Enter: CEE-C3SS Africa@2050 Climate Contest

Deadline: 18 June, 2021

The Centre for Energy Ethics (CEE) at the University of St Andrews has announced a call for participation in the Africa@2050 Climate Competition.

Africa@2050, funded by the Scottish Funding Council, is a project based at the University of St Andrews and the Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies (C3SS) at the University of Ghana.

According to the CEE, the competition was launched with the central aim of addressing the climate change problem in Africa.

The climate crisis is global, but it was not made and will not be felt equally. Africa is the continent that has contributed least to carbon emissions. Yet it stands to be most devastatingly affected by the effects of climate change, with limited resources to cope.

Today, African perspectives on just transitions to a low-carbon world have never been more important.

Benefits

  • First prize: £1,000
  • Second prize: £500
  • Third prize: £300
  • Shortlisted entries: £100
  • Winning and shortlisted participants will be invited to participate in a Climate Futures Workshop on 30 June, 2021

Eligibility

  • Applicant must be aged 18 or above, and be national or resident of a sub-Saharan country
  • Entry, no more than 1,500 words, must be previously-unpublished work
  • Entries can be in any language, but, if not in English, must be submitted alongside a full English translation for the purpose of the competition
  • Winners and shortlisted applicants must be available to attend and contribute to the Climate Workshop following their award (to be held virtually on Zoom)

To enter and for more information, click here.

Photo source: Tom Stahl

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