International Youth Photography Competition
London, 16 March – Addressing Climate Change: In Focus is a global photography competition, created to raise awareness on climate change amongst the youth of the world, giving them a voice that will be heard by world leaders and negotiators alike. Seen through the lens of the world’s younger generation, their interpretation of climate change will be all the more poignant.
“The Paris Climate Agreement was a resounding success. But the agreement itself was only the first step. It now needs to be signed, ratified and implemented by all governments. For speedy and effective implementation, we need the full support of all sectors of society. Photography and art can play a key role in visually highlighting the impacts of climate change and the many possibilities of effective climate action,” said Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC.
The competition was created by landscape photographer Henry Dallal, founder of the Addressing Climate Change Project, and endorsed by the Secretariat of the UNFCCC and is being launched as governments prepare to sign the historic Paris Climate Change Agreement at a special ceremony in New York on 22 April.
Photographer Henry Dallal and UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres at NASDAQ Opening Bell on 25 September 2015
Managed by the Lucie Foundation, the Competition will be open internationally to all youths aged 7 to 18. In today’s world, where photography is an increasingly accessible medium, participants need only a mobile phone to capture powerful images of the effects of climate change.
Selected images will be exhibited within the Blue Zone at the United Nations Climate Summit (COP22) in Marrakech (7-18 November) to delegates from all over the globe.
“Young people are critical in this global effort to address climate change. Having photographed the UN Climate Change conferences for many years, I became inspired to create a global competition involving the younger generation, our future climate custodians, at a grassroots level,” said Henry Dallal, acclaimed photographer and founder of the Addressing Climate Change Project.
For additional information, or to arrange interviews, please contact:
Links:
Addressing Climate Change: In Focus http://cc.lucies.org/
Henry Dallal www.henrydallalphotography.com
The Lucie Foundation http://www.luciefoundation.org/
About the UNFCCC
With 196 Parties, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has near universal membership and is the parent treaty of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol has been ratified by 192 of the UNFCCC Parties. For the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, 37 States, consisting of highly industrialized countries and countries undergoing the process of transition to a market economy, have legally binding emission limitation and reduction commitments. In Doha in 2012, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol adopted an amendment to the Kyoto Protocol, which establishes the second commitment period under the Protocol. The ultimate objective of both treaties is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system.
Follow UNFCCC on Twitter: @UNFCCC | español: @CMNUCC | français: @CCNUCC | Deutsch: @UNKlima
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres on Twitter: @CFigueres
UNFCCC on Facebook: facebook.com/UNclimatechange
UNFCCC on Instagram: @UNFCCC
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Addressing Climate Change: In Focus http://cc.lucies.org/
Henry Dallal www.henrydallalphotography.com
The Lucie Foundation http://www.luciefoundation.org/
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GIVEAWAY: Locavore to benefit the National MS Society’s Ohio Buckeye Chapter
There’s nothing quite like a “welcome back from the weekend” than a vocabulary lesson to kick off a Monday, right?
LOCAVORE
lo·ca·vore [loh-kuh-vawr, ‐vohr]
noun
a person who makes an effort to eat food that is grown, raised, or produced locally, usually within 100 miles of home.
(source: dictionary.com)
So why feature this specific word today? Because the plans are happening for Locavore, a benefit for the National MS Society’s Ohio Buckeye Chapter:
Now in its fourth year, it’s time to join the local chapter of the National MS Society at its annual tasting event on Friday, September 27 starting at 6PM at Windows on the River on the West bank of the Flats.
The Ohio Buckeye Chapter promises that “your senses will be indulged
as you sample decadent chocolates and pastries, and delicious hors
d’oeuvres from local Cleveland vendors all paired with some of Ohio’s
finest wines made from Ohio-grown grapes.” Check out the Flickr set from the 2012 event – everything looks pretty tasty to me!
Participating restaurants include:
- AMP 150
- Cork & Cleaver Social Kitchen
- Jammy Buggars
- Lilly Handmade Chocolates
- Momocho Mod Mex
- Mitchell’s Homemade Ice Cream
- Maize Valley Winery out of Hartville, Ohio
- Valley Vineyards in Morrow, Ohio
You can purchase tickets at the event website. It’s $60 per person for an event ticket which includes all food and drinks provided from the vendors listed above (a cash bar will also available). An $80 per person Patron ticket also includes an exclusive wine tasting with a wine expert.
…or how would you like to WIN TWO TWO TICKETS TO ATTEND THE 2013 LOCAVORE EVENT HERE ON THE BLOG? Enter by using Rafflecopter to process your entries…
This is another quick one: you have until THIS Friday, September 13 at 12AM to enter. A winner will be announced later that day. Since this is for a local event, please enter only if you/someone you can give the tickets to can attend.
Prepare your stomachs and your Northern Ohio pride – we’ve got some local eating to do! Enter today!
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