155 countries. 860 videos. Young people around the world has raised their voices to show that climate change poses a major global security threat. More than 800 stories showcasing how this issue impacts present lives and their future remind us of the urgency of tackling this problem.
The world is taking steps but the time is running. It is vital that we change and move towards a clean energy transition that is sustainable, low carbon and cost effective. It is urgent to implement climate-smart agriculture tools. It is urgent to put a price on carbon. It is urgent to save the planet and our future generations’ lives.
However, it is also time to look at climate change as an opportunity. A chance to direct the planet on a new road where public and private funds are invested towards a more sustainable tomorrow. Youth worldwide are saying that it is possible. And we hear them. The Film4Climate Global Video Competition is a window to individual, local and national climate solutions, new technologies, new business models, a personal life based on less consumption and more concentrated on conservation.
Every country has common but distinguished responsibilities. At the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22), held this year in Marrakesh from 7-18 November, parties will take into account regional and national development priorities, and strategize an urgent international action plan that will turn the Paris Agreement into reality.
Climate change affects every portion of Earth. As so for this Conference of the Parties we want you to take a deeper look into every sector impacted by climate change. For this Special COP22 we compiled content related to all the subjects that will be discussed by world leaders in Marrakesh during 12 days. Read articles, opinion blog posts and infographics, and watch videos.
Join us on the road to Marrakesh, during and post COP22 and help us spread the message by using the social media kit here available.
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Global Climate Action
OPINION
It has been a really unprecedented year for global climate action
From the Paris agreement to a new deal on another kind of greenhouse gas, the world is doing a lot to slow climate change. READ MORE
INFORMATIVE
13 SDG: Climate Action
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. READ MORE
CLIMATE TOOL
The Climate Tracker
The "Climate Action Tracker" is an independent science-based assessment, which tracks the emission commitments and actions of countries. READ MORE
VIDEO
#Film4Climate Global Climate Action trailer
Forests
ARTICLE
The importance of urban forests: why money really does grow on trees
Mature trees clean air, lower stress, boost happiness, reduce flood risk – and even save municipal money. So why are they cut down when cities develop – and how should the UN’s new urban agenda protect them? READ MORE
INFOGRAPHIC
Forests Provide Vital Resources to 1.3B people
VIDEO
#Film4Climate Forests trailer
Water
ARTICLE
How can we better value water as global shortages start to threaten economies?
With water shortages exacerbating inequalities and causing damage to economies, making sure the commodity is properly valued by all is essential. READ MORE
REPORT
High and Dry: Climate Change, Water, and the Economy
A new World Bank reports finds that water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change, could hinder economic growth, spur migration, and spark conflict. READ MORE
INFOGRAPHIC
Why Waste Water
Extreme weather, including droughts and floods, will mean more uncertain water supply. CHECK IT
VIDEO
#Film4Climate Water Trailer
Agriculture
BLOG POST
Foster Climate-Smart Agriculture
A growing global population and changing diets are driving up the demand for food. READ MORE.
BLOG POST
Advancing women’s land and resource rights
Development practitioners know secure land rights for women are important for the well-being of rural families, whether a woman is head of her household or lives in a household headed by a man. READ MORE
REPORT
Agriculture must adopt climate-smart practices to better help poverty reduction
The rapid transformation of farming and food systems to cope with a warmer world, such as adopting climate-smart practices, particularly to curb greenhouse gas emissions, is critical for hunger and poverty reduction, the United Nations agriculture agency said today in a new report. READ MORE
INFOGRAPHIC
Livestock diversity helps cope with climate change
Livestock diversity or animal genetic resources are terms used to describe the pool of 38 species of domesticated birds and mammals with more than 8 800 breeds currently used for food and agriculture. CHECK IT
VIDEO
#Film4Climate Agriculture trailer
Cities & Mobility
OPINION
Two billion more people will live in cities by 2035. This could be good – or very bad
Cities are like magnets. Without a better model for growth, people will still come – but they will live in awful conditions. READ MORE
REPORT
How Can We Finance the Resilient Cities of the Future?
