Chance to Attend the UN Climate Change Conference in Scotland 2021

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat is now accepting applications for the 2021 UN Global Climate Action Awards. Spearheaded by UN Climate Change's Momentum for Change initiative, the UN Global Climate Action Awards shine a light on the most innovative, scalable and replicable examples of what people around the world are doing to tackle climate change.

The award consist of three key areas:

• CLIMATE NEUTRAL NOW: Recognizing efforts by individuals, companies and governments that are achieving real results in transitioning to climate neutrality.
• FINANCING FOR CLIMATE FRIENDLY INVESTMENT: Recognizing successful financial innovations and funding mechanisms that are unlocking climate finance and building capacity.
• CLIMATE LEADERS: Recognizing transformational efforts by governments at all levels (national, provincial, state, city, town) that are moving the needle on climate change.

If your project is selected as a winning activity*, you will receive a wide range of benefits:

• Participation at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, in November 2021; 
• Access to policymakers and potential funders during the conference; 
• Public recognition by the UN Climate Change secretariat; 
• Public relations support and media training; marketing materials, including promotional videos; 
• A dedicated page about your project on UNFCCC's website; and professional photography.

*Winning projects under the Financing for Climate Friendly Investment and Climate Champions categories will need to be self-funded to the conference and provide their own video and photo materials.

Organizations, communities, cities, businesses, universities, governments and others that are taking concrete action on climate change can apply to have their projects recognized by the UN Climate Change secretariat as a 2021 winning activity.

Selection Process:

Winning activities will be officially recognized and celebrated during an award ceremony and a series of special events at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland (COP 26) in November 2021.

About UNFCCC:

The UNFCCC secretariat (UN Climate Change) is the United Nations entity tasked with supporting the global response to the threat of climate change. UNFCCC stands for United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Convention has near-universal membership (197 Parties) and is the parent treaty of the 2015 Paris Agreement. The main aim of the Paris Agreement is to keep the global average temperature rise this century as close as possible to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The UNFCCC is also the parent treaty of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The ultimate objective of all three agreements under the UNFCCC is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system, in a time frame that allows ecosystems to adapt naturally and enables sustainable development.

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