- Human comfort and safety: passive or active personal, space or urban cooling
- Food, nutrition and agriculture: agricultural cold chain
- Health services: vaccine and medical cold chain
Initiatives may be in ideation or implementation stage and should demonstrate potential for impact in terms of improving affordability and increasing access to sustainable cooling through one or more of the following:
- passive and nature-based cooling solutions
- renewable-based cooling solutions
- energy-efficient cooling solutions
Entry Requirements
- Entries may be submitted by individuals or groups of up to 5 individuals, all under 35 years of age.
- Preliminary entries submitted by 30 June 2022 will receive additional guidance and support prior to the final submission.
- All final entries must be submitted by 30 August 2022 through the Entry Submission Form in English or French.
- Three teams will be shortlisted to present live at COP 27 (TBD), where the winner will be announced.
- Three teams will receive a cash prize and further support from the competition sponsors.
Assessment Criteria
All the submissions would be assessed based on the following criteria:
- Goal Alignment
- Functionality and Relevance
- Outcome and Impact
- Scalability and Implementation
Benefits
- Prize: USD 3,000, USD 2,000, USD 1,000 from the Sustainable Cooling for All to support the implementation of the idea
- Visibility: Spotlight feature from SEforALL (and partners) as well as exhibition opportunities (e.g., SEforALL Forum)
- Incubation support: Coming soon.
For more information: https://www.seforall.org/thisiscool-challenge
