Climate Challenge Cup innovation showcase and awards ceremony
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Join our livestream from COP26 as we showcase innovative projects from the UK and US in the running to be awarded the Climate Challenge Cup.
About this event
We’re delighted to invite you to the online streaming of the Climate Challenge Cup Awards Ceremony; an evening of inspiration, networking, and celebration taking place at COP26.
No one can fight climate change alone. That's why the Climate Challenge Cup is celebrating civic research partnerships in the UK and US, where organisations are working collaboratively to tackle climate change.
This international competition is delivered by the research organisation, social investor and community practitioner, The Young Foundation, in the UK, and by MetroLab Network, a civic research and innovation collaborative, in the US.
Join us to discuss climate action and hear about innovative and scalable projects that are helping communities become more resilient to the effects of climate change, from wildfires to extreme flooding. You'll also hear from partnerships helping cities achieve their net zero targets.
Watch live on www.ClimateChallengeCup.com
Helen Goulden, CEO of the Young Foundation will host the event joined by the Rt. Hon. Danny Kruger, MP for Devizes who will deliver a KeyNote speech.
6-6.30pm - Inspiring speakers discussing how innovation benefits place, the value of partnerships between universities, civic organisations and communities to tackle climate change, and the opportunity for civic spaces and community integration. This Panel will include
- Daze Aghaji, Climate Activist and Climate Challenge Cup Judge
- Professor Keri Facer - Professor of Educational and Social Futures, University of Bristol, and Visiting Professor in Education for Sustainable Development, University of Gothenburg
- Colette Pichon Battle - Founder and Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy
- Dr Henry Kippin - Managing Director of the North of Tyne Combined Authority
6.30pm-7pm - Q&A and panel discussion about opportunities and challenges for civic action to tackle climate change
7pm-8pm - The event will culminate in an award ceremony, with Professor Alex Halliday, Director of the Earth Institute and Founding Dean of the Columbia Climate School and Dr. Emily Reichert, CEO of Greentown Labs representing the competition judges.
8pm-9pm - Virtual networking
The Climate Challenge Cup is supported by the UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy with grant funding, and by the City of Glasgow, as well as the UK's Science and Innovation Network, Innovate UK, The University of Glasgow and Vertigo Ventures.
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