Deadline: 11 February 2018
The UN Climate Resilience Initiative and InsuResilience are seeking innovative ideas for linking climate risk insurance with other forms of social protection to further enhance communities’ ability to absorb the impacts of climate change.
Key Issues
- Impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities
- What is social protection?
- How can social protection help communities to cope with climate impacts?
- What is climate risk insurance?
- How can climate risk insurance help communities to cope with climate impacts?
- Why link climate risk insurance and other types of social protection?
Prizes Information
- The Judges’ Choice Winner will be selected by the judging panel.
- The UN Climate Resilience Initiative A2R and InsuResilience will provide the Judges’ Choice Winner with seed funding for implementation of the proposal (worth 40,000 euros) and mentoring, training and technical assistance (worth 12,000 euros)
Eligibility Criteria
- Climate CoLab is open to anyone in the world, regardless of age*, nationality, gender identity, cultural identity, or political viewpoint.
- Contests, however, are void where prohibited by law. Climate CoLab users bear the responsibility of checking with local laws and regulations, to ensure their participation does not violate any applicable law or ordinance, and to ensure they are eligible to participate.
- If applicants are under 18 years old, applicants will need their parent or legal guardian to register on the Climate CoLab website and submit their proposal or vote for applicants.
- A may submit projects that applicants have previously published or exhibited elsewhere so long as they conform to the Climate CoLab’s Terms of Use and the rules of the contest.
Judging Criteria
Climate CoLab are calling for proposals that outline an innovative, practical solution combining climate risk insurance with other forms of social protection to help vulnerable communities absorb climate impacts. Proposals could take the form of new schemes, products or methodologies or build on existing approaches.
This contest seeks proposals that:
- Are linked to a specific context;
Highlight how the proposed innovation will enhance the target group’s’ capacity to absorb and cope with climate impacts;
Address how long term feasibility and local ownership could be secured in the proposed approach.
Include a detailed budget with a timeframe for implementation (detailed budgets will be requested at semi-finalist stage).
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, please visit Climate CoLab.