#ICCG #climatestories project: how has climate change changed your life?

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Our planet’s average temperature has risen about one degree since the pre-industrial era, and the effects of warming are already observable. Droughts, more frequent and intense extreme weather events, melting icebergs and rising sea levels are some of the key impacts that have consequences on water and food security, health, migration and the economy itself.
Climate change is a present-day reality, not a problem for future generations. Next to scientific observation, the life experiences of each of us are concrete evidence of how climate change has already begun to impact on our lives and societies in different ways in different areas of the planet. At the same time, new ideas, solutions and best practices for dealing with climate change are emerging in great numbers, promoting positive change and initiating new paths toward sustainability.
The #ICCG #climatestories project wants to collect these life experiences to inform the public with true stories about climate change. The stories considered most suitable will be used to inspire a forthcoming book.

Tell your story
Tell us your story. Tell us about the changes you’re observing in the environment and your life due to the changing climate. Tell us what these changes mean for you, what emotions and feelings you associate with them.
ICCG staff  is not interested in invented or fictional stories but is looking only for real, personal accounts (of individuals or groups of people).
Your experience associated with climate change doesn’t necessarily have to be negative or linked to its impacts. You can tell about the other side of the coin, perhaps linked to the solutions you’re trying out in your life.

How to participate
Send your story from June 15th to September 30th to [email protected], indicating in the body of your email your first name, last name, city and email contact (if different from the one you use to send your story). You will be contacted if your story was selected for use in publication or other dissemination activities.
Select the format you feel is best suited to tell your story:

  • Written: Write your story and send it as an attachment to the email, in Word or PDF format
  • Video: tell your story with a video and indicate in the body of your mail the link to download or view it (you can send your video via Wetransfer or upload it onto the YouTube or Vimeo platforms). No video email attachments will be opened.

There are no limits to the length of a text or video. Remember: the project is not looking for artistic or literary works. What interests us is your story. Tell it according to your skills! For publication, the collected stories will be reformulated.

How should I structure my story?
You are free to choose how to tell about your experience.
However, the ICCG suggests you use the following checklist that may help you to structure your story:

  • Contextualize your story by describing (or showing) the place where it’s set.
  • Highlight the before/after change. What it was like before? How has it changed?
  • What changes – associable to climate change – have you and your community observed over the past decades? Why do you feel they are associated with climate change?
  • How have these changes altered your work habits (e.g., agriculture, fisheries, tourism, commerce) or your free time (e.g., wildlife observation, hobbies)?
  • What personal emotions do you associate with these changes? And with the future?

For more information: [email protected]

 

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