The Green Climate Fund (the Fund) is a new multilateral fund for climate finance that was agreed by Parties at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in Cancun, Mexico (2010).

The Fund?s purpose is to make a significant contribution to the global efforts to to limit warming to 2 degrees Celsius by providing support to developing countries to help limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, and to adapt to the unavoidable impacts of climate change.

The Fund will promote a paradigm shift to help developing countries transform their economies and put them on a low‐emission and climate‐resilient path. It will pursue a country‐driven approach, taking into account the needs of those developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts and while doing so, it will promote environmental, social,  economic, and development co‐benefits and take a gender‐sensitive approach.

The Board of the Green Climate Fund has launched an international competition (the?Competition?) inviting art and design schools and universities worldwide, and younger people more broadly, to submit proposals for a logo of the Green Climate Fund. The focus of the Competition is to provide opportunities for students and young professionals to design the logo for an international fund. The logo should:

private sector and civil society, working together to address the challenge of the climate change

and climate‐resilient development pathways

Participants should provide, both in colour and in black and white, the proposed logo:

The material must be sent in high resolution PNG/JPEG/TIFF or GIF formats. Other types

The submissions should include a short (max 1 page A4) de!--script--ion of the motivation for the  design and its graphic derivation.  Inputs submitted in an incorrect format, improper file type, or sent via regular mail will not be   considered in the selection and evaluation process.

conclusion of the Competition.

Participants must own full copyright of the design. If requested, they must be able to certify ownership. Participants warrant that their entries are their own original artwork. Group  submissions are welcome. One entry is permitted per individual or group.

Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 25 years. This age ran ge is applicable to  all participants, including all members of a group.

All submitted proposals will be considered confidential. Proposals that have not been  selected will not be used for any other commercial or non‐commercial use.  By submitting logo entries for consideration, all entrants affirm and acknowledge that the  Green Climate Fund will have indefinite property rights and the right to use or display the winning  logo in any matter and at any time. The logo usage might include, but would not be limited to, various on‐line as well as printable publications, posters, web‐sites, or any other communication  materials. The Green Climate Fund will hold the right to distribute the logo to third parties or

others to promote the Green Climate Fund name, brand, activities or any other purposes to further the mission of the Fund.

Decisions taken by the Green Climate Fund and the Selection Panel are final. The Fund is  not liable for any late, misrouted, damaged or lost entries or incorrect information supplied in the submission form. If for any reason the Competition is not capable of running as planned, the Fund reserves the right to cancel or modify it. Only the winner(s) will be contacted.

The submissions, in accordance with requirements above, should reach the Interim  Secretariat no later than 28 July 2013. In addition to the logo design, participants are required to  submit a completed ?Logo Entry Form?.

A shortlisted set of 100 entries will be assessed by the Green Climate Fund?s Logo  Selection Panel.

Based on the recommendation of the Green Climate Fund Logo Selection Panel, the Green   Climate Fund Board will announce the successful logo for the Fund at its Board meeting in  September 2013. The logo for the Fund and the name(s) of the person(s) who designed the logo  will be displayed at the headquarters of the Fund in Songdo, Republic of Korea.