(The authors of the top five
prize-winning stories will be invited to attend and cover the COP21 UN climate
summit in Paris)
Oxfam will support the Voice2Paris global storytelling
contest (http://www.apo.af/BN50Jt) launched in August by the United National
Development Programme (UNDP) (http://www.undp.org) by providing three
additional fellowships for participating journalists to cover the UN Conference
on Climate Change, COP21, in Paris in December. Oxfam’s contribution to the
contest aims at encouraging journalists’ participation in climate change reporting
and raising public awareness of climate actions.
“The contest is a
fantastic opportunity to create awareness of the harmful impacts of climate
change on communities, and of potential opportunities in climate-vulnerable
developing countries. This is also a great opportunity for young journalists to
strengthen their perception of climate change and to frame it not merely as an
environmental issue but also as an issue of social justice and poverty
alleviation” said Wang Binbin, Manager of the Climate Change and Poverty Team,
Oxfam Hong Kong.
The storytelling contest targets writers 35 years and under
from developing countries who want to contribute – locally and internationally
– towards greater public awareness of climate change.
The authors of the top five prize-winning stories will be
invited to attend and cover the COP21 UN climate summit in Paris. UNDP will
support the top two winners and Oxfam, as a special partner in the contest,
will cover travel costs and per diem for writers of the next three best stories
worldwide.
“We welcome the partnership with Oxfam, as it gives UNDP
concrete support to expand the voices of vulnerable countries, helps depict the
reality of climate change globally, and gives a new generation of journalists a
chance to get heard during COP21” said Jo Scheuer, Director, Climate Change and
Disaster Risk Reduction at UNDP’s Bureau for Policy and Programme Support.
Stories can be submitted in English, and in Arabic, Chinese,
French and Spanish with an English translation, on a rolling basis until October
11th, 2015. Guidelines for participating are available on the UNDP Geneva
website: http://www.apo.af/bXq9up.
The stories, once screened and scored, will be published on
UNDP’s website and disseminated through partners’ channels to ensure maximum outreach
and to support the call for an ambitious agenda for climate action to be
endorsed at COP21.
Sarah Bel
UNDP Communication Specialist
media4climate@undp.org
+41 22 917 8544
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