Contests Anticipating Climate Hazards 2017 Anticipating Climate Hazards 2017 Semi-Finalist selection
Expert judges select semi-finalists
Feb 10, 2017 06:00 EST
- Mar 28, 2017 01:00 EDT
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Mar 28, 2017 01:00 EDT
- Apr 18, 2017 06:00 EDT
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Expert judges select finalists
Apr 18, 2017 06:00 EDT
- Jun 1, 2017 12:00 EDT
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Jun 1, 2017 12:00 EDT
- Jun 30, 2017 12:00 EDT
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Jul 17, 2017 09:00 EDT
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Remove all CO2 added to the air since the Industrial Revolution, in 1-10 years using a forest of synthetic trees
Harvesting Wave energy with very slimpler mechanism yet low cost design=Practical for real world.
Questions: What will you do IF Tomorrow when nearly your entire City begins to flood, or gets destroyed by Storms?
It’s in the Bag! A Simple, Energy Saving Cooking Idea.
Taggling climate change now. implementation of strategies to bring about a better enviromental contions
Every item in a building has come from direction and creates a whirlpool. When the extreme weather aproaches create oposite whirlpool.
Development of school discipline dedicated to environmental education based on the concept of sustainability.
Almost 30 to 40 year ago in pakistan People use to carry their own bags to market made of cloth or organic material like date tree skin.
Social engineering will create the economic stimulus to modify behavior and affect workable solutions.
Anticipate a climate hazard (heat wave) and stop it before it can even get started with an invisible, REMOVABLE, unbound screen in space!
Desalination Hopscotch transports clean water to an aquifer near you. Aquifers provide resiliency against scarcity in times of drought.
Using the wide spread tech called "sms" to be used as an emergency info beacon/comm tool.
As a student in environmental management it falls upon me to provide solutions to the stinking problem of environmental degradation.
solutions to anticipate and respond to climate extremes(floods/droughts)by saving irrigation water and water underground water storage
PRECIsE seeks to contribute to debates on the impacts of the use of Big Data on Climate Research addressing the SDGs.
Escuela lúdica de formación para la resilencia dirigido de adolescentes para niños de 8 a 11 años que incluye aulas virtuales y parque
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A contest for most effective preparedness investment
Providing electronic Mentorship support to social entrepreneurs on how they can start and grow environmentally friendly business initiatives
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” – Benjamin Franklin.
Diseases after climate-related events are associated to safe water and sanitation availability. WWT technology is an outstanding solution.
Develop a novel approach for green synthesis of nanoparticles using herbal extracts for treatment & remediation of waste & drinking water.
Develop a novel approach for green synthesis of nanoparticles using herbal extracts for treatment & remediation of waste & drinking water.
Monitoring phytoplankton, protecting bioluminescence & awareness of toxic algae bloom in a network of coastal communities
Rural internet access regarding citizen’s science in the service of climate change adaptation and mitigation.
One of the most serious implications of climate change is the intensity and frequency of extreme events on the agricultural production.
U.C.S. is a new urban alternative for rescue and manage rivers and enhance his potentials to help and prevent Climate Change Effects
Instead of leveraging hundreds of water utilities, liaise with the main state-owned development banks.
Millions of people in developing countries lack protein. Organic waste can be turned into high grade animal feed with BS fly larvae.
What is great for big business is not for everyone. We will work to educate, equip and mobilize the general public to act on Climate Change.
Hyperloops for Humanity, the Environment, and Profits: A Mediterranean Marine Hyperloop/Refugee/Environmental Collaborative Proposal
What if society could calculate optimal population sizes in order to limit resource depletion and environmental degredation?
What if young students today could have a free social security pensions for free tomorrow by planting trees?
Using the briquettes environmentlly friendly technology to substitute charcaol that leads to defforestation hence reducing global warming
Asthe globalconcept is of low carbon and sustainablity in future solid state reactors may come into existance there may be a disaster
Tomorrow never comes..... Let us plant one tree today to seek blessings of mother earth for our future generations....
We propose cassava-nol to tackle the massive deforestation, and build community resilience to increasing droughts, floods and degradation.
