On June 4, eve of the UN World Environment Day, British Council marked the completion of the first year of Challenge Europe and the launch of its second year on board a ship anchored on the Danube River in our capital Bratislava.

The event, called, Climate Change: Challenges for Slovakia, brought together current and potential Climate Advocates, project partners, the Ministry for the Environment, NGOs that are active in related fields, media, teachers and young designers.

Climatologist Prof Milan Lapin gave the invited audience a professional presentation on climate change in Slovakia, explaining what the main issues for our country are. The UNEP office based in Vienna provided information related to climate change and the British Council Challenge Europe team presented their project.

Slovak Climate Advocates reported on their activities and achievements in the first year of this project to the audience and the winners of the competition to design T-shirts capturing the gravity of climate change were presented with their prizes by Katka Koscova, who together with Prof Lapin is a patron of Challenge Europe in Slovakia.

The inspiring programme ended with a presentation of certificates to the Climate Advocates who had successfully completed the first year of Challenge Europe.