The authors of the top five
prize-winning stories will be invited to attend and cover the COP21 UN climate
summit in Paris
Oxfam will support the Voice2Paris global storytelling
contest launched in August by the United National Development Programme
(UNDP) by providing three additional fellowships for participating
journalists to cover the UN Conference on Climate Change, COP21, in Paris in
December. Oxfam’s contribution to the contest aims at encouraging journalists’
participation in climate change reporting and raising public awareness of
climate actions.
The storytelling contest targets writers 35 years and under
from developing countries who want to contribute – locally and internationally –
towards greater public awareness of climate change.
The authors of the top five prize-winning stories will be
invited to attend and cover the COP21 UN climate summit in Paris. UNDP will
support the top two winners and Oxfam, as a special partner in the contest,
will cover travel costs and per diem for writers of the next three best stories
worldwide.
“The contest is a fantastic opportunity to create awareness
of the harmful impacts of climate change on communities, and of potential
opportunities in climate-vulnerable developing countries” said Wang Binbin,
Manager of the Climate Change and Poverty Team, Oxfam Hong Kong.
He also noted that this is also a great opportunity for young
journalists to strengthen their perception of climate change and to frame it
not merely as an environmental issue but also as an issue of social justice and
poverty alleviation.
“We welcome the partnership with Oxfam, as it gives UNDP
concrete support to expand the voices of vulnerable countries, helps depict the
reality of climate change globally, and gives a new generation of journalists a
chance to get heard during COP21” said Jo Scheuer, Director, Climate Change and
Disaster Risk Reduction at UNDP’s Bureau for Policy and Programme Support.
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