The UNFCC 2023 UN Global Climate Action Awards in Dubai (UN Climate Change Conference, COP 28)

Apply now for the UNFCC 2023 UN Global Climate Action Awards in Dubai (UN Climate Change Conference, COP 28) on Truesport your best worldwide scholarship website on the internet. The UN Global Climate Action Awards are spearheaded by UN Climate Change to shine a light on the massive groundswell of activities underway across the globe that are moving the world toward a highly resilient, low-carbon future. The UN Global Climate Action Awards acknowledges innovative and transformative solutions that tackle both climate change and wider economic, social, and environmental challenges.

The awards programme, run by UN Climate Change since 2011, recognizes the world’s most innovative examples of action to tackle climate change. This year’s awards will showcase youth and projects taking bold and effective climate action in the areas of energy transition and resilient nature. The 2023 award winners will be celebrated at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 28) in Expo City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 30 November to 12 December 2023.

The 2023 UN Global Climate Action Awards will identify climate action led by young people that are acquiring real and tangible results in two categories:

1. YOUTH LEADING THE ENERGY TRANSITION

Acknowledging the efforts of youth (up to 35 years of age) in driving renewable energy and/or energy efficiency activities that are locally led and/or community-focused. These activities incorporate elements of education, training, and public awareness to accomplish goals and achieve greater equity in the community.

2. YOUTH SUPPORTING RESILIENT NATURE

Acknowledging innovative work on nature and resiliency by an individual or group of young people (up to 35 years of age) in indigenous and/or local communities. The activities should be planned to restore, maintain, or promote nature’s resilience or its contributions to people, through nature-based solutions and/or ecosystem-based approaches. These activities include public awareness, public participation, and/or public access to information to achieve its goals, of achieving greater equity in the community.

All the Awards are enforced in partnership with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to IRENA.

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ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS

Applications will be examined based on the following conditions:

• Youth award on energy transition:
• A project, initiative, program, or other activity (led or implemented by young people up to 35 years of age);
• Demonstrating renewable energy and/or energy efficiency outcomes;
• Locally led and/or community-focused;
• Utilising elements of education, training, and/or public awareness to achieve goals;
• Addressing issues of equity in the community;
• Be already implemented or in the course of implementation.
• Youth Award on Nature and eco-system based Climate Action:
• A project, initiative, program, or other activity (led or implemented by young people up to 35 years of age) in indigenous or local communities;
• Demonstrated activities designed to increase nature’s resilience through mitigation, adaptation, and disaster risk reduction actions, including through nature-based solutions and/or ecosystem-based approaches, while minimizing negative and fostering positive impacts of climate action on biodiversity;
• Demonstrated efforts to restore, maintain, and enhance nature’s contributions to people, including ecosystem functions and services…through nature-based solutions and/or ecosystem-based approaches for the benefit of all people and nature;
• Incorporating elements of public awareness, public participation, and/or public access to information to achieve its goals;
• Addressing issues of equity in the community; and
• Be already implemented or in the course of implementation.

MERITS

• Winners will obtain a package of benefits, including travel to and participation in the COP28 Climate Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

AWARD WINNERS WILL THEREFORE RECEIVE

1. UN Climate Change Award certificate presented at a special awards event at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
2. Travel, daily allowance, to participate in COP28 UN Climate Change Conference in the UAE
3. Opportunities to network and present work to policymakers during the UN Climate Change Conference.
4. A video produced about their initiative and distributed to the media
5. Dedicated webpage on the UN Climate Change website
6. Participation in relevant speaking arrangements Throughout 2024
7. Year-long mentoring programme tailored to the needs of each winner

The mentoring programme is planned to empower the chosen winners to build upon their recent achievements by providing a year’s worth of mentoring in priority areas identified by the winners. These may include developing further capacity in advocacy, communications, technical solutions, and/or accessing financing, for example.

PROCEDURES FOR APPLICATION

Applications must be completed online by midnight Central European Time on October 15, 2023.

Application Deadline: 15 October 2023

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