Deadline: 30-Aug-21
Applications are now open for the Lead2030 Challenge for SDG 13 to Address and Prepare for a Changing Climate.
The climate crisis is one of the most important societal challenges of their time. The pandemic is proof that clearer air, cleaner water, and healthier ecosystems are achievable if they act now. As the world begins to recover, it is critical that they don’t just return to the ways of doing things as before; they must continue taking climate actions to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change.
In line with Deloitte’s ambition to address climate change through ecosystem engagement, the challenge seeks to support scalable youth-led solutions that:
- Reduce the impacts of climate change, and/or empower others to act on climate change
- Address root causes of the issue
- Demonstrate ability to drive impact and potential to scale
- Collaborate with others to accelerate or broaden impact
- Facilitate opportunities for collective impact, by engaging a wide-range of stakeholders
- Utilize innovative approaches
Focus Areas
The solutions should drive impact in at least one of the following areas:
- Actively contribute to carbon reduction, carbon sequestration, and/or the transition to clean, renewable energy
- Support initiatives that develop job skills, improve educational outcomes, and provide access to opportunities within the green economy
- Promote meaningful collaboration across stakeholder groups such as communities, businesses, and governments, to advance climate change solutions and resilience measures
- Support initiatives that develop job skills, improve educational outcomes, and provide access to opportunities within the green economy
- Limit the negative human, enironmental, or societal impacts brought on by climate change
Funding Information
The winning solution will receive:
- A US$50,000 grant from Deloitte
- 12 months of mentorship from a team of Deloitte professionals. The mentorship team will work to accelerate your solution based on the needs of your initiative or organisation, such as:
- Business strategy
- Best practices for data collection
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Product design
Challenge Criteria
- Aligned: Evidently aligned with the challenge.
- Youth-led: Founded by a person aged 18 – 30.
- Focused: Well-structured time horizon, identified key stakeholders and beneficiaries, and proposed outcomes that are reasonable and well thought out.
- Impactful: Solutions must have a positive social impact, for example generating employment, or developing skills.
- Measurable: Impacts of solutions must have been adequately measured and/or be measurable.
- Financially viable: Must be able to achieve efficiency and to survive independently through the resources they generate and/or the investments and donations they attract.
- Scalable: Potential to perform as well or better after expanding in scope or size and/or being transported to other regions.
- Technologically feasible: Must rely on proven or readily available technology (if technology is relevant to the solution).
Additional Criteria
For more information, visit https://www.oneyoungworld.com/lead2030/21-22/challenge-sdg13-deloitte