By 2030, without significant investment to improve the resilience of cities around the world, climate change may push up to 77 million urban residents into poverty. READ MORE
INFOGRAPHIC
Transit oriented development with land values
VIDEO
#Film4Climate Cities And Mobility trailer
Young & Future Generation
OPINION
Young People Hold the Key to Mobilizing Climate Action
As I look toward our planet’s future, I reflect on numerous examples from our past, in which young generations not only helped lead, but also provided the main spark that forced older decision-makers to push through change. READ MORE
INITIATIVE
Youth4Climate
This initiative celebrates the power of youth. READ MORE
OPINION
COP22: Are you listening to our voices?
Collective efforts for far-reaching changes (climate change) are possible and realistic should politicians choose to listen to the voice of their young people. READ MORE
VIDEO
#Fim4Climate Young & Future Generation Trailer
Energy
ARTICLE
Renewables made up half of net electricity capacity added last year
Experts hail rapid transformation that will see clean energy outgrow fossil fuels in the next five years - but warn UK is failing to exploit huge potential. READ MORE
REPORT
IEA raises its five-year renewable growth forecast as 2015 marks record year
Renewables have surpassed coal last year to become the largest source of installed power capacity in the world. READ MORE
INFOGRAPHIC
Energy Outlook for 2040
As the world tries to become more and more eco-friendly, we ask the question “What will energy production look like in 2040 and what is being done to make the world a greener place?" CHECK IT
MORROCO
Morocco Could See 100 Percent Green Energy Use by 2050
Morocco could run on 100 percent green energy by the year 2050, according to new research on the matter from Stanford University. READ MORE
VIDEO
#Film4Climate Energy trailer
Health
ARTICLE
Air pollution more deadly in Africa than malnutrition or dirty water, study warns
Annual human and economic cost of tainted air runs to 712,000 lost lives and £364bn, finds Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. READ MORE
REPORT
WHO releases country estimates on air pollution exposure and health impact
A new WHO air quality model confirms that 92% of the world’s population lives in places where air quality levels exceed WHO limits. READ MORE
INFOGRAPHIC
Climate Change Threatens Your Health
VIDEO
#Film4Climate Health trailer
Oceans
ARTICLE
Humanity driving 'unprecedented' marine extinction
Report comparing past mass extinction events warns that hunting and killing of ocean’s largest species will disrupt ecosystems for millions of years. READ MORE
INFOGRAPHIC
What is Marine Litter?
MOROCCO
Road to COP22: Protectin Morocco's Coastline
Increasing temperatures, rising sea levels and ocean acidification amplify extremes of climate change. Finding a solution to minimise the impact on coastal areas has become a priority. READ MORE
VIDEO
#Film4Climate Oceans trailer
Waste
ARTICLE
A Sustainable Food System Could Be A Trillion-Dollar Global Windfall
A new report makes a strong bottom-line case for more earth-friendly farming — and eating — practices. READ MORE
REPORT
Reducing Food Loss and Waste
About 24 percent of all calories currently produced for human consumption are lost or wasted. READ MORE
SOLUTIONS4CLIMATE
BuffetGO: a solution for food waste, climate change and world hunger
13% of all the US greenhouse gas emissions result from the food supply chain continues to be widely ignored. READ MORE
INFOGRAPHIC
Food loss and waste facts
Every year around the globe 1.3 billion tonnes of food is lost or wasted, that is a 1/3 of all food produced for human consumption. CHECK IT
MOROCCO
Morocco Lets Nothing Go To Waste
Morocco looks at waste as a resource which can be better managed to fuel the economy and reduce environmental impacts. READ MORE
VIDEO
#Film4Climate Waste trailer
Education
OPINION
Our kids learn their ABCs in school. But why not climate change?
The classroom is the right place to start educating our citizens about the greatest challenge they will face. READ MORE
INITIATIVE
#Teach4Climate Back to School 2016 Campaign
Teaching young people about climate change – its causes, effects, and what we can do about it – is vital. READ MORE
ARTICLE
Two-thirds of US students are taught climate change badly, study finds
Just 38% of US schoolchildren were taught that climate change is linked to fossil fuels, with many teachers spending less than an hour a year on the subject. READ MORE
INFOGRAPHIC
What Can We Do About Climate Change?
