If you are leading a climate justice project within your community or organization you can apply for the Mary Robinson Climate Justice Award funded by One Young World. The award is open for the applicants who have aged between 18 – 30 years.
This year’s edition of the award seeks to support projects that focus on climate justice. For the third year running One Young World is teaming up with Mary Robinson to support young leaders behind innovative and impactful climate justice initiatives that are preserving the earth for future generations.
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Who May Eligible:
To be eligible for the award you must be aged 18 – 30 and your project should advance the following criteria:
- Directly addresses sustainable development and/or climate change with a particular emphasis on balancing the needs of present and future generations – this could be through financing, frontline services, advocacy, education, communication, legal/policy change or a business solution. Some indicative suggestions are:
- A climate or development initiative that addresses poverty reduction and has included ways to measure the benefits and impacts of the initiative for both present and future generations
- An initiative that sets out to raise awareness on the need to address the current challenges of poverty reduction while ensuring future generations enjoy the same natural and cultural resources as we do today
- A project that sets out to conserve or sustainably manage natural and cultural heritage for use by current generations but also with a specific objective of preserving these for future generations
- A project or action at the local, national or international level that sets out to advocate or promote the representation of future generations or act as guardians for future generations.
- Projects should be clearly associated with one or more of the seven principles of climate justice:
- Respect and protect human rights
- Support the right to development
- Share benefits and burdens equitably
- Ensure that decisions on climate change are participatory, transparent and accountable
- Highlight gender equality and equity
- Harness the transformative power of education for climate stewardship
- Use effective partnerships to secure climate justice
- Additional assessment criteria that will be applied in awarding the Prize are:
- The ambition of the project – how impactful your project is in balancing the needs of present and future generations
- Relevance – the project is grounded in climate justice
- Community value – the project applies to a community/ communities/stakeholder group who are directly impacted by climate change or will be more adversely impacted in the future
How to Apply & Competitions Rules:
To participate, the applicants must submit an application online form through the given link: https://www.oneyoungworld.com/mary-robinson-foundation-climate-justice-award-2018-0
This year’s edition of the award seeks to support projects that focus on climate justice.
Benefits:
- £5,000 grants to support or launch your project.
- A fully sponsored delegate place to attend the One Young World Summit 2018 in The Hague, Netherlands. During the Summit, you will appear alongside Mary Robinson to present your initiative to the world’s media and 1,300 fellow change makers from 196 countries.
- Mentorship from Mary Robinson and members of her network
Application Deadline:
The application deadline is July 25, 2018.