Agricultural producers in the central high plateau of Bolivia sow according to the type of soil, preventing risk indexes
Agromet Based Early Warning System for Cotton-Wheat in Punjab-Pakistan
Municipalities of Oruro with preventive vision, plan and elaborate their Action Plan with resilience to climate change and early warning
Adquire a deep knowledge of spatio-temporal rainfalls distribution in Namibia to optimize water resources and set droughts emergency plans.
There is a fault of strategic analysis and coordination for this and similar projects, specially gobal warming still don't have a plan.
Industrial effluents being polluted in nature need proper management before disposing off, as it may save our economical crops & hence life
Stories provoke curiosity and discussion. When Climate design solutions is open, a more resilient communities.
On time of disasters cause by climate hazards no one can save you but yourselves.
Biodegradation of wastewater to be safely use for irrigation of plants & its influence on their performance & characterization of telomerase
Save & Store the Seeds of Forest Plants: Spread/Sow at Proper Time and Place !
Collect fruit seeds with students help, grow fruit trees everywhere, distribute fruits free, request to save seeds & use next year
CLIVE allows decision-makers to visualize in 3D the impacts of sea-level rise and storm surge water levels at local community scales
Troubled Waters is a crowdsourcing game aimed at developing methods for alleviating wide-ranging severe water stress now and in the future.
A marine centric multidisplinary approach to anticipating climate change induced hazards, absorbing shocks, and reshaping development.
An innovator has the skills to expand parameters and the resilience to cope and move forward when confronted with what others term failure.
This proposal intends to develop mobile platform that will allow users to report information about unfolding disaster using mobile devices.
Particulate matter deteriorates air quality in many ways. We have a smart solution to fight it.
connected objects (raingauge, thermometer, etc) and smartphone app for early detection of critical thresholds and excess.
The marine space offers the least complex starting point for addressing A2R needs for effective-profitable-intergrated socioeco solutions.
A technology to convert waste smartphones into intelligent machines to collect,analyse and predict climate hazards & provide rapid response.
Empowering the rural women by linking climate information to livelihood strategies through Information Communication Technologies
MINI ELEVATED GREEN-POWERED TRAINS - reducing vulnerablity of public transit to flooding & a comprehensive solution to urban mobility.
Individual and community resiliency improves with post-disaster access to crucial documents, which this program will identify and safeguard.
Anticipating and mitigating effects of climate change in the building industry, while promoting self reliance and capacity building.
The green power mission of INDIA envisages Low Carbon Technologies (LCT) and Carbon Capture and Sequerastration (CCS)
Development of An Index to Measure the Trade-off between Environment (ENVE) and Resource Utilization (RU)
High risk & vulnerability for coastal communities and economic activities facing climate change require an ICZM approach to build resilience
early warning system anticipates climate hazards, absorbs shocks in most-vulnerable communities & reshapes mitigation/adaptation landscape
Advanced urban strategies to reduce urban exposure with functional replacement, improving citizens’ involvement and private owners’ actions
Dilemma changes in coastal zone due to climate change phenomenon drastically affect the marine resources and stakeholders of the community.
This proposal intends to preserve rivers through the collaborated efforts of engineers, politicians and local stakeholders.
Future Vision is furniture for transit hubs that increases community resilience by spreading information & enhancing civic connections.
Water Footprint, Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Ethanol,Sustainibility, Sugarcane, Environment, GHGs, CO2
Laws favor oil/coal fired transport/utilities. Solar Mobility Act restores free markets, allowing cleaner, faster, safer, cheaper networks.
Alternative livelihoods and income opportunities can reduce coastal communities' dependence on mangrove ecosystem thereby mitigate floods
VR based disaster simulation in mock workshops and mobile networking integrated response plan leads to a safe escape from climate hazards.
This proposal suggests strategies/solutions to assess, absorb, adapt, and ameliorate the effects of climate change on Pakistan agriculture.
RESPRO Project (Restoring Nature, Protecting People) - Coral reefs restoration as nature-based adaptation to climate change
Impacts of Brick Kilns on Natural and Social Environment creating Climate change and its Mitigation measures in Pakistan
Incentivized disaster preparedness & gamification of awareness by bringing government & insurance companies together via an online platform.