{"id":35630,"date":"2020-04-07T22:26:33","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T21:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/?p=35630"},"modified":"2021-02-09T10:45:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T09:45:44","slug":"youth-champions-of-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/youth-champions-of-the-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"(closed) Young Champions of the Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a powerful idea to protect or restore the environment; if you have a strong track record of instigating change; if you are unafraid of failure; and if you believe in a bright future for our planet, then you just might have what it takes to become a <strong>Young Champion of the Earth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Our environment is under stress and the evidence is everywhere. It\u2019s in the air we breathe, the food we eat\u00a0and the water we drink. It\u2019s in our soils, rivers, oceans\u00a0and atmosphere. Some call it the defining challenge of our time.<\/p>\n<p>The question is: What are you doing about it?<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, seven young people \u2013 selected from every global region \u2013 will be named Young Champions of the Earth. These winners receive seed funding, intensive training and tailored mentoring to bring their big environmental ideas to life. We\u2019re looking for artists, scientists, economists, communicators and entrepreneurs from all walks of life who have big, bold ideas \u2013 for the environment, for humanity, for a greener future.<\/p>\n<p>Think you have what it takes? <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unenvironment.org\/youngchampions\/apply\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apply now<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"QyAY7nBENUI\"><iframe title=\"Young Champions of the Earth Launch 2020\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QyAY7nBENUI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The winners will be expected to implement their big ideas and act as ambassadors of cause at speaking opportunities, while providing regular progress updates in the form of videos and blogs that will be shared on this website.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unenvironment.org\/youngchampions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young Champions of the Earth website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/un-digital-engagement-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UN Digital Engagement Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unenvironment.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a powerful idea to protect or restore the environment; if you have a strong track record of instigating change; if you are unafraid of failure; and if you believe in a bright future for our planet, then you just might have what it takes to become a Young Champion of the Earth. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":35886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17201],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}