APAN wants you to take your best shot and show us: “How do you see climate change adaptation in your life?”
What is Climate Change Adaptation?
Adaptation is one of the two main policy responses to climate change; the other is mitigation (i.e. reducing greenhouse gas emissions). Adaptation measures help lower climate risks and build resilience to climate change. Many countries and communities are already putting in place such measures to adapt to the negative impacts of climate change, from building seawalls to protect against sea-level rise to planting different crops to ensure better yields.
From 1-3 October 2014, APAN will bring together over 500 adaptation practitioners and experts to find the best ways to address some of these adaptation and development challenges and more. This gathering is APAN’s flagship event – the 4th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum – which will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
APAN Photo Contest 2014 Themes
In the APAN Photo Contest 2014, we want you to focus your attention on adaptation – and in particular, we want to see how you photographically interpret the themes we’ve set to discuss at the Forum. Below are descriptions to help you visualize:
Mainstreaming and Transformative Change
This theme refers broadly to policy, trade and finance, technology and knowledge transfer, public–private partnerships, ethics and values, gender sensitive development, community involvement, and poverty alleviation.
Development and the Food-Water-Energy Nexus
Under this theme, Forum participants will discuss agricultural land and water use, infrastructure, private investment, and energy, water, and food security.
Disaster Risk Reduction and Human Security
This theme focuses on insurance, risk communication and management, health, conflict, migration, and issues related to poor and vulnerable groups.
Forestry, Biodiversity and Ecosystems Change
Broadly, this theme covers livelihoods, traditional ecological knowledge, conservation issues, as well as community- and ecosystem-based adaptation solutions.
Cities with an Emphasis on Coastal Development and Sea-Level Rise
This theme will look at urbanisation, tourism, heat waves, mangrove protection, sea-level rise, and Small Island Developing States. Explore the APAN Web Portal to find out more about climate change adaptation: http://www.asiapacificadapt.net/
Ready to Enter?
The APAN Photo Contest 2014 begins on 28 July 2014.
Send us up to 3 of your best shots based on your interpretation of any of one or the 5 themes. They are somewhat technical – we understand. But your challenge is to submit photo(s) that accurately reflect the meaning of these themes – in other words, demonstrate what climate change adaptation through imagery.
The Judging Panel will select the Grand Prize winner and he or she will receive US$500 and the opportunity for his or her photo(s) to be showcased in APAN publications. Second and third prize winners will receive US$250 and US$100 respectively. The Contest ends 1 September 2014.
Want to be your own judge?
On 8 September 2014, view the top 10 photos entered at: https://www.facebook.com/asiapacificadaptationnetwork
Vote for your favorite picture and share them with family and friends. Public voting period ends 22 September 2014. The photo with the most votes will be named the APAN Photo Contest 2014 Popular Choice Award winner and receive US$250
WHO MAY ENTER
The contest is open to all photographers (professional or amateur).
HOW TO ENTER
Each entry consists of an application form and one (or up to three) image(s). There is no entrance fee for this contest.
All entrants must register for the contest by completing and submitting the official application form provided on the APAN Web Portal and certify that the photo is their own and copyrights have not been violated. Photo entries will be disqualified without proper completion of the application form.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- The photo can be taken by any kind of camera. The photo should be at least 2,000 pixels at the longest side of the image.
- All entries must be sent as hi-resolution digital image files in JPEG with minimal compression. Each image should not exceed 3 MB.
- Minimal digital manipulation (i.e. only manipulations such as color enhancement, cropping) is allowed. Excessively manipulated photos will be disqualified.
- The photo cannot be a photomontage or a collage.
- The photo must be taken in the Asia-Pacific region (i.e. countries in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, Central Asia, and the Pacific).
- The photo must depict climate change adaptation.
- The photo must be submitted electronically along with the completed application form (attached to the email) and sent to contest@asiapacificadapt.net
- The submission must not contain material that violates or infringes another’s rights, including publicity and intellectual property rights.
- Each entrant is allowed a maximum of three submissions.
- Entry period: 28 Jul 2014 – 01 Sep 2014
- Contest deadline: 01 Sep 2014, 11:59PM (GMT +07:00) Bangkok Time
- 10 photos will be shortlisted and posted in an album on APAN’s Facebook page (APAN Photo Contest 2014: Your Vote) on 08 Sep 2014 at 10:00AM (GMT +07:00) Bangkok Time for public voting.
- The two-week long voting period will commence from 08 Sep 2014, 10:00AM (GMT +07:00) Bangkok Time to 22 Sep 2014, 05:00PM (GMT +07:00) Bangkok Time
- The three judges’ winners and one public choice winner will be announced on the APAN Web Portal and on APAN’s Facebook and Twitter pages on 01 Oct 2014.
- The top 10 photos and winning photos will also be displayed at the 4th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum.