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Welcome to the Climate Change Information Network. Also known as CC:iNet, this web portal
serves as a clearinghouse for information sources on public information, education and training
in the field of climate change. It is designed to help governments, organizations and
individuals gain rapid and easy access to ideas, strategies, contacts, experts and materials
that can be used to motivate and empower people to take effective action on climate change.
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CC:iNet has been established at the request of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change. Their underlying aim is to support Article 6 of the Convention, which calls on
governments to promote education, training and public awareness on climate change. The menu items on
the left of this page will guide you through the resources available on the clearinghouse.
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CC:iNet Spotlight
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Vulnerability Exposed: Social Dimensions of Climate Change
Vulnerability Exposed: Social Dimensions of Climate Change is a competition of 2-5
minute documentaries that highlight the social aspects of climate change as
experienced and/or observed by the film-makers. This short-documentary contest is a
follow-up to our landmark March 2008 International Workshop on the Social Dimensions
of Climate Change (read the story about the Workshop). We hope to receive submissions
which creatively showcase the implications of climate change for conflict, migration,
urban space, rural institutions, drylands, social policy, indigenous peoples, gender,
governance, forests and/or human rights. There are two award categories: 1) Social
Dimensions of Climate Change Award (general category) and 2) Young Voices of Climate
Change Award (youth category). The general category is open to everyone; the youth
category is open to entries submitted by filmmakers who are under 24 years old. Award
winners will be chosen through a combination of public voting and a judging panel.
The film with the most public votes in each theme category will receive honorable
mention.
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International Polar Day - September 24
People have lived in the Arctic for many millennia, developing skills,
strategies, and community knowledge to survive polar conditions. They
succeeded by learning to use local foods from land and ocean, by learning to
move safely across land, ice, and ocean, by circum-Arctic trade, and by
perpetuating their knowledge through language and culture. In recent
centuries resource exploitation and political activities imposed from outside
the polar regions have changed the livelihoods and well-being of polar
residents in good and bad ways. Climate change and renewed exploitation
present urgent challenges to Arctic people.
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eSchoolToday - Let's have fun learning
eSchoolToday - Let's have fun learning, is an e-learning platform for
effective participation in self-learning, using animated and interactive
media. These materials have been developed to educate African Children
between the ages of 7 and 14 on topics in technology, health, personal and
global concerns.
Global Warming for children, Climate Change, HIV Aids, Malaria and many
others lessons are hardly ever taught in class. This online school (e-school)
is designed to complement efforts in traditional classroom learning, and also
provide a ready source of information to peer educators and resource
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CLIMATE-L.ORG
a knowledge management project for international negotiations and related activities on climate change
run by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). Information on United Nations
activities is provided in cooperation with the UN system agencies, funds and programmes through the
United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) Secretariat.
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Solar Aid
Two of the biggest threats facing humanity today are climate change and global poverty. SolarAid helps
to combat both, simply by bringing clean, renewable power to the poorest people in the world.
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