OPINION
Films as a Tool in Education for Sustainable Development
Towards Raising an Environmentally-conscious Generation in India. READ MORE
VIDEO
#Film4Climate Education Trailer
Conservation
OPINION
5 ways to help the Arctic as the planet warms
The Arctic—home to diverse wildlife and many cultures—is changing faster than any other part of the planet in the face of climate change. READ MORE
REPORT
WWF's Living Planet Report 2016
The future of our Planet is in our hands. WWF's Living Planet Report 2016 shows the scale of the challenge - and what we can do about it. READ MORE
GALLERY
What We Fight For
VIDEO
#Film4Climate Conservation trailer
Gender
ARTICLE
Economic gender parity nearly two centuries off, WEF finds
Progress in closing the global workplace gender gap is slowing dramatically, according to a World Economic Forum study, with a notable exception in Rwanda, a country still emerging from the aftermath of genocide that has become the world's leader on equal pay. READ MORE
REPORT
The Global Gender Gap Report 2016
Through the Global Gender Gap Report, the World Economic Forum quantifies the magnitude of gender disparities and tracks their progress over time. READ MORE
OPINION
The invisible lives of the girls who get left behind
The economic empowerment of women is vital to global development. If gender gaps in labour markets were completely closed, as much as $28 trillion could be added to global annual GDP by 2025. READ MORE
BLOG POST
Women at the forefront of peacebuilding
Sixteen years since the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 1325 in 2000, the women, peace and security agenda remains relevant and critical in the face of rising violence, extremism and deadly conflicts. READ MORE
INFOGRAPHIC
Gender equality – Where are we today?
VIDEO
#Film4Climate Gender trailer
Innovation
OPINION
How Virtual Reality Can Help Us Feel the Pain of Climate Change
It's hard to comprehend the concept of oceans getting more acidic. Unless you become the coral. READ MORE
ARTICLE
Poor countries have the edge on climate innovation
The developing world and emerging markets are among the most exciting places for climate policy and innovation, according to a former White House official. READ MORE
ARTICLE
UN awards Moroccan fog-water harvesting project
The system, developed and installed by Morocco based NGO Dar Si Hmad, is said to be the largest fog-water harvesting system in the world. READ MORE
VIDEO
#Film4Climate Innovating for Climate Solutions Trailer
Consumption
ARTICLE
Human Consumption of Earth's Natural Resources Has Tripled in 40 Years
Humans' appetite for gnawing away at the fabric of the Earth itself is growing prodigiously. READ MORE
REPORT
Global Material Flows and Resource Productivity
In recent years, interest in resource efficiency and sustainable management of natural resources has increased considerably, standing out as one of the top priorities on the international political agenda. READ MORE
INFOGRAPHIC
The True Environmental Cost of Eating Meat
Do you know the real cost of a steak? We’re not talking about the dollars that people shell out to buy one, but rather the environmental cost of creating it? CHECK IT
GALLERY
Industrial scars: The environmental cost of consumption
Environmental artist J Henry Fair captures the beauty and destruction of industrial sites to illustrate the hidden impacts of the things we buy. SEE IT
VIDEO
#Film4Climate: Become a climate-friendly consumer trailer
Price On Carbon
BLOG POST + INITIATIVE
Global Cooperation through Carbon Markets Could Cut Climate Mitigation Costs Dramatically
Greater cooperation through carbon trading could reduce the cost of climate change mitigation by 32 percent by 2030, according to a new World Bank report. READ MORE
INITIATIVE
The solution to climate change: #PutAPriceOnIt
The goal of the Put A Price On It campaign is to put a price on carbon pollution by mobilizing the support of generations most affected by climate change: young people. READ MORE
INFOGRAPHIC
Capacity building for CO2 mitigation from international aviation
VIDEO
#Film4Climate Put a Price on Carbon trailer
