Overview
“全球气候创新者挑战赛”是一项全球性计划，它汇聚了推动变革的人士、气候领域的企业家、可持续技术专家以及相关决策者，共同加速推出新一代创新解决方案，助力实现1.5ºC的气候目标。 创新是带来变革性解决方案的关键，这些方案有助于限制和应对气候变化，并实现可持续发展目标13。然而，由于意识不足、创意能力有限，以及难以获得种子资金和早期发展资金等障碍，许多气候相关项目和创新在起步阶段就面临诸多限制。 我们希望与最优秀的人才携手合作，克服这些障碍，为青年和专业人士创造机会，让他们能够构思、开发并资助相关的气候创新项目，从而加速气候转型的进程。
主题
我们正在寻找能够加快实现1.5℃气候目标的创新解决方案或创意(包括但不限于技术、产品、商业模式或方法)。参与者需从以下五个主题中选择一个： 经济实惠的清洁能源(与SDG 7相关) 具有韧性的社会经济基础设施与可持续工业化(与SDG 9相关) 灾害风险降低、可持续交通、可持续城市及人类居住区建设(与SDG 11相关) 可持续的消费和生产模式、资源高效利用、污染与废物减少以及循环经济(与SDG 12相关) 其他应对气候变化及其影响的措施(与SDG 13相关)
申请方式
• Professional Innovator
专业创新者可以以法人实体身份(初创企业/社会企业/公司/实验室/研究中心)参与此次挑战赛。您需要在截止日期前提交解决方案的概要，并注明当前所处阶段(概念验证/原型设计/试点测试/MVP版本/商业化产品)。 • 青年创新者(24岁及以下) 青年创新者可以以2至4人组成的团队形式参与挑战赛，所有团队成员年龄均需在24岁以下。您需要在截止日期前提交项目创意的推介材料。(注：拥有完整项目的青年可考虑以专业创新者身份报名。)
专业创新者/青年创新者的注册方式：
请将相关材料发送至challenge@gcic-sdgs.org 注册截止日期——2023年7月25日
• 观察员
任何对气候创新感兴趣的人都可以注册成为观察员，已作为创新者注册的人员除外。观察员将被邀请参与最终轮的评选并投票。
观察员的注册方式：
您将随时收到挑战进展的最新消息，并会被邀请与创新者一起参与投票及其他互动活动。 注册截止日期：2023年8月15日
标准
要符合参与创新者挑战赛的资格，您的创新方案必须明确围绕“加速实现1.5℃气候目标”这一主题，并且与上述五个主题中的某一个相关。专业创新者与青年创新者的评判标准如下： • Professional Innovator
气候影响与可扩展性：有明确的愿景，且能够展现出解决该挑战的潜力 可行性与采纳度：创新方案易于实施，且能被目标群体采纳，从而产生实际影响 整体优势：需提供能体现您竞争优势的证据，比如卓越的社会资本或智力资本 • Youth Innovator
创意的独创性：该创意展现出独特的思路或创造性思维，使其区别于现有的解决方案。 创意质量：该创意具备可行性与现实性，成功实施的可能性很高。 创意清晰度：创意表述清晰易懂，演讲内容条理分明、逻辑连贯且富有说服力。 一旦您提交参赛作品，我们的团队将会全面评估所有参赛作品。经过挑战赛评委的严格评审后，我们将于8月7日公布半决赛入围名单，8月14日公布最终入围名单。入围选手将受邀参加9月6日的最终展示环节，该环节与全球气候创新峰会同期举行。最终展示将在纽约市现场举办并同步直播。成功的参赛者将获得认可、人脉资源以及进一步的支持，以加速其发展。
优势
我们为参与该挑战赛的创新者(专业组/青年组)及观察员提供多种福利。GCIC为创新者打造了一个平台，让他们能够获得气候领域公众和决策者的认可，与其他创新者建立联系，得到顶级投资机构的指导与扶持，还有机会获得资金和资源以加速项目进展。
前三名决赛选手
联合国总部大使奖颁奖晚宴 前三名决赛选手将受邀参加这场正式的大使奖颁奖晚宴，在会上我们会表彰那些为气候创新解决方案做出杰出贡献的组织和个人。此次晚宴预计会有联合国常驻大使及相关领域的高层人士出席。 Innovation Acceleration Program
排名前三的决赛选手将在接下来的12个月内获得持续的支持，以加速其发展，这些支持包括来自GCIC网络的指导、反馈、培训以及各类资源。他们还将优先获得与该网络中的气候基金及孵化器开展合作的机遇。 Showcase in 2024
排名前三的决赛选手将被邀请在2024年全球气候创新峰会上展示他们未来一年的发展成果。 企业会员资格(仅面向专业创新者开放) 可享受为期1年的定制化企业会员福利，这些福利包括但不限于优先获取GCIC的资源、受邀参加GCIC的闭门活动以及其他具有影响力的气候行动相关活动。 现金奖励(仅面向专业创新者开放) 作为冠军可获得10,000美元的现金奖励 Youth Development (exclusive to Youth Innovator)
Enjoy 1-year tailored support for youth development, such as internship opportunities, entrepreneurship training courses, and more.
Finalist
Guidance
Finalists enjoy the opportunity to receive detailed guidance and exchange ideas with top-tier investors and thought leaders.
Global Climate Innovation Summit
Final pitch day will be held along with the Summit. Finalists will pitch their ideas to a panel of prestigious judges and are also invited to attend the rest of the Summit, where they will receive the most exposure to decision-makers in the climate world.
Public Exposure
Finalists will have a full month to receive publicity and Observer votes. They will receive exposure from media and the public.
Climate Talent
We offer finalists free access to job portal to help find climate talent for their projects.
Semi-Finalist
Recognition
Semi-finalists will receive a certificate of participation that is recognized by Global Climate Innovation Center.
Innovator Community
Semi-finalists will be invited to join the community, where they can network with other innovators and receive invitations to apply for other climate innovation competitions, innovation boot camps, climate scholarships, and internship opportunities hosted by UN-affiliated organizations and GCIC Friend international organizations.
Observer
Invitation to watch the live broadcast of the Final Pitch, where you can witness the innovative ideas presented by the finalists.
Invitation to attend online webinars, where you can engage with the finalists during interviews and have priority to ask questions.
Invitation to join the GCIC community, where you can receive notifications on climate events, climate career opportunities, and interact with the Innovator community.
Three randomly selected Observers will be invited to attend the Summit onsite, providing a unique opportunity to connect with industry leaders in the climate innovation space.
SPECIAL NOTE
Global Climate Innovator Challenge does not charge any fees at any stage of the application process or participation in the program. We take pride in offering a fair and equitable opportunity to all applicants. If you receive any suspicious communication that request any form of payment, please do not hesitate to contact us immediately at info@gcic-sdgs.org so that we can investigate and take appropriate action.
Furthermore, we would like to remind all participants that all materials and ideas submitted must be the participant(s)’ original work, and must not infringe upon any third party's copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, concepts, designs or otherwise. Additionally, materials and ideas submitted must not contain expressions which spread, incite, promote, or justify racial hatred, xenophobia, or other forms of hatred based on.
We appreciate your cooperation in helping us ensure a safe and fair application process for all participants. Feel free to send an email to challenge@gcic-sdgs.org if you have any problems regarding the Challenge.