Deadline: 10-Feb-22
The 2022 Keeling Curve Prize is looking for projects with a proven track record of taking greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere.
The cornerstone of Global Warming Mitigation Project (GWMP) is the Keeling Curve Prize, awarded annually to multiple private and public sector projects that increase awareness and implement actions aimed at abating human contributions to the carbon footprint of the planet – the principal reason for the global warming crisis. The Prize categories cover carbon mitigation broadly and include both resilience and adaptation projects that support and/or impact the decarbonization of the planet and the growth of the low-carbon economy. The GWMP also supports the Sphere, a networking portal for climate projects, funders, and individuals.
The Prize categories cover carbon mitigation broadly and include both resilience and adaptation projects that support and/or impact the decarbonization of the planet and the growth of the low-carbon economy. The GWMP also supports the Sphere, a networking portal for climate projects, funders, and individuals.
Categories
- Carbon Sinks (Natural & Engineered): 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.
Award Information
GWMP awards $25,000 to two projects in each category annually.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant pool for the prize will be capped at 500 entries.
- Applications that are incomplete or that do not meet these requirements will not be considered.
- GWMP welcomes entries for active projects or programs from anywhere in the world.
- The Keeling Curve Prize is awarded for current programs and projects only. Applications centered on past work, unimplemented ideas or untested hypotheses will not be accepted.
- All applications must be submitted in English. Applications submitted in other languages will not be considered.
- Your project may align with more than one prize category. The application form requires that you designate a primary category for your application, but also allows you to list secondary categories for consideration. However, applicants are only eligible to win in one category in any given year.
- Applicants that have not received an award are welcome to apply in subsequent years.
- Previous prize winners may submit applications for new projects that are different from their previously awarded project and that utilize different methods and approaches to reduce or increase uptake of greenhouse gas emissions.
For more information, visit https://www.globalwarmingmitigationproject.org/apply