FT Schools competition: climate change

College students are invited to enter the joint FT and Royal Geographical Society competition on local weather alter and sustainability. 

Individuals finding out A degree geography or the equal have until finally September 30 to compose an essay of up to one,000 text or an ArcGIS StoryMap, selecting and analysing knowledge on sustainability and local weather alter to convey to the geographical guiding it. 

Entries really should be based mostly all-around the Cop-26 2021 aims ‘to raise local weather ambition, establish resilience and decreased emissions’ and really should take into consideration a selection of scales — from area to world wide. 

The judges will find entries supported by evidence, building a obvious argument and with referenced sources of details and knowledge. The finest will be published by the FT and the RGS. 

Complete information and an entry kind are out there on the RGS website. 

Applicants are encouraged to get their schools to sign up for the FT’s free of charge schools obtain programme, and might draw inspiration from articles or blog posts in the FT this kind of as this selection on climate alter and this on sustainability.