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Equator Initiative Prize - Theme - Climate Change

Dear Colleagues,

The Equator Initiative partnership is pleased to announce the Equator Prize 2015 call for nominations.

This year, as a special contribution to United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP21), the Equator Prize 2015 will honor 20 outstanding local and indigenous community initiatives that are reducing poverty, protecting nature and strengthening resilience in the face of climate change.

The theme of this cycle of the Equator Prize is ‘empowerment, rights, and partnerships for local climate action'.   Emphasis has been placed on indigenous peoples and local communities that are:

* Protecting, restoring and sustainably managing forests
* Promoting sustainable agriculture and food security
* Advancing community-based adaptation to climate change
* Protecting and securing rights to communal lands, territories and natural resources
* Forging innovative partnerships for sustainable development

This message is a request to get the call for nominations out as widely as possible through your respective networks.

The Equator Prize 2015 is open to community-based initiatives active in all countries receiving support from the UN Development Programme, making this a truly global award for local best practice.

Attached here is the official call for nominations with links to eligibility requirements, selection criteria, nomination material in 15 languages and our online nomination system.

We invite you to participate by nominating eligible projects and encouraging community and project leaders you work with to do the same.

Please note that this is a shorter nomination period than previous cycles of the award, and the nomination deadline is May 27, 2015.

If you have any questions, please contact me at joseph.corcoran@undp.org.

Many thanks, and very best regards,

Joseph Corcoran
Equator Initiative
United Nations Development Programme
304 East 45th St., 6th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: +1 778 987 8189
www.equatorinitiative.org
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