Doha, Qatar — The Adaptation Fund has announced the winners of its 2012 photo competition. The theme of this year’s contest was Food and Agriculture and entrants were encouraged to depict “the various ways in which individuals and communities in developing countries are adapting to climate change in the food and agricultural sectors.”
The winners were announced at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations at the Adaptation Fund side event in Doha on Friday, November 30. They were selected by a five-member jury of distinguished photography professionals from around the world: Mr. Pedro Armestre, Photographer; Ms. Alexandra Garcia, Director of Operations for the International League of Conservation Photographers; Ms. Karen Kasmauski, Photographer; Dr. Samuel Sidibé, Directeur Général of the Musée National du Mali; Mr. Andrew Smith, Photojournalist and Lecturer, University of Technology, Jamaica.
