Hack for Earth Youth Hackathon at COP27
The global online hackathon Hack for Earth at COP27 was organized in collaboration with the UN Climate Change Global Innovation Hub, UN World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator, UNICEF Office of Innovation, UNICEF, UNEP, World Bank Youth Summit, SIDA, Radiant Earth Foundation, Empire Partner Foundation and more. The 27th UN high level climate conference, the COP27, was held in Sharm-El-Sheikh in Egypt in November 2022.
The winners
Agriculture Category Winner
Agrotech Plus
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Transport Category Winner
Green Wasalny
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Smart City Category Winner
Klean AIR
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Biodiversity Category Winner
EvolveNet
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Energy Category Winner
DeBattery
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Natural Resources Management Category Winner
Wiper Transformation
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Sustainable Digital Solutions Category Winner
SMALLSMALLbig
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Jury criteria
Each jury group will evaluate your solution based on these six criteria. The jury criteria are equally important in the evaluation. The jury criteria are the same for all 7 challenge categories.
Comprehensibility
Comprehensibility of the solution proposal’s value proposition and main use case
- Is it easy to understand the solution?
- Is it easy to understand how the solution works and how it will be implemented to solve the challenge?
- How well detailed is the description of the solution?
- Does it include an understanding of the key stakeholders and ecosystems that are relevant to the realisation of the solution?
- Will the end users of the solution understand it too, or do they need special skills to take part of it or use it?
Realisability
Realisability of the solution from its current idea stage to implemented solution, used by its intended users in its problem context
- How realistic is the time plan?
- Does the solution have access to all the needed data (if applicable)?
- How well are potential risks calculated for?
- How soon can the solution be available to the intended users?
- Is the technology mature enough (if applicable)?
- Can a minimum viable product be created within 3 months?
- Can a proof of concept be created within 6 months?
Innovativeness
Innovativeness of the idea behind the solution, as well as the intended technology to be used in an implementation of the solution (if applicable).
- In what way is this solution innovative?
- Are there existing or similar solutions?
- How does the solution differ from any existing solutions?
Scalability
Scalability of the solution if it is implemented and realized.
- How many are experiencing the problem that this solution is intended to solve (if applicable)?
- How well does this solution scale?
Solving the SDGs
Does this solution correlate to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and how well does it solve the challenge it is intended to address.
- How well does the solution correlate to the SDGs?
- In what respect does the solution solve one or more of the SDGs?
- How many in the solutions target audience would experience an improvement and how extensive would that improvement be?
Team
Team structure, functionality, adaptability and potential to scale a solution successfully
- How well is the team suited to realize the solution?
- Has the team reflected on any additional needs in the team structure to realize the solution?
- Are the members of this team motivated to invest time and energy to realize this solution?
Challenge Juries
Our partners
Our mentors for
Hack for Earth Youth Hackathon at COP27
Ayenan Salem Mihindeou
Climate change Designing prototype Biodiversity
Abanga Abdul-Karim Ibrahim
Financial Planning Climate change Artificial intelligence
Abhi Saxena
Technology: Solution Design and Architecting How to pitch - I have won 8 international hackathons Industry expertise
Adaeze Zita Edokwe
Business Model Canvas Design thinking Pitching to investors
Adam Sturesson
Sida's data The IATI standard International aid data
Ali Ayoub
Management, communication, strategic planning, design thinking Environmental conservation, human rights activist Project manager, industry expert (participated in five hackathons previously)
Allen Selima Hossain
Pitch deck Problem solution Market Creativity for all types of startups Competency Market Research
Ameen Raad Hadeed
Business Strategy Startup fundraising
Amen
Agriculture
Amélie Ebongué
Social media ecosystem Disrupting the ownership economy in digital area Sustainable digital solutions
Ana Clara Gobbes Faria
Content Marketing 2030 Agenda Journalistic Writing
Ashutosh deosthali
digital solutions for medical purpose Digital solutions for clean environment digital solutions for self development
Ashwini Kumar
Cloud, AWS, Alexa, Data security Software Engineering, APIs, Java, Architecture Diagrams, Credit Cards and financial services DynamoDb, Serverless technologies, Streaming services
Avinash Deshpande
Communication , Connections , Creativity , Collaboration Startup Pitching Personal Growth as a CXO
Babu Ram Shankar
Sustainability Lifesciences/Pharmaceutical Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
Bamidele Isaac Itunu
Quality Education Systems Thinking, Designs and Modeling Social Entrepreneurship
Bayoh
UI/UX DESIGN- FIGMA,ADOBEXD AND SKETCH FRONT-END DEVELOPMENT-REACT,BOOTSTRAP,TAILWIND, DATABASE AND BACKEND- MYSQL,MONGODB, POSTGRES, PHP,DATASCIENCE
Bendjedid Rachad Sanoussi
Tech4Agric Youth4Climate Tech4Climate
Benoit de Chateauvieux
Cloud Computing - AWS Software Architecture
Camilla Fransson
Climate mitigation within large infrastructure projects. Climate mitigation within procurement Climate mitigation within procurement
Catalina Valenzuela
Digital Transformation Mainstream Gender/DEI Theory of change
Christopher Odu
Digital Transformation Internet Governance Policies Blockchain
Claudia Berenice Muciño García
Cities Sustainability Mobility
Dakou Dossiya
African agriculture Low-cost irrigation systems Cloud solutions for a digital and ecological agriculture
Dan Phala
Blockchain development Software engineering Software Marketing and Selling
Dania Mahmudi
Hackathon runner-up Presentation technique Design
Deepak Ghule
natural farming water management soil management
Dhyey Bhatpuria
Geospatial Data Water solutions Environmental Data
Diala J. Daoud
Sales and business development GCC market expansion PR, communications, and social media for startups
Donkor Paul Jnr.
