Announcing the Climatelinks 2022 Photo Contest

May 17, 2022

By Climatelinks

Our 2022 Photo Contest theme is USAID’s Climate Strategy in Action: Climate and Development Across Sectors. We are looking for submissions that show the issues, impacts, and solutions to climate change across 13 categories (see list below). This year, we will also be issuing honorable mention awards to photos in any category that portray adaptation, mitigation, youth, climate justice, gender, technology and innovation, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA).

Main categories are listed in bold below. Examples of submissions under each category are also noted.

Agriculture and Food Systems
- Climate-Smart Agriculture
- Food Security
Democracy, Rights & Governance
- Corruption
- Governance/Civil Society
- Human Rights
- Environmental Defenders
Humanitarian Assistance
- Conflict
- Migration
- Disaster Risk Management
- Loss and Damage
Biodiversity Conservation
- Wildlife
- Landscape/seascape conservation
- Community engagement
Education
- Learning Outcomes
- Education Infrastructure
- Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)
Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Microgrids
- Energy Efficiency
Climate Finance and Economic Growth
- Circular Economy
- Private Sector Engagement
- Livelihoods
Green Cities
- Resilient, Low-carbon Infrastructure
Health
- Air Quality
- Heat
- Nutrition
- One Health
Indigenous Peoples and Locally-led Development
- Self-determined Development
- Locally-led Climate Action
Marine
- Fisheries
- Ocean Plastics
- Mangrove Restoration
Natural Climate Solutions
- Sustainable Landscapes
- Nature-based Solutions
Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
- Water Management
- Infrastructure

**Recognizing that the COVID-19 pandemic limited both travel and project implementation opportunities, photo submissions captured in years prior to 2022 will be accepted.**

You may submit up to five images complying with the contest rules and requirements. Entries will be judged on relevance, composition, originality, and technical quality. Winners will be selected overall through an evaluation panel composed of USAID staff and the Climatelinks team.

The contest runs until July 31, 2022. Winning photos will be announced in Fall 2022, subsequently featured in Climatelinks communications, highlighted on the website’s topic pages, and showcased in the Climatelinks photo gallery. The winning photos will also be featured in the Climate and Cross Sectoral Strategy Branch’s official 2023 calendar, which will be distributed to contest winners.

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Sectors

Energy, Natural Climate Solutions, Biodiversity Conservation, Conflict and Governance, Climate Finance, Education, Agriculture and Food Systems, Health, Natural Resource Management, Urban, Water and Sanitation

Strategic Objective

Adaptation, Integration, Mitigation

Topics

Agriculture, Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Finance, Climate Finance and Economic Growth, Democracy, Rights, and Governance, Economic Growth, Education, Climate-Resilient Agriculture, Green Cities, Health, Humanitarian Assistance, Indigenous, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, Marine, Natural Climate Solutions, Water and Sanitation

Region

Global

Climatelinks is a global knowledge portal for USAID staff, implementing partners, and the broader community working at the intersection of climate change and international development. The portal curates and archives technical guidance and knowledge related to USAID’s work to help countries mitigate and adapt to climate change.