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6 challenges found

Climate Innovation

beginner

20 min

Design a way to keep classrooms cooler in summer without using air conditioners.

As heat waves intensify, many schools can't afford or run air conditioning.

4 recognitionsBiomimicry

Climate Innovation

beginner

20 min

Create a solution that encourages people to plant and maintain more trees in their communities.

Trees cool neighborhoods and clean the air, but planting drives often fail because nobody maintains the saplings after the photo is taken.

4 recognitionsDesign Thinking

Climate Innovation

intermediate

35 min

Design a flood preparedness system for communities that experience seasonal flooding.

Communities on floodplains face the same disaster every year, yet early warnings, evacuation, and protecting belongings often fall apart in the moment — especially for the elderly and low-income families..

6 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Climate Innovation

intermediate

35 min

Create a low-cost strategy to protect farmers from increasingly severe heat waves.

Outdoor farm workers face dangerous and rising temperatures.

6 recognitionsFirst Principles

Climate Innovation

advanced

50 min

Design a climate-resilient neighborhood that withstands floods, heat waves, and water shortages.

Future neighborhoods must absorb multiple climate shocks at once.

8 recognitionsSystems Thinking

Climate Innovation

advanced

50 min

Create a system that helps a city adapt to rising temperatures over the next 20 years.

Cities are warming faster than the countryside because of concrete and traffic.

8 recognitionsSystems Thinking