The World Bank Group youth summit 2015 will be held in November (16-17), in Washington DC, USA on the theme “Crowdsourcing solutions for Climate Change”. Young people from around the world are invited to use their knowledge and creativity to crowdsource solutions for climate change that contribute to growth and development in developing and emerging countries.
This is an opportunity for young professionals to present their creative solutions and spark a global dialogue on innovative ways to address the reality of climate change.
The World Bank Group youth summit 2015 will be held in November (16-17), in Washington DC, USA on the theme “Crowdsourcing solutions for Climate Change”. Young people from around the world are invited to use their knowledge and creativity to crowdsource solutions for climate change that contribute to growth and development in developing and emerging countries.
This is an opportunity for young professionals to present their creative solutions and spark a global dialogue on innovative ways to address the reality of climate change.
Participants must submit proposals that provide business or policy level ideas (or a combination of both) on how to tackle climate change impacts and achieve development needs in specific country
Eligibility
- The competition is open to individuals and teams up to 5 people.
- Participants must be between the ages of 18 to 35 years.
Qualifications of the proposals
- Be between 2,000-3,000 words in length
- Be submitted in English
- Be submitted as one pdf
- Must cover aspects such as ;
- Relevance and details of the innovative solution
- Detailed implementation strategy
- Potential challenges for implementation
- Financial projections for the costs of the solution and tentative identification of funding to cover them,
- Expected outcome in terms of societal and/or environmental savings/gains.
Deadline;3rd October 2015
For more information http://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2015/08/26/youth-summit-2015#6