<h4>"We need to be a bit more like the world that we want to create. Instead of one big coal plant we want distributed solar panels. Instead of one campaign we want many campaigns that work together and are interconnected and create power together."</h4>
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Jamie Henn is the co-founder and Communications Director for 350.org, which grew from a group of six college friends and the writer Bill McKibben into one of the largest climate change campaigns in the world. The campaign now has over 40 staff members working on six continents and nearly a million supporters. Henn plays a key role in creating 350.org’s strategy, coordinating its political advocacy, and helping the organization grow. Under his leadership as communications director, 350.org  has been featured in front page coverage in the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, NBC, ABC, PBS, BBC, Guardian and Le Monde. Aside from his 350.org activities he is the co-author of "Fight Global Warming Now" and "The Next Eco-Warriors" and a regular speaker at environmental conferences and events.

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Wael Hmaidan

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<h3>Director Climate Action Network (CAN)</h3>

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<h4>"Key for success is not IQ, not anything related to discipline, but it is grit, which is having the courage to stand up and continue with full motivation and dedication to achieve something."</h4>
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Wael Hmaidan is director of CAN – International. A social entrepreneur, in 2007 he founded IndyACT, a Lebanon-based organization that has spread throughout the Arab World and Europe. He has more than 16 years of experience in NGO management and environmental campaigning in a number of NGOs. He began as the Greenpeace campaigner for the Arab World, helping establish the energy and marine reserves campaign in the region. Through IndyACT’s climate campaign, Hmaidan has been able to influence Arab climate policy and raise the profile of climate change among the region’s public and governments. He served as one of Lebanon’s lead negotiators in the UNFCCC. Hmaidan considers himself as a global citizen and whenever possible, works tn strengthen civil society in the Arab region, especially after the Arab spring. He holds an Executive MBA degree from INSEAD.

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Michelle Kovacevic

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<h3>CIFOR</h3>

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<h4>"Communications can be building awareness, motivation, self-belief, knowledge and skills."</h4>
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Michelle is a science communicator with an honours degree in neuroscience from the University Of Melbourne, Australia. She has experience across many science communication platforms including magazines, radio, presenting (to students, policymakers and practitioners), corporate PR, academia and capacity building. Michelle is currently the editor of the Forests News blog and coordinates CIFOR's multilingual social media channels.

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Prof. Zbigniew Kundzewicz

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<h3>Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact, Research Portal</h3>

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<h4>"In Poland the inconvenient truth is very inconvenient because we sit on a lot of coal. […] The renewable that we can use is biomass."</h4>
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Prof. Zbigniew Kundzewicz, a professor of Earth Sciences, is a corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Sciences; Head of the Laboratory of Climate and Water Resources in the Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań (RCAFE PAS), and a Senior Scientist in the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany. He was lead author of Chapter 13 (Europe) in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s WG2 TAR (Climate Change - Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerabilities) and of Chapter 3 (Freshwater resources and their management) in IPCC’s WG2 AR4. He also was lead author of IPCC’s Technical Paper on Climate Change and Water and of Chapter 4 of the IPCC Special Report on Extremes. He was part of the inner circle of the IPCC, which was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He is also a member of the Advisory Board on the Environment (including Climate Change) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program. Prof. Kundzewicz holds the position of Editor-in-Chief of the scientific bi-monthly “Hydrological Sciences Journal” (Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK) and is a member of editorial boards of several scientific journals. He has authored 387 publications.

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Rachel Kyte

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<h3>Vice President Sustainable Development Network, World Bank</h3>

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<h4>"We believe we can't solve climate change without poverty and we can't solve poverty without climate change. These two are inextricably linked and they are the moral challenge of this generation."</h4>
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Rachel Kyte became Vice President of Sustainable Development at the World Bank in September, 2011. As such, she has overall responsibilities for the organization’s global work in agriculture, environment, energy, infrastructure, urban, and social development, along with global public goods issues in those areas. Prior to her appointment, she was the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) Vice President for Business Advisory Services and a member of IFC's Management Team. Prior to joining the IFC, Ms. Kyte was a member of the management team of the World Conservation Union—IUCN. She has held elected positions in Europe, and founded and led non-government organizations focusing on women, the environment, health, and rights. Ms. Kyte holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a Bachelor of Arts in politics and history from the University of London.

