Climate Change: UNDP Launches Writing Competition For Journalists On Paris Summit

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched global storytelling contest, tagged Voices2Paris, to amplify climate coverage on the run up to Paris summit. The competition is part of the UNDP’s contribution to raising public awareness on the negative impacts of climate change as well as on the opportunities and solutions seen in actions by individuals and governments across vulnerable developing countries worldwide.
A statement from UNDP today said that the competition is opened to Journalists of between 25 and 35 years old, from developing countries who are already engaged in public writing and want to contribute ­towards greater public awareness on climate change.
It said that the best stories would be published every day from November 2nd to 29th on UNDP and partners’ sites.
“The authors of the top two prize winning stories will be invited to attend and cover the COP21 UN climate summit in Paris this December.
“Stories can be submitted in English or in Arabic, Chinese, French and Spanish (with an English translation), on a rolling basis until October 11th, 2015.” The statement said that the guidelines to participate are available on UNDP Geneva website. [myad]