Climatelinks 2022 Photo Contest
Climatelinks’ 2022 Photo Contest theme is “USAID’s Climate Strategy in Action: Climate and Development Across Sectors.” This contest seeks submissions that show the issues, impacts and solutions to climate change across 13 categories (see list below). This year, honorable mention awards will also be issued 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 and 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.