The Connect4Climate program started in September 2011 with a photo and video competition that invited African youth to share their stories about climate change in the lead-up to the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Since then, Connect4Climate has steadily broadened in scope, and today
Activities
Film4Climate Global Video Competition 2016: The winners were announced during the UNFCCC COP22 conference at the "Film4Climate: Empowering Global Climate Action" event, November 13, 2016. "Three Seconds" directed by Spencer Sharp, featuring Prince Ea, won the Short Film First Prize. Connect4Climate worked with the UNFCCCAction for Climate Empowerment team on the Young and Future Generations Day and the Momentum for Change event at COP22. In July and August 2016 Connect4Climate partnered on the "1.5°C: The Record We Must Not Break" campaign with its Sport4Climate initiative. On June 20, 2016, Connect4Climate unveiled the Film4Climate Global Video Competition, inviting young filmmakers to submit climate change videos. The competition was first announced at the Cannes Film Festival. The jury, chaired by Bernardo Bertolucci, is composed of film, climate and communication professionals In April 2016 Connect4Climate worked with youth climate leaders in the Digital Media Zone of the United Nations, during the day on the Sustainable Development Goals and the Signing Ceremony of the Paris Climate Change Agreement Building on the Youth4Climate campaign launched in the lead up to the UNFCCC COP21 in Paris, Connect4Climate is working with a number of partners to promote the #Teach4Climate Back to School 2016 Campaign In April 2015 Connect4Climate supported the Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day event in front of the White House, on the National Mall in Washington DC. Presented in 2013, Connect4Climate organized the Action4Climate global video competition. Ten young film crews from ten different countries were chosen as winners in the Action4Climate documentary competition. Winning entries were shown on Times Square, at film festivals including Guadalajara, Chicago, Green Film Festival in Seoul, by broadcastes, for example AfriDocs, and at international conferences and events. In April 2013 Connect4Climate ran the iChange challenge with winners presented at the 26th GrandPrix Advertising Strategies awards event at the Teatro Nazionale in Milan.