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Prof. Andrzej Lisowski

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<h3>Dean, University of Warsaw</h3>

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<h4>"Now the traditional technocratic approach from above does not hold the monopoly on resolving contemporary problems. Climate dialogue, effective communication, raising awareness about climate change are necessary components of human activity."</h4>
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Andrzej Lisowski is Dean of the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies and head of the Department of Urban Geography and Urban Planning at the University of Warsaw. A professor of Earth Sciences, he is an expert in social and urban geography. His research deals with relationships between geography and social sciences as well as with social problems associated with large agglomerations. He has a special interest in perceptions of environmental disasters.
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Antonio Navarra

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<h3>President, Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate</h3>

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<h4>"We need to present policies as immediate benefits […] We need to find ways to represent future generations in the democratic process."</h4>
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Antonio Navarra is Dirigente di Ricerca of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, where he has also been a member of its Consiglio Direttivo. He is a member of the National Institute of Astrophysics; an Affiliate Scientist of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the US, and a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Asia-Pacific Climate Center in South Korea. He has been active in the investigation of the dynamical mechanisms that control climate on a global scale, with a special focus on the natural climatic variability of the atmosphere-ocean system on interannual to decadal or centennial scale. The broad aims of his research are to understand the principal modes of climate variability and to simulate future climate scenarios. Dr. Navarra teaches in the “Climate Change Science and Management” doctorate program at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice. He has published more than 90 articles in international peer-reviewed journals and edited or written numerous books. He got his degree in physics from Bologna and holds a doctorate from Princeton University’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory.

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Prof. Alojzy Nowak

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<h3>Vice President of the University of Warsaw</h3>

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<h4>"People all over the world have already forgotten that they have to think about the future, they have to think about the nations, they have to think about young people."</h4>
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Alojzy Nowak is a professor of economic sciences. He studied at renowned universities in Great Britain, USA, Germany and France. For many years he was Dean of the Faculty of Management and recently became Vice President of the University of Warsaw. He serves as economic adviser to many banks and companies as well as the Polish government. He is an author or co-author of many research papers and books on the economy, human resources and business management.
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Irene Peccetti

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<h3>Special Project Manager at Cruciani</h3>

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<h4>"We imagined a bracelet, which can be a symbol for the movement [...] in order to improve and to spread a message and improve the awareness all around the world about climate change."</h4>
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Irene Peccetti collaborated with the Cermes Institute at Bocconi University in Milan before finishing her Master's in commercial marketing strategies. She worked in marketing with Danone Baby Nutrition and then relocated back to Perugia, the "Green Heart of Italy." There, she works as a Special Project Manager for Cruciani, which specializes in cashmere clothing and is a world leader in the production of Macrame lace accessories.

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Nick Nuttall

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<h3>Director of the Division of Communications and Public Information, UNEP</h3>

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<h4>"We need to change rules of the game. The rules are not working in favor of climate change."</h4>
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Nick Nuttall is Communications Director and Spokesperson for the UN Environment Programme headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also the spokesperson, principal speechwriter and creative writer for UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director, Achim Steiner. Nuttall joined UNEP in 2001 working for former UNEP Executive Director and former German Minister of the Environment Klaus Toepfer. He is credited with collaborating with Toepfer to develop the UNEP theme "Environment for Development." Before joining UNEP, he was the Environment and Technology Correspondent at The Times from 1989 and before that worked for various newspapers and magazines including The Daily Telegraph; The Independent; the Evening Standard, the London Evening News,  and Woman and Cosmopolitan.

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Kelly Rigg

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<h3>Executive Director, Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA)</h3>

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<h4>"We need a full spectrum of people involved, mobilize people who are passionate already and get them to take stronger action."</h4>
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Kelly Rigg is Executive Director of the Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA), a world-wide alliance of more than 300 organizations collaborating under the banner of the “TckTckTck Campaign.” She has been leading international campaigns on climate, energy, oceans, and Antarctica for nearly 30 years. She was a senior campaign director for Greenpeace International and a founder of the Varda Group consultancy providing campaign and strategic advice to a wide range of NGOs. Much of her campaigning has been aimed at achieving strong results from international fora. From 2004 to 2009, she coordinated the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, an alliance of more than 60 NGOs worldwide, working to achieve a UN General Assembly moratorium on high seas bottom trawling. She led Greenpeace International's campaign on climate and renewable energy at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, and the international campaign to save Antarctica from 1986-1990. She has been with the GCCA since 2009.

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Jean-Pierre Roux

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<h3>Communications Officer, MAPS Program / CDKN Africa, South South North</h3>

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<h4>"We emphasize the development first approach, with climate co-benefits."</h4>
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Jean-Pierre Roux provides knowledge management support for MAPS and CDKN. His research interests lie in South African energy policy and understanding how networks of expertise emerge to solve techno-social issues like climate change through technically rigorous and politically legitimate processes. His interests are broadly centered around sustainable development, novel public engagement methodologies, South African energy policy and integrated resource planning, and understanding techno-social networks, that is, the interface between policy-makers, their enlisted experts, and the public--from which environmental policy emerges. He holds an Honors Bachelors in Philosophy from the University of Cape Town and a Masters in Environmental Policy from Oxford.

