The fifth edition of the Global Youth Video Competition encouraged young people from around the world to showcase their videos highlighting actions to combat climate change. Video entries could be submitted from 24 May to 28 July 2019.
The 2019 video competition was jointly organized to broaden the scope of entries and mobilize the global youth along the lines of the Global Climate Action Summit called in September by the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres. It was led by the Secretariats of the three environmental conventions, the United Nations Climate Change (UNFCCC), Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD), and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), in partnership with the Global Environment Facility-United Nations Development Programme Small Grants Programme (UNDP/GEF SGP), Television for Environment(tve) and BNP Paribas Foundation.
Themes:
The short-listed videos will be showcased through the Youth Climate Report map.
The 2019 Global Youth Video Competition was divided into 3 categories:
Each Convention was responsible for one of the three categories. One winner was selected from each category. The final three winners were invited to attend the UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid, Spain (COP 25). Their videos were presented in front of a global audience, and the winners were afforded the opportunity to work with the UN Climate Change's communications team covering highlights of COP25.
Winners
Source: https://unfccc.int/news/winners-of-2019-global-youth-video-competition-announced
Over 400 videos were submitted by young people between the ages of 18 and 30 from 114 countries, focusing on the issues of cities and local action to combat climate change, nature-based solutions for food and human health and balancing the use of land for people and ecosystems.
The winners were announced at the UN Secretary-General’s Youth Climate Summit in New York in September 2019.
The winning entries:
Category 1: Cities and local action to combat climate change
The video by Raquel Gaião Silva presents the efforts made by the Portuguese NGO “Ocean Alive” to protect the seagrass meadows in Setúbal. The video describes how volunteers collaborate with marine scientists to learn about biodiversity and the scientific protocols for environmental quality assessments. “Ocean Alive” works to educate students and the local fishing community, in order to promote behavior change, reduce destructive fishing, and protect the seagrass meadows.
Watch the video by Raquel Gaião Silva please click here
Category 2: Nature-based solutions for food and human health
In their 3-minute entry, Rafael Forsetto and Kiane Assis define agroecology and show how it has become part of the culture for farmers in Paraná, Brazil. These farmers avoid pesticides and seek to increase biodiversity and reduce the ecological impact of their agricultural practices. Through the Latin American School of Agroecology, they work to share their knowledge and good practices.
Watch the video by Rafael Forsetto and Kiane Assis please click here
Category 3: Balancing use of land for people and ecosystems
This video by Callie Broaddus describes what inspired her to set up “Reserva: The Youth Land Trust,” an organization designed to empower youth to fight climate change and biodiversity loss through land conservation. Reserva is working to create the world’s first entirely youth-funded reserve in Ecuador’s Chocó Rainforest.
Watch the video by Callie Broaddus please click here
More information on the 2019 winners can be found here.