Participate in our competition and win your Copenhagen Journey!

As part of the “Climate Cool” activities jointly held by the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy and China Science and Technology Exchange Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Climate Change Media Award Scheme is a professional competition for media workers such as journalists and editors as well as graduate students who wish to be engaged in journalism and communications with the purpose of increasing media understanding of climate change and improving their reporting level.

The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change which will be held in Copenhagen in December 2009 was supposed to hammer out a post-Kyoto agreement to decide the future of the human battle against climate change. Followed by the two successful former activities for the years 2007 and 2008, we launched an introduction activity for reports with the theme of “to change the earth’s future by today’s action”. Winners of this activity were funded by the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy to participate in and report on the Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference. They also had opportunities to visit climate and environmental science research institutions, scientific projects and famous scientific and technological medias.

Climate change is influencing our life and living conditions more and more, so every one should take action to reduce the effects of climate change on our environment. Undoubtedly, the media plays a crucial role in delivering conviction, disseminating knowledge and inspiring actions. Participate in our activities and use your behavior to inspire and encourage more people: Climate change, we can all be part of the solution!

Application Guidance
I. Who is eligible to participate in the activity？
1． Journalists, editors and photographers of broadcast, television networks, newspapers, magazines and so on;
2． Graduate students who wish to be engaged in journalism and communications

II. Content and categories of participating works
You will have diverse choices related to climate change, for example:
•influence of climate change on natural and human environment
•international situation to tackle climate change
•energy and climate
•energy-saving and environmentally friendly urban planning program
•future new energy
•climate change and economy
• climate change and human health
• public awareness/activities on climate change
• creative solutions to climate change

work categories include:
• written report（paper report）
• picture report（paper report）
• text editing（paper report）
• communication media（including broadcast, television, website and so on）
• student（students majored in Journalism &Communication ）

III. When to participate:
1．The delivery period will begin from the commencement date of the activity till August 31, 2009. Works submitted beyond such time limit will not be accepted. Application materials will not be returned. The selected list made by the jury will be the final result and shall not be subject to any inquiry. (At the requests of some media friends, the deadline of the activity will be prolonged to September 7(Monday), please send your works to us as soon as possible, many thanks!)
2．The Prize-winning works will be publicized on October 30 and winners will embark on their British climate journey in December 2009.

IV. What about the awards?
We have set two awards in this activity:
Award 1 － Four participants will be awarded the prize of “Best Works” and they will be funded by the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy to participate in and report on the Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Award 2 － Six participants will be awarded the prize of “Outstanding Works” and they will be funded by the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy to participate in and report on the Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference.

V. How to participate:
1. Every participant can submit a piece of their work for every category. If participants submit different works for different categories, they should fill in the forms respectively.

2. The group shall determine its internal honoree on its own if it makes applications as a whole.
3. Please download application forms online and submit them to corresponding regional principals.

4． If you have text and editing works, please submit:
• Planning program of electronic edition
•A proof copy of the text (Song Typeface, 14 pt type size, 18pt line spacing, A4 copier paper)
• If your work has been published, please provide the originals or copies of the sample offer if you possibly can.

5. If you have written reports, please submit:
• Original text of electronic edition
• A proof copy of the text (Song Typeface, 14 pt type size, 18pt line spacing,A4 copier paper)
• If your work has been published, please provide the originals or copies of the sample offer if you possibly can.

6. If you have communication media works, please submit:
• A proof copy of the text (Song Typeface, 14 pt type size, 18pt line spacing,A4 copier paper)
•A DVD or cassette tape
•If it has been broadcasted, please provide network connection if you possibly can.

7. If you have picture reports, please submit:
•6 7-inch photos and their electronic edition with resolution no less than 300dpi, if you really have difficulties in submitting photos of electronic editions, you may submit
•A textual description of the photos, 300-500 characters (Song Typeface, 14 pt type size, 18pt line spacing,A4 copier paper)
•If your work has been published, please provide internet connection if you possibly can
8.There are no limitations on students’ work. Students can submit their work into any category. Please submit your work according to respective requirements.

VI. Notes of Caution
The jury of this activity is composed of relevant experts from the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy and China Science and Technology Exchange Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology. The Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy has the right to use the participating works in non-commercial events (such as on the internet or printed work). Participants must guarantee that the work submitted to the competition is original work without any plagiarism. In case of such immoral behavior, participants will be deprived of their eligibility for the competition, and shall bear all legal responsibility caused by the plagiarism.

Contact Details of the Directors of Introduction Activity for Sino-British Climate Change Reporting Works:

Beijing Area (including Beijing, Tianjin, Xi’an and areas such as North China, Central China, Northeast, Northwest and so on.)
Floor 4, Block I, Landmark Tower, No.8, East 3rd Ring North Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, Technology Branch of the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy
Post Code: 100004
Telephone: ＋8610 65906903 - 277
Email: climatecool@britishcouncil.org.cn
Contact: Zu Wentao

Shanghai Area (including Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Eastern China)
First Floor, Cross Tower, No.318, Fuzhou Road, Shanghai, Technology Branch of Cultural and Education Section of the British Consulate-General
Post Code: 200001
Telephone: ＋8621 63912626 - 282
Email: climatecoolsh@britishcouncil.org.cn
Contact: Hong Zonghua

Guangzhou Area (including Guangzhou, Shenzhen and South China)
Floor 7, Teemtower, No.208, Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, Technology Branch of the Cultural and Education Section of the British Consulate-General
Post Code: 510620
Telephone: ＋8620 85103070
Email: Climatecool.gz@britishcouncil.org.cn
Contact: Li Jiaying

Chongqing Area (including Chongqing, Chengdu, Kunming and Southwest Area)
Room 5-7, Floor 28, Metropolitan Tower, No.68, . Zou Rong Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, Education Promotion and Technology Branch of the Cultural and Education Section of the British Consulate-General
Post Code: 400010
Telephone: ＋8623 63736888 - 239
Email: climatecoolcq@britishcouncil.org.cn
Contact: Duan Xinyu