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Prof. Arno Scharl

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<h3>Head of New Media Technology at MODUL University, Vienna</h3>

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<h4>"The Media Watch on climate change aggregates and processes climate information [...] We track the evolution of trends and the goal is also to shared meaning and understand how others perceive climate change."  </h4>
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Arno Scharl heads the Department of New Media Technology at MODUL University Vienna. Prior to this appointment, he held professorships at Graz University of Technology and the University of Western Australia, and the position of a Key Researcher at the Austrian Competence Center for Knowledge Management. Scharl completed his doctoral research at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, and also holds a PhD and MSc from the University of Vienna, Department of Sports Physiology. Returning from fellowships at the University of California at Berkeley and Curtin University of Technology (funded by an Erwin Schrödinger Research Grant of the Austrian Science Fund), he submitted his habilitation on “Evolutionary Web Development” to the Vienna University of Economics and Business, for which he was awarded the venia docendi and the Senator Wilhelm Wilfling Award in 2000. Mr. Scharl edited two books in Springer’s Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing Series on "The Geospatial Web" and “Environmental Online Communication.” He also founded the ECO research Network and served as co-chair of the 20th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection. His current research interests focus on text mining, integrating semantic and geospatial Web technology, media monitoring, virtual communities and computer-mediated collaboration.

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Camilla Torpe

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<h3>Event Manager at LEGO</h3>

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<h4>"Our vision from LEGO is to develop the builders of tomorrow and empowering children to build what they want to see in their future."</h4>
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Camilla Torpe is event manager for LEGO, the world-renowned children’s toy company. The Sweden-born Torpe began working for the LEGO Group in 1976 when she was a waitress in LEGOLAND Park. After raising three children with her Danish husband, she returned to the LEGO Group and has worked there for the past 23 years. Two of her recent events included "LEGO Build the Change" and the "LEGO Inside Tour."
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Moritz Weigel

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<h3>United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)</h3>

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<h4>“Education is key to bring about urgently needed changes in the way we think and act for building low emission and climate resilient societies.”</h4>
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Moritz Weigel held a Pecha Kucha talk on the United Nations Alliance on Climate Change Education, Training and Public Awareness activities at the Connect4Climate Be The Movement Workshop in Warsaw, 20 November 2013.

Moritz Weigel is an Associate Programme at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

"Education and awareness are absolutely key for bringing about the fundamental changes in the way we think and act that we need for building a sustainable future for all of us."
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Michael Williams

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<h3>Chief Communications & Public Affairs - World Meteorological Organization (WMO)</h3>

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<h4>"Human influence on the climate is clear."</h4>

Michael Williams gave a Pecha Kucha talk on the latest IPCC report at the Conenct4Climate Be The Movement Workshop in Warsaw, 20 November 2013.

Michael is the Chief of Communications and Public Affairs at the World Meteorological Organization.

"Human influence on the climate is clear."

A global competition in 2012: Voices4Climate

In the run-up to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 18) in Qatar this December 2012, the Voices4Climate Photo/Video/Music Video Competition invited young people, ages 13-35, from all over the world to submit photos, videos, and music videos that tell powerful climate change stor

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Voices4Climate Categories

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The photo, video, and music video entries must tell a climate change story related to one of these eight categories: 
1) Agriculture, 2) Energy, 3) Forests, 4) Gender, 5) Health, 6) Water, 7) Jobs and the Green Economy, 8) Cities.

See all the more than 1000 entries in <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/voicesforclimate">our Facebook App</a>.

Browse the music video enteries on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9R0MYGYsvksQIavw0YdyRzKgF35ZOm6S… YouTube Playlist</a>.

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Full list of winners

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The full list of winners has been <a href="https://staging.connect4climate.org/initiative/announcing-voices4climat… on our blog</a> - see the winning submissions and thank you messages in the presentation below and see some <a href="https://staging.connect4climate.org/initiative/announcing-voices4climat… of the winners with their prizes</a>.

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The competition began in August, 2012. The winners were celebrated at the World Bank <a href="https://staging.connect4climate.org/event/connect4climate-right-here-ri… Here Right Now event</a>, March 1, 2013 - see the full ceremony below.

Music video winners will have the opportunity to spend a day with MTV editors in New York or London and have their music videos featured on MTV’s ‘Voices’ platform.

Voices4Climate Photo/Video/Music Video Competition participants had to be between 13 to 35 years of age. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd are awarded in each category, as well as a popular prize and a special prize.