In the run-up to the international climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has announced the launch of a radio contest under the theme: Changing Lives.
The winners will be invited to travel to Durban to take part in a two-week programme of briefings and workshop sessions to coincide with the UN Climate Change Conference (November 28 – December 9, 2011), at which the countries of the world will be working hard to develop a global response to the challenge of climate change.
The radio contest is open to all broadcasters and freelancers in Africa and is intended to raise awareness about climate change issues and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol.
The CDM is a market-based mechanism that allows emission-reduction projects in developing countries to earn tradable and saleable credits that can be used by industrialized countries to meet a part of their emission reduction targets under the Kyoto Protocol.
CDM projects are helping local communities in Africa by providing opportunities for sustainable development, creating employment or increased economic activity, improving air quality, and transferring technology, among other benefits.
UNFCCC/CDM African Radio Contest 2011
In this context, UNFCC invites broadcasters and freelancers in Africa to grab their microphone and recording device and create a compelling, exciting radio story that answers the following question:
‘How can my community/city/country benefit from the CDM?’
The stories can fall into two categories:
– Those that relate to a specific, “registered” CDM project (see information below on how to locate registered projects);
– Those that do not relate to a specific registered project, but which explore the potential benefits of CDM for community/city/country (see information below on how to locate the offices of CDM designated national authorities).
Entry criteria
– All radio stories should be no more than 5 minutes in length
– All radio stories should be free of copyright material (including copyrighted background music)
– Radio stories must be in English or translated into English using voice-over production techniques
– Radio stories must be the submitter’s original creation
– By submitting the audio piece for consideration, the submitter attests that the work has not been previously broadcast
Deadline for receiving entries is August 10, 2011.
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