Saving the climate with young eyes

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Source: Russia Ministry of the Environment in Russian

Philatelic series "The world through the eyes of young people" is the effect of an art competition for young people under the same name, which is run by the Bank Ochrony Środowiska Foundation in cooperation with Poczta Polska. His second edition was held under the slogan "Save the climate". The stamps included three works by young artists who won the greatest recognition of the competition commission. Each of them in an unconventional way presents ways to protect the climate. 17 thousand works were submitted to the first stage of the competition, of which almost 2,000 works took part in the nationwide stage.

Choosing a topic related to climate change was not accidental. Already in December Poland will host the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Nearly 30,000 will participate in the event. delegates from around the world, including heads of government and ministers responsible for environmental and climate issues.

During the COP24 summit in Katowice, a full package implementing the Paris Agreement is planned. This is the first ever international agreement that obliges all countries of the world to take action to protect the climate. The implementation package will enable the Agreement to be implemented in practice. Thus, it will set a global climate and energy policy for the coming years.

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