Mit Climate Collaboratorium Plans Portlet

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Contest 2011: Global

Proposal creation

CoLab members create proposals

 05/15/11 EDT -09/30/11 EDT
Second phase
Second phase 11/04/11 EDT -11/04/11 EDT
2010 finalists
Voting phase 11/04/11 EDT -11/16/11 EST
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How should the global economy evolve through 2100, given the risks of climate change?

Voting has now ended and the contest results will be announced on November 16. Winning proposals will be featured in briefings now being planned at the United Nations and U.S. Congress. For more information, see contest overview.

What:
Any actions
Where:
Global
Who:
Any organizations or individuals

6 proposals

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Finalist

The Planet Or Your Plate: mitigate climate change by going meatless / beach-babe-in-fl

61
27
11/1/11
team only
Mitigate climate change by a rapid reduction of the short lived warming gases by advocating for less meat consumption globally
Finalist

RewirePlus: Behaviour change and value change for the emerging green economy / zannahmae

8
4
10/31/11
team only
A shift to a green economy will require changes in behaviours and values all the way down to the individual. Here's how we get started!
Finalist

2010 Winners Combined / dennis

1
4
10/27/11
team only
Semi finalist

Fix the system - get a global 'circular economy' / blindspotter

66
64
7/17/12
team only
All climate policy is too limited. Global problems can be solved as a whole, for example with a 'circular economy'.
Semi finalist

Safe Nuclear Power & Fresh-Water Production / DrAlexC

39
16
10/31/11
team only
Safe, clean nuclear power has been available for decades, because of the 1960s molten-salt reactor (MSR) research & operation at ORNL in TN.
Semi-finalist

Blueprint for a Sustainable Planet / roymahoff

2
6
11/1/11
anyone
Two simple mechanisms integrate to clean the planets, air, water, land, sea and nuclear waste using a photobioreactor and anaerobic digester