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Competition Closed November 15, 2011

The Competition: In the run-up to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 17) in Durban, South Africa this December, Connect4Climate launched a photo and video challenge on climate change People from the ages of 13 to 35 were invited to share their personal climate change stories focused on Africa around six themes: Agriculture, Energy, Forests, Gender, Health and Water - see all the submission on our Facebook App.

 As we rang in the New Year, the entry period for the Voices4Climate competitions came to a close. The entire team at Connect4Climate would like to extend our sincere thanks to all the participants who sent in compelling photos, videos, and music videos on climate change.

Some interesting things have been happening here at Connect4Climate. In just over one month, our Voices4Climate competition has received more than 500 climate change stories from 65 countries and counting. To connect with some local voices, we sat down for a chat about sustainability with a local D.C. band, The Funk Ark—check out the video above. And last but not least, C4C is working out the details of an exciting new partnership.

The panelists participating in the discussion on Harnessing Collective Intelligence for Climate Change are ready. The discussions, scheduled to take place live on May 1, 2012 at 10 am EST, will be broadcast via a livestream link. If you are unable to attend in person, head on over to our live stream page to follow the discussion. The panel, listed below, will take questions from a global audience via Twitter.

May 27 2015 Join UN Foundation, Connect4Climate and Bertha Centre, Cape Town, June 4, 3-5 PM (NDT)

Register to take part: eventbrite.com/e/new-vision-new-voices-tickets-17077990730

Watch online: livestream.com/plussocialgood/newvisionnewvoicesplussocialgood

Every day, the world population generates enough waste to fill over fourteen large soccer stadiums from top to bottom, more than 3.5 million tonnes. Cittadinanzattiva’s first National Day –Cittadinanza in Festa – will be dedicated to inspiring innovative ways for solving the world’s waste challenge.

Update: The deadline has been extended to May 15, 2013!

Making a video can take a bit of time, so we moved the iChange competition deadline to May 15, 2013! Read the rules and learn more about the prizes on the Facebook Application.

We have also created one pagers, presentations, and videos in mutliple languages, with a quick summary of all of the information you need to prepare your iChange entry. Select your language below--and get filming!

Please join World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, Sustainable Development Network Vice President Rachel Kyte, External Affairs Vice President Cyril Muller, Africa Vice President Makhtar Diop, the Global Environment Facility’s CEO and Chairperson Naoko Ishii, and the Italian Minister of the Environment Corrado Clini for an evening to celebrate youth engagement in creative climate action.