[Ngo Climate Change] Submit Your Climate Solution and be Celebrated at the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech, Morocco

[Nguyen Anh Minh]

Dear CCWG colleagues,

Starting today, organizations, cities, industries, governments and other 
key players that are taking the lead on tackling climate change can 
nominate their game-changing projects for a United Nations award.
The United Nations Climate Change secretariat opened the call for 
applications for the 2016 Momentum for Change Awards today to showcase 
action and ambition as national governments work toward implementing last 
December’s historic Paris Agreement. Selected initiatives, called 
‘Lighthouse Activities,’ shine a light on innovative, scalable and 
replicable examples of what people are doing to address climate change, in 
the hope of inspiring others to act.
“Now that countries have agreed to an unprecedented global agreement to 
combat climate change, it is time to dramatically drive action and 
investment forward towards a low-emission, resilient and sustainable 
future,” said Nick Nuttall, UNFCCC Spokesperson. “The solutions awarded by 
Momentum for Change show that concrete, results-driven action on climate 
change is already underway around the world. They also serve as a beacon 
to inspire governments and other key actors to take similar action.”
The 2016 Momentum for Change Lighthouse Activities will recognize climate 
action that is already achieving real results in three key areas: action 
that fosters women’s leadership, action that unlocks climate finance and 
action that uses ICT-enabled solutions. The winning activities will be 
recognized and celebrated during a series of special events in November at 
the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech, Morocco.
The Momentum for Change Advisory Panel, made up of senior experts from 
various fields and countries, will select the 2016 Lighthouse Activities. 
The panel is part of the secretariat’s Momentum for Change initiative, 
which operates in partnership with Masdar’s Women in Sustainability, 
Environment and Renewable Energy (WiSER) initiative, the World Economic 
Forum Global Project on Climate Change and the Global e-Sustainability 
Initiative.
Applications for the 2016 Momentum for Change Awards are being accepted 
from 19 February until 25 April 2016 at: http://momentum.unfccc.int/

For more information, please contact:
Nick Nuttall, UNFCCC Spokesperson
nnuttall at unfccc.int | + 49 228 815 1400, mobile +49 152 0168 4831
Sarah Marchildon, UNFCCC Communications Officer
smarchildon at unfccc.int | +49 228 815 1065
Digital assets:
High-resolution images, fact sheets and infographics of previous 
Lighthouse Activities are available for download at: 
http://bit.do/Momentum4Change
Press release in other languages: 
http://newsroom.unfccc.int/unfccc-newsroom/apply-for-the-2016-momentum-for-change-awards/

Link for detailed information:

http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/02/applications-for-2016-momentum-for-change-awards-open-now/

My best regards,

Minh



NGUYEN ANH MINH |  Building Resilience Programme
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