2020 Climate Solver to reduce Carbon-Dioxide Emissions (India)

Deadline: 31-Dec-20

Climate Solver has been announced which is a climate innovations platform developed by WWF to strengthen the development and widespread use of low carbon technologies, which radically or transformatively reduce carbon-dioxide emissions or provide energy access.

The platform simulates the diffusion of innovative low carbon technologies and also generates awareness about them along with the overall value of innovation as an immediate and practical solution to climate change.

Who are Climate Solvers?

Climate Solvers are small and medium-sized enterprises that are characterized as innovative firms with the potential to become leaders in India and the world in tackling climate change.
They are selected as Climate Solvers based on their development of cutting-edge technologies that contribute to reducing carbon emissions or enabling energy access through sustainable clean energy solutions.
They have robust business plans for their proprietary technology and ambitions for the largescale deployment of their climate innovation, both nationally and globally. Innovative business models for scale-up are encouraged.

Benefits

Increase the visibility and credibility of the company as a climate innovation leader.
Opportunities for networking with previous Climate Solver awardees, industry associations, financial institutions, Climate Solver partners.
Increased public profile and enhanced capacity for clean energy innovators by using new communications tools and traditional media to raise the level of engagement among key stakeholders through films, webpage, Climate Solver Hub, etc.
Expand the outreach in existing market space and improve business opportunities.
Opportunity to receive business development support with a leading incubator/ accelerator.
Enhanced innovator-investor-corporate connect and access to knowledge resources through the Climate Solver Hub.
Interaction opportunities with international peers and similar innovation platforms to exchange information and share best practices through the WWF Network & partners. Additional incentives for Climate Solver awardees, such as travel sponsorships.

Eligibility Criteria

Small and medium enterprises can apply as a Climate Solver nominee if their technology:

Significantly lowers carbon emissions;
Provides sustainable solutions to enhance energy access.

How To Apply

Enterprises interested in applying should submit the application online. Applications can also be submitted by hard copy or email in the form of a business plan that shall include the following:

Company Details
- Section-A
  - Name and profile of the company, Legal status (Private limited/Public limited/Limited Liability Partnership/Partnership firm/Proprietary firm), Year of registration.
  - Climate Solver Category (GHG Reduction/Energy Access).
Total number of employees and Company logo
- Section-B
  - Details of 1-2 key senior management with the designation, communication address, email id and mobile number.
  - Details of a contact person for this business plan nomination (in case the contact details are different from the above).
Innovation Details
- Section-A
  - Name and a brief description of the Climate Solver Innovation (less than 150 words).
- Section-B
  - Area of innovation (Energy efficiency/Energy savings, Energy access, Smart grid, Renewable energy, Waste management, Others).
  - Innovation development status (R&D stage/Prototype, Pilot stage, Post-pilot stage/market entry, Expansion, others).
  - Detailed Description of innovation (Provide a detailed description of the innovation, the problem that it addresses and its performance based on indicators such as energy efficiency, use of renewable energy, reduction or elimination of emissions etc., that can be verified by a third party).
  - GHG reduction or Energy access potential (Mention the current achievements and the future potential for GHG reduction/enhancing energy access).
  - Co-benefits of the innovation (Describe the other co-benefits: environmental, health & social, associated with the innovative technology).
  - Target market & beneficiaries (Describe the company’s target market space in terms of customer segmentation and/or geography and provide details of the intended beneficiaries of the technology/energy solution).
  - Future expansion plans (Provide a brief plan of future technology development, promotion and diffusion).
  - Business model scaling up (Provide a description of the business model for scale-up).
  - Business challenges (Mention the current and future challenges).
Finance and Investment related information of the company
- Financial stage of the company (Bootstrapped/Seed capital/Angel investor funding/Venture capital financing- Series A, B, C/IPO/Others).
- The revenue model of the company (Describe the company’s revenue model).
- Total investment raised till date (Details on the size of the investment raised and the name of the organizations/fund(s) that the capital has been sourced from).
- Growth plans (Mention the company’s plans for funding future development, growth, promotion and diffusion and the type & sources of investment sought).