The First International Competition for students at school on Climate Change is open for applications

January 24, 2019

The United Nations Development Programme announces the First International Competition of Environmental Projects of school-children on "climate change" based on the set of educational and play materials "Climate Box".

This competition is held in the framework of the regional project “Climate Change Education and Awareness - Climate Box” with the financial support of the Russian Federation.

1.       Brief information about the competition:

The aim of the competition is to attract school-children to work on the study and preparation of practical project development to solve problems related to climate change.

2.       Organizers of the Competition:

UNDP with the assistance of the ministries of education of the countries participating in the regional project, supported by the Russian Federation-UNDP Trust Fund.

The competition categories are as follows:

-          “Climate Change and Water Resource”

-          “Reducing carbon footprint” (at the level of family, school, class, settlement)

3.       Competition Language: Russian

School-children from 12 to 17 years old are invited to participate in the Competition.

All necessary documents (application, abstract and presentation) should be sent to climate.box.tm@gmail.com    by February 25, 2019.

For more information, please read the conditions of the competition here.