International Children's Painting Competition

The children's paintings will focus on climate change, from the impact of global warming on our planet to concrete actions everyone can take-such as using renewable energy and energy saving light bulbs, sharing vehicles and using public transport, planting trees, and many other steps.

Children from around the world aged 5 to 13 are encouraged to take part in this global competition which is gaining momentum every year. An unprecedented 15,550 entries from 90 countries were submitted for last year's award.

The competition is organized every year by UNEP and partners. Since its creation in 1991, the competition has received more than 190,000 entries from children in over 100 countries.

One global winner and six regional winners will be selected, with a cash prize of US$ 2,000 for the global winner and US$1,000 for the others. All the winners will get a fully paid trip with a chaperone to the 2009 Tunza International Children's Conference.

Participants should submit their paintings by 15 January 2009 to the UNEP office in their regions. Aside from the global winners, there will be regional winners for Africa, Asia and the Pacific, West Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and North America.

For more information on the competition, including the full entry rules and conditions, please visit http://www.unep.org/tunza/children