Pictures from the 18th International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment: Third Prize: Vanessa Yokoo Mori Oda, 11 years, Brazil
Climate change represents one of the biggest global challenges of our time. That it is of concern to our very youngest citizens was proven by the 18th International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment organized by Bayer and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) together with other project partners. More than 2.4 million children from almost 100 countries took part this year. Third place was awarded to 11-year-old Vanessa Yokoo Mori Oda from Brazil for the picture illustrated here.
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