Contest rules

 

 

Eligibility and limitations

To be eligible to enter the Young Champions of the Earth competition (hereafter referred to as “the Competition”), applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 30.

Additionally, each applicant must have at least six months of prior experience working on their environmental project.

Individuals who submitted applications in previous cycles of the Competition are entitled to do so again. However, only one entry is allowed per person per year.

Employees of CoalitionWILD, any other Competition partners, the United Nations Environment Programme (hereafter referred to as "UNEP”) and the immediate family members of such employees are not eligible to participate in the Competition, either as applicants or as sponsors. The term “immediate family” of such employees includes spouses, siblings, parents, children, grandparents and grandchildren, whether as “in-laws” or by current or past marriage(s), remarriage(s), adoption, co-habitation or other family extension, and any other persons residing at the same household as such employees, whether or not they are related to them.

Release

In participating in the Competition, each participant waives any and all claims of liability against UNEP, its employees and agents, the Competition’s sponsors and their respective employees and agents, for any personal injury or loss that may occur from the conduct of, or their participation in, the Competition, or from the use of any prize monies or participation in any related trips or activities. Participants who are selected as prize winners must sign an official waiver form provided by UNEP before their names will be announced as such.

Use of personal information 

By participating in the Competition, all participants and winners who are allowed to do so by law agree to grant UNEP permission to use their names, photographs, voices, videotape and related materials in connection with the promotion of the Competition and to waive any claims to royalties, rights or remuneration associated with any such use. 

Taxes

Each winner is solely responsible for reporting any prize money he/she receives to his/her tax authorities and for paying any and all applicable taxes and/or other expenses related to the Competition.

Intellectual property

By participating in the Competition, each applicant confirms that the ideas presented in his/her application are wholly his/her own.

In applying for the Competition, each applicant agrees that, if he/she is selected as a finalist, he/she will make public on the Young Champions of the Earth website a written description of his/her project as well as a short video explaining the project components.

UNEP, elephant17.org and any other sponsors of the Competition will not seek to derive any commercial or economic benefit from the ideas or inventions included in any of the Competition applications, whether such ideas or inventions have been presented by winners or by non-winners.

Miscellaneous

Each winner must submit proof of eligibility to participate in the Competition and sign UNEP’s release form to claim any prize associated with the Competition. UNEP may substitute prizes, amend the Competition rules or discontinue the Competition at any time. UNEP disclaims any responsibility to notify participants of any aspect related to the conduct of the Competition.

Applicable rules

The conduct of the Competition is governed by the applicable regulations and rules of the United Nations and UNEP, including those regarding the privileges and immunities of the United Nations, which UNEP enjoys.