THEMES FOR COP31
The UN has announced its themes for its annual climate summit this year for the Youth Climate Report. We are looking for videos (3-5 minutes long) this year that address these themes. Send your video to ycrtv1@gmail.com. More info: youthclimatereport.com/storythemes
Thank you, COP30, for profiling our global youth statement for this year. Hard to believe we've been amplifying the voice of youth at the UN level for 14 years!
GLEX 2025
Meet YCR Executive Director Mark Terry at this year's Global Exploration Summit in Ottawa, Canada, September 12-24. @rcgssgrc.bsky.social @theexplorersclub.bsky.social
UK PODCAST
A reporter for “Xraised”, a podcast out of London, interviewed me recently on the Youth Climate Report going carbon negative, one of the few UNFCCC-registered NGOs to do so. Click below to watch: xraised.com/videos/youth.... Also available on Amazon and Spotify.
UN CERTIFICATE COURSE
Excited to begin our first course on Environmental Communication for the United Nations Institute for Research and Training at York University in Toronto on October 4. Use the link or QR code below to register.
NEW UN CERTIFICATE COURSE
YCR director Mark Terry will be offering a new course on Environmental Communication for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research beginning October 4. Details and registration here: www.yorku.ca/cifal/enviro... @rcgssgrc.bsky.social
HALFWAY TO COP30
We’re halfway to COP30 and we’ve already received close to 250 video reports this year! Congratulations to all of this year’s Youth Climate Reporters! If you’d like to contribute to our UN database write us at ycrtv1@gmail.com. And check out all our films here: tiny.cc/UNFCCC
WHAT A HAUL!
Just some of the plastic collected from the York University campus today to launch Earth Week. Thanks to all the faculty and students who helped make this possible. @unescochair.bsky.social @seeducating.bsky.social @rcgssgrc.bsky.social @canrac.bsky.social
HAPPY EARTH WEEK
Join us this Wednesday, April 16 at 3:00 pm at York University to kick off Earth Week with the Youth Climate Report's annual Plastic Pickup Challenge. We'll be meeting at the Aroma Coffee Shop at the corner of Sentinel Avenue and The Pond Road. Take the challenge! Make a difference!
📣 The Heroes of Tomorrow: 2025 @un.org #SDGAwards is now open for applications and nominations!
This year’s categories will recognize individuals, initiatives & #changemakers who reaffirm that every choice matters.
✍️ Apply by 🗓️ 7 May 2025: bit.ly/ApplySDGAwards
SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO TO THE UN
YCR is now open to receiving video submissions for this year's UN climate summit, COP30, in Brazil. If you have a 3-5-minute documentary film about climate impacts where you live and are between 18 & 35, please submit it here: tiny.cc/YCR-2025. Good luck!
NEW SDG PROGRAM
The UNFCCC's Youth Climate Report has a new certificate program for students of all ages. The 90-minute program includes a lecture on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and a workshop. DM us here or write us at ycrtv1@gmail.com to register your students for this new program.
ANTARCTICA ARTWORK
Created by YCR head Mark Terry, this digital painting is going to be a wall mural at York University. The original is for sale. It comes framed, signed, and delivered. If you are interested in this unique piece, please DM us here or by email at ycrtv1@gmail.com for details.
CLIMATE MUSIC CONTEST
The Youth Climate Report has teamed up with ClimateMusic.org and Music Declares Emergency for a new contest where you create a song titled "I Wanna Be Cool". #BeCoolSong. Watch the video below for more details. Deadline: April 28. Good luck! #BeCoolSong youtu.be/zWV0T5FpVcI
FILMMAKERS FOR FUTURE
TheYouth Climate Report’s films and the Ghana Youth Videography Programme came together in Accra, Ghana this week. We celebrated graduating filmmakers with whom I worked this year and taught new filmmakers who will be making documentaries for these programs in the future.
The Ghana Youth Videography Programme, a feeder program of the Youth Climate Report, premiered their films today. All films will be presented at COP30 in Brazil later this years.
SOCIAL CHANGE FILMMAKING
A fascinating interview with our founder, Professor Mark Terry, a film historian who examines the origins of social justice filmmaking: canadaehx.com/2020/07/01/a.... #canadianHistoryEhx
POLAR PLUNGE 2025
YCR Executive Director is going to swim in the icy waters of Lake Ontario on March 9 to help raise awareness of climate change. Support his Polar Plunge with a donation at this link: donate.rcgs.org/s/44/1482. All proceeds go to the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Thank you!
POLAR PLUNGE 2025. Join our fearless leader, Mark Terry, as he braves the icy waters of Lake Ontario on March 9, at the annual Polar Plunge event hosted by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, a champion of climate research. Video: youtu.be/4QGJDM7wRCk?...
Scene from a Freer film, the man in white is believed to be the elusive film pioneer.
MISSING FILMMAKER - Part 2
One of the pioneers of filmmaking, the Manitoba farmer made films that were used to promote immigration to Canada. He is believed to be in the white shirt in this pic. The most recent research is found in Mark Terry’s Geo-Doc book (2020). Help find Jim! Good luck! 2/2
MISSING FILMMAKER
James Simmons Freer (4 January 1855 – 22 December 1933) is missing from the history books. No picture of this film pioneer can be found, nor any of his films. How good are you at digital and archival research? If you find anything, post it here with your source. 1/2
Beautiful cover. Very creative!
FILMMAKING PROGRAM
An extracurricular program at Wilfrid Laurier University in Brantford, Ontario, known as the Student Life Levy, has just approved a filmmaking workshop for Laurier students. If your university would like to explore similar YCR workshops, DM us here or email ycrtv1@gmail.com
CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY
It was announced today that the Youth Climate Report film project has won the Jury Award at the Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art Festival. Congratulations to the 1,000+ young filmmakers in 154 countries who contributed to YCR over the years.
OFFICIAL SELECTION
For the first time in its 14-year history, the Youth Climate Report has been selected to participate in a competitive film festival. The Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art Festival will be screening all 1,000+ YCR films on December 15 as part of its official competition.
TREE PLANTING IN MADAGASCAR
YCR is proud to announce we have planted 500 trees in Madagascar and Honduras creating 53.75 working hours for Indigenous tree planters and offsetting 387 tons of CO2. This ongoing project makes our non-profit NGO carbon-negative.
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CALL FOR ENTRIES 2025
Have your climate film premiere at COP30 and contribute information directly to UN policymakers. Make a film. Make a difference. The 2025 edition of the Youth Climate Report is officially open. For complete details: youthclimatereport.com/2024/12/03/2...
YCR AWARD
YCR head Mark Terry accepts the J. Robert Cox Award for Environmental Communication at the 110th annual Conference of the National Communication Association in New Orleans today. The award recognizes the Youth Climate Report’s work in advancing youth voice in global policy creation.
