"The 16th International Children's Painting Competition on the Environment was organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Japan-based Foundation for Global Peace and Environment (FGPE), Bayer AG and Nikon Corporation. Regional winners were announced on 22 April 2007 and the global winners were announced on 3 June 2007 in Tromso, Norway where the International World Environment Day celebrations took place. The 2007 theme was "Climate Change"." (Source )

Here a few of the winners:

Charlie Sullivan 12 years old, United Kingdom/ GLobal 1st Prize Winner

Charlie speaks about the painting: painting the need for everyone to act as climate change is happening now. My inspiration came partly from another art competition I entered, the Global Canvas, where I learnt how the power of art can affect our views with just an image.

The silhouette of a figure in my painting represents government and global businesses idle hold over the world. In the background the reds, oranges and yellows represents the fossil fuel power plants and warming of the planet while those that could act use the umbrella to shelter behind. The umbrella pictures the world being turned inside out and upside down by the wind. Therefore we must all act to save the world from being polluted. Global warming is an issue that we can all do something about by the 3Rs; reduce, reuse and recycle.

My wish regarding climate change on our planet is that everyone would take global warming seriously and think how their actions could destroy our planet and its very fragile eco system.

I am involved in protecting the environment both at home and at school. At home I help separate the household waste into different containers for recycling and our own compost. We recycle metal, glass, plastic and paper through a roadside pickup system set up by our local council. This helps to cut down the 600,000 tonnes of rubbish put into landfill every year in Surrey.

My school is very concerned about climate change and the effects it will have on our environment. In every classroom there are waste paper recycling containers that are emptied regularly at our recycling point. Compost is made from our apple cores and vegetable waste. This compost is rotted down and reused in the school garden and organic vegetable patch. Within our small garden we have a wildlife area, a willow sculpture I helped create and a pond, which has two wild ducks. Our year will be going to Somerset next month where as a part of the trip we will learn about the growing and weaving of willow.

In May the school takes part in the Golden Boot challenge where all the pupils and staff try to find alternative forms of transport other that using the car. This has led to the school having its own bicycle shed. I rode to school on my pony along with my next-door neighbor.

I would like to become either a designer or a member of the Household Cavalry.

Polina Petrova age: 13 years country: Bulgaria/ Global 2nd prize

Ekaterina Nishchuk age: 12 years country: Russian Federation/2nd prize global

You can see all the winners here .