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The 7th Global Youth Environment Essay Competition 2023

 

After the declaration of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit, carbon neutrality has become a global topic as the best way to overcome the climate crisis.

We are now at a turning point towards a carbon-neutral society. Countries around the world are revising large-scale government policies and laws, expanding support for eco-friendly investments while competing to develop eco-friendly technologies and infrastructure. At the same time, the role of individuals as well as corporations is being strengthened.

In light of this, this year's Global Youth Environment Essay Competition has chosen the essay topic of "Carbon Neutrality and the Role of Individuals," giving young people around the world an opportunity to think about the roles they can play in various fields to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality in response to climate change.

 

You, a teenager and a future leader, can make meaningful contributions by your writing.

 



 

○ Hosted and Organized by : Education Association for Software Empowerment (EASE)

○ Operated by : HOBY Korea 

○Supported by : Korea’s Ministry of Education, Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Korea’s Ministry of Environment,  Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Gyeonggi-do Provincial Government, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, Gyeonggi-do Office of Education, Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, Incheon Metropolitan City Office of Education, Sejong City Office of Education,Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Office of Education, Gyeongnam Provincial Office of Education, Seoul Metropolitan Council, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Paju Office of Education in Gyeonggi-do, Korea Environmental Corporation, HOBY Youth Leadership Foundation (HOBY), Green Environmental Practice Headquarters, HOBY Korea
 


○ Entry Fee : No entry fee

○ Eligibilities : Middle and high school students from any country
  • Grades between 7th and 12th in the U.S. education system or equivalent on May 31, 2023 (Last year, students from 46 countries participated in.)
○ Deadline : May 31, 2023 KST

○ Announcement of Winners : June 30, 2023 KST  (to be noticed individually)

○ Awards Ceremony : August 5 (SAT), 2023 KST in Seoul  

○ Essay Topic : Carbon Neutrality and the Role of Individuals 

○ Languages:  English or Korean (Choose one language.)

○ Word limit: Your essay must be shorter than 1,300 words in English, or 800 words or less in Korean
  •  excluding title, footnotes, bibliography or references


○ Awards: 

Awarded by

Number of Awardee(s)

The Minister of Education of Republic of Korea

1

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Korea

1

The Minister of Environment of Republic of Korea

1

Mayor of Seoul

1

Governor of Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

2

Los Angeles Councilwoman Heather Hutt

2

Foreign Embassies in the Republic of Korea

3

HOBY Foundation

1

Superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education 
(awarded only to one middle school student residing in Seoul)

1

Superintendent of Gyeonggi-do Office of Education

4

Superintendent of the Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education

2

Superintendent of the Incheon Metropolitan City Office of Education

2

Superintendent of the Sejong City Office of Education
(awarded only to one middle or high school student residing in Sejong City)

1

Superintendent of Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Office of Education
(awarded only to one middle or high school student residing in Jeju Island)

2

Superintendent of Gyeongsangnamdo Office of Education

1

Seoul Metropolitan Council Chairman

2

Gyeonggi-do Assembly Chairman

2

Head of Paju Office of Education in Gyeonggi-do

4

CEO of Korea Environment Corporation

2

President of Green Youth Environmental Practice Headquarters

5

President of Korean Educational Association for Empowerment of Software

5

HOBY Korea

5

 

Certificate of Participation is issued to each participant.
 

○ How to Apply : Submit your essay using the form.    


        
 

  • Once an essay is submitted, it cannot be modified. If you want to make a change, please submit a new application.
  • You must use the essay submission form. Essays submitted without using the form will not be reviewed.
  • We do not accept applications by email.
  • Please note that any problems caused by incorrect or different personal information (name, date of birth, school name, etc.) provided on the online application form and/or essay submission form are the responsibility of the applicant.



○ Judging Criteria :  

Content

Organization

Language use and conventions

Total

- Is your perspective original? 
- Are your own thoughts, analysis, and interpretation well reflected?
- Are the presented evidence, examples, experiences appropriate? 
- Is the conclusion rational and convincing? 

- Is it logically developed and easy to understand and read? 
- Is it coherent? 

- Is the expression clear?
- Is it unique? 
- Is the word choice appropriate?
- Are the sentence connections smooth and proper?  
- Grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.

 

50 30 20 100


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※ Submitted essays will not be returned.
※ Plagiarized essays will be rejected. (Essays must be original.)
※ Essays must be written by one person.

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※ Submitted essays are checked for plagiarism (content similarity) by turnitin. 
※ Plagiarism check also applies when writing using AI such as ChatGPT.



○ Inquiry : admin@emposw.org  |  hobyk@hobykorea.com



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