Climate change is a significant and urgent challenge for young people. The annual Global Youth Video Competition is a means for youth from around the world to showcase their actions to combat climate change. The objective of the Global Youth Video Competition is to highlight climate action being taken by youth through videos; providing them with a platform to identify their successes and inspire other youth and policy-makers. The involvement of youth in combating climate change is crucial and many are already taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to increase climate change resilience.

The competition was launched by the UN Climate Change secretariat’s “Action for Climate Empowerment” (ACE) initiative, in partnership with the Global Environment Facility’s Small Grants Programme and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme and Television for the Environment (tve). The 2018 and 2019 competitions were funded by the BNP Paribas Foundation.

The competition participants must be between 18 and 30 years old and can submit a maximum 3-minute video corresponding to the year’s themes and requirements. The winners are invited to attend the annual UN Climate Change Conference and get a chance to present their videos in front of a global audience.

Each year, all short-listed videos are showcased through the Youth Climate Report map.

2019 Global Youth Video Competition

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2018 Global Youth Video Competition 

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2017 Global Youth Video Competition

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2016 Global Youth Video Competition

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2015 Global Youth Video Competition

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