Deadline: 15-Jun-23
The CMCC Climate Change Communication Award “Rebecca Ballestra” is now open for nominations.
The CMCC Climate Change Communication Award honours the memory of the artist Rebecca Ballestra, who was committed to shaping a sustainable future and promoting positive transformation processes in science, humanities, economy, ecology and art, and collaborated with the CMCC Foundation in various cultural initiatives.
The scientific community is providing increasingly detailed and shared knowledge on the causes of climate change, the options to limit its impacts, and the solutions to build climateresilient communities. Decision makers, both from the public and the private spheres, are strongly engaged as climate change is a cross-cutting challenge which can no longer be ignored. Civil society is putting pressure on leaders to transform knowledge into action. The media are discussing which languages and solutions are best suited to describe the complexity of climate change, which has finally broken into the foreground of the news cycle.
Aims
- In this context, the CMCC Climate Change Communication Award “Rebecca Ballestra” focuses on innovative projects and initiatives to deliver engaging messages and raise awareness on climate change through different means of communication.
- The initiative aims to showcase and promote the most creative and impactful initiatives that:
- increase public awareness on climate change and its interactions with society, the economy, the environment, and policy-making process;
- disseminate science-based information and data related to climate change by the application of innovative ideas, technologies and methodologies in the field of media, journalism, and communication at large;
- communicate the threats and opportunities posed by the climate change challenge using multiple languages and innovative mediums, including journalism, art, visuals and music;
- trigger action in the audiences addressed, including students, consumers, businesses and politicians.
Prize Details
- All eligible projects will be included in the global platform of the best climate change communication projects.
- The finalists and the winner of the CMCC Climate Change Communication Award “Rebecca Ballestra” – together with any special mentions that the jury may decide to make – will be announced during a high-level event that will be held in autumn 2023.
- The author(s) of the winning project will have the opportunity to present their project and their work at the event and will receive a cash prize of 5,000 Euro.
Eligibility Criteria
- The CMCC Climate Change Communication Award “Rebecca Ballestra” is open to individuals, teams or organizations, regardless of nationality.
- Eligible submissions must present projects, initiatives and tools that communicate climate change through various forms such as arts, theatre, video making, podcasts, music, photography, journalism, gaming, education, data visualization, editorial contents and the use of digital channels and tools.
- Scientific reports and capacity building projects are not intended as communication projects, therefore are not eligible.
- All the projects, initiatives and tools must already be available to the public. Projects that do not provide evidence of their existence through links, materials, or pictures will not be considered.
- Projects that have applied for the 1st edition of the CMCC Award are eligible.
- Eligible submissions must be in English and compliant with the application procedure described in this Call for Proposals.
- The applicant can be the author of the project/initiative or the contact person for the author team. Where an intellectual property owner’s authorization is needed, it is the responsibility of the applicants to obtain such approval before submitting the final materials.
- Submissions not consistent with the CMCC Climate Change Communication Award “Rebecca Ballestra” theme and aims will not be considered.
- Submissions received after the deadline will not be considered.
Evaluation Process
- Submitted projects will be evaluated by a jury composed of highly qualified members representing the multidisciplinary nature of climate change communication. A pre-selection of the proposals may take place to minimise the burden on the jury.
- The international jury performs its assessment according to the following criteria:
- innovation;
- expected/observed impact and engagement;
- capability to reach new and wide audiences (beyond the climate science community);
- reliability of information and data
- The jury’s judgement is final.
For more information, visit CMCC.