Connect4climate Award
Connect4Climate is a global partnership program under the Communication for Climate Change Multi-Donor Trust Fund of the World Bank Group. It aims to broaden climate literacy worldwide and to promote concrete action against climate change such as the implementation of renewable energy and the reduction of industrial waste. (wiki)
Cyril Muller, Vice President for External Affairs at the World Bank, presents Voices4Climate Special Prize to Muntasir Mamun from Bangladesh for his environmental commitment and his video, “Trash Maniac.” The video documents Mamun’s 100-day bicycle journey across the US. Muntasir’s fellow biking partner on the expedition, Mohammed Zaman, is on stage to accept his prize during the Connect4Climate: Right Here, Right Now event at The World Bank on March 1, 2013 in Washington, District of Columbia. See more of the great and informative entries here: http://
From Kenya to Lithuania to Colombia, Voices4Climate competition winners from 116 countries have received their prizes and certificates! We would like to again thank all of the participants for using their creative energy to document and share climate change stories. If you would like to participate in the next Connect4Climate competition, stay tuned! We will unveil more information in the coming weeks.
Idamiebi Ilamina-Eremie for the music video We Be from Nigeria (3rd Prize in Music Videos)
Maash Sheik Hussein for his picture Wajir County from Kenya (3rd Prize in Gender)
Manthan Charles for his picture Non Conventional Energy Power from India (1st Prize in Energy)
Muntasir Mamun for his video Trash Maniacs from the US (C4C Special Prize)
Oliver A Olivella for his picture La Sequía from Colombia (1st Prize in Water)
Gabija Vyšniauskaitė for her picture Dry Swamp from Lithuania (2nd Prize in Forests)
Christena Dowsett for her picture Health 01 from South Sudan (2nd Prize in Health)
Susannah Peel for her picture Safeguarding the Next Generation from the UK (2nd Prize in Agriculture)
https://www.connect4climate.org/initiative/voices4climate-winners-receive-their-prizes
