Applications are now open for the 2021 Keeling
Curve Prize (KCP) to act quickly on climate, and that there are effective
solutions being implemented right now all across the globe.
The KCP's aim is to accelerate and celebrate these solutions by
honoring the very best climate actions worldwide and enhancing their efforts. Global Warming Mitigation Project (GWMP) do this by providing not only financial
resources, but exposure, promotion and a supporting network to elevate their
success.
Categories
GWMP have developed five categories, each one
addressing a specific sector of climate innovation:
- Capture &
Utilization: Projects in this category are
advancing technological and nature-based strategies for capturing and/or
utilizing heat-trapping gases from the air or oceans.
- Energy: Projects in this category decarbonize energy, support
zero-carbon energy innovations, and lead the way in improving the supply,
distribution, and access of low or zero-emissions energy systems
worldwide.
- Finance: Projects in this category are making financial
mechanisms and economics work for greenhouse gas reduction and/or reversal
ventures.
- Social &
Cultural Pathways: Projects in this category are
changing the way people consider, understand, and act concerning human
impacts on planet Earth. They are trying to answer the question: what does
it take, socially and culturally, to develop beyond fossil fuels?
- Transport &
Mobility: Projects that apply in this
category are reimagining and reinventing all types of vehicles, fuels, and
mobility options for both people and products. These projects will
confront the carbon footprint of the vehicles themselves and the routes
traveled.
Prize Information
Each year the Keeling
Curve Prize gives out 10 awards of $25,000 each.
Eligibility Criteria
One of the ways that the
Keeling Curve Prize is unique and wonderful is that they accept applications
from a broad range of innovators and climate thinkers, ranging from those
elevating tried and true traditional solutions to those pursuing new high-tech
frontiers. Whether you are an entrepreneur/startup, a university research
group, a non-profit or community leader or an intrapreneur at a large company
or organization, they want to hear about the best initiatives to reduce
emissions or increase uptake of greenhouse gases. They want to activate and
accelerate climate solutions from many different corners of the world and
voices.
Post Date - 23-Nov-2020