For the first time, the BNP Paribas Foundation joined forced with the international video contest that aims to showcase young people's contribution to combating climate change and inspire civil society to do the same. Some 250 young people between 18 and 30 years old in 94 countries, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, submitted their video entries in one of two categories: developing cities that a resilient to climate impacts, and demonstrating the link between oceans and the climate. The two winners were invited to Bonn to sit in on the COP23 negotiations and related events. For two weeks, they acted as journalists for the UNFCCC.

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