UNFCCC/CDM International Photo, Video and Podcast Contest 2012


The UNFCCC invites you to participate in a contest that aims to select extraordinarily good ways of highlighting the benefits of the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism. The three categories of the contest aim to inspire participants to communicate a complex message in a way that might surprise or even awaken people. We’re looking for striking images, impressive videos and interesting podcasts that showcase CDM projects or their related benefits.

The winning works will be displayed in a dedicated booth at the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference in Doha in December 2012, while short-listed entries could feature prominently in important print and promotional material, on the UNFCCC website and other platforms, such as Facebook Twitter, YouTube, iTunes, Soundcloud etc. If you can illustrate the benefits of the CDM in a simple and exciting way then share your submission with us! Show off your work, show off the benefits of the CDM, and help promote sustainable development and greenhouse gas emission reductions.

UNFCCC/CDM Photo Contest 2012

Image Photo Contest

Whether you are a professional or an amateur photographer, send us your best photos on the theme “CDM Changing Lives” and help the world learn about the value of the CDM.

We’re looking for striking images that showcase CDM projects or their related benefits. Whether it’s a photo highlighting a climate-friendly project or related benefits in health, sanitation, infrastructure development, rural electrification or some other area, we want to see your vision of this remarkable mechanism.

Photos will be judged on originality, technical excellence, artistic merit, and their persuasiveness in telling the story of the CDM on the theme “Changing Lives”. The Wow Factor is also very important, so we’ll be looking for photos able to grab the viewer’s attention and hold it.

Have a winning shot? Then send it in.

Submission deadline:
24 September 2012

UNFCCC/CDM Video Contest 2012

We invite you to grab a camcorder, put on your director’s cap and create a compelling, exciting video that completes the phrase: “People should know about this CDM project because?”
Image Video Contest

From animated shorts to mini-documentaries, we will be looking for videos that tell an interesting CDM story, whether it is about the creation of new jobs, the greening of industry, or the development of rural services and infrastructure. The video contest is open to any individuals or groups, professional or amateur.

Judging will be based on originality, composition, technical excellence, artistic merit and effectiveness in addressing the theme and completing the phrase “People should know about this CDM project because?”. Our judges also appreciate humour, so you may send us a video that can make them smile.

It’s your chance to let the world know how CDM projects are making a difference and inspire others to do the same. Send us your video.

Submission deadline:
24 September 2012

UNFCCC/CDM Podcast Contest 2012

Image Podcast Contest

Following the success of our photo and videos contests in previous years, we are adding one more category in 2012 hoping to attact those podcast enthusiasts who can tell an interesting CDM story in simple and exciting way.

Under the theme “Changing Lives”, broadcasters, freelancers and amateurs are invited to create a compelling podcast that answers the following question: “How has my community/city/country benefited from the CDM?”

The podcast could be a chat show, an interview or a mini documentary. All you need is a microphone, a recording device and lots of enthusiasm.

Podcasts will be judged on originality, technical excellence, variety of content and their persuasiveness in telling an interesting story about the CDM.

Have an interesting story to tell? Then send it in.

Submission deadline:
24 September 2012