Computer hardware Computer Software Meaning and importance of ICT legislations
Dr. Bijendra Kumar
Natural Resource Management Biodiversity Energy
Dr. Maha Aly
Digital User/Customer Experience Digital Products Lean Design/Development Emotional Challenges in Entrepreneurship
Dr. Ripal Ranpara
Artificial intelligence and Smart automation Machine learning Deep learning Cyber security
Dr. Vidya Nitin Patil
Innovations, Design thinking Problem solution, out of the box thinking
Durlabh Ashok
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Technolony and Innvoation Writing, Author of 3 books, Columnist, Journalism
Edgaras Kriukonis
Creating value proposition Business model canvas Digital transformation
Ege Palaz
Project Management Design Solutions Communication
Elisha Caleb
Climate Smart Agriculture Green Energy Climate Change
Elizabeth Mwende Mwendwa
Emile destin Ibara doniama
Blockchain technology AI Climate change
Ewelina Jaskulska
Gender Equality in urban development The role of local communities in urban development degrowth
Flor Esquivel Balcazar
Industry, Waste management, Water, Hazardous Substances, Emissions Circular Economy emissions
Fadli
Waste management WASH Agriculture
Hari Krishna Nibanupudi
Climate Change Adaptation Sustainable Development-SDGs Business Sustainability
Heba Al Masri
sportstech marketing goal setting
Honorata Grzesikowska
smart cities, urbanization, self sufficiency climate change biodiversity
Inês Boski
Software Product and Project Management Rapid prototyping User Research
Isago Mangwane
Renewable Energy Agritech Quantum Computing
Jan Ainali
Open Source Open Data SDGs
John VENIER
Climate éducation centres, sdgs clubs, mentoring Accelerators and incubators, funding from Europe and United nations Circular economy, NAP, NDC
Jose Diaz Mendoza
Public sector innovation AI and service design for government Solutions and pitch design
Julia Sanguinetti
Food Sustainability (food technology, food waste, plant-based foods, etc) Data Analytics Research and development
Kirilka Angelova
Presentation skills Entrepreneurship Project management
Kristofer Vernmark
How to build an effective Hack for Earth-team using research on successful and innovative teams How to use and integrate knowledge about human behavior when innovating and creating solutions that aim for behavioral change How to design digital solutions using scientifically proven psychological knowledge
Ludovico Dejak
Circular Economy Strategies: regeneration in cities innovation ecosystem 360° Impact Strategies: Organisational Design, Benefit Corporation and B Corp Design Thinking: from an idea to a disruptive business plan
Manpreet Singh
Action LANGUAGE Belief
Maria Bueno
Human rights Development Social businesses
Maria Julia Torres
Digital Transformation SDGs, Small Island Development States, International Development, Policies Youth Entrepreneurship in the African continent (focus on the PALOPs), Design Thinking
Mariam Umarji
Finance Conservation & Biodiversity Aid and Development
Mbuyu Bilga Omari
Cybersecurity Digital Transformation Information Technology
Md. Safaet Hossain
Smart Cities Fourth Industrial Revolution Sustainable Digital Solutions
Memevegni Mahouty Arthur
Starting a business Innovation Innovation
Milena Kraeva
Target Market Validation Prototype / Product Development Pitch Deck
Minda Sakadi
Culture maraîchère Transformation des Produits locaux Commercialisation
Misha Nicholas
Agriculture Climate Change Climate tech
Mohamed Rabie Mohamed Sayed
Business Model Canvas, Business Plans Formulation & Value Propositions. Rehearse the presentation and provide feedback to improve it. Investment and Rising Fund
Mohamed Samy
Business architecture Telecom Product strategy
Morenike Ayodele
Leveraging Storytelling in marketing & PR to drive visibility Content Creation and Digital Marketing Fintech + Agritech + Circular Economy
Moses Baffour Kyei
SDGs business climate change
Mourir Kabbara
Business model Ideation and conceptualisation Go to market strategy
Mwijukye rodgers
Climate change Biodiversity Smart Cities
Natasa Kurucki
Are of knowledge or expertise - innovation, business development, networking Skills - Pitching, negotiation Industry - Digital, Smart Cities, Start-ups, Scale-ups, Deep Tech
Naval Vaswani
Vocational Learning and development Business Development Microfinance
Pauliina Meskanen
Priscilla Okechukwu
Design Thinking Machine Learning Business Intelligence
Priyanka Chakraborty
Public Speaking, Podcasting, Storytelling Educating and Mentoring Writing, Author of 3 books, Columnist, Journalism
Rasmus Haggkvist
Social media marketing Blockchain solutions (no-code) Idea validation and assessment
Richard Okoe
Biodiversity Engaging smallholder farmers Business development
Saif Haque
Business Strategy for AI App Development Cloud Technologies
Sandeep Ghule
Mass transport Solutions like buses Product Strategy Automobile Industry
Sandra Greisman
Retail/F&B business Liveable cities/consumer behaviour Real Estate development
Sara Karim
Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Astronomy
Sarah Lund
Communications and design Water climate adaptation and mitigation Power to x
Shahzad Asghar
Big Data AI GIS
Sherif Abdelhadi
Business modeling and business development Financial planning and analysis Go to market strategy
Sofia Herrström
Development finance data OECD/DAC development finance standard Climate finance reporting
Susanne-Kikki Israelsson
Business development Design Development Innovation processes
Swetha Jegannathan
Digital health and Lifesciences Sustainability and eco friendly ideation Food and Agriculture
Sylvain Djérambété
Environmental Education Sustainable Manufacturing Climate Change
Tahani AlHajri
Problem mapping Customer Validation & Segmentation Pitch Deck Creation
Tatjana Karpenja
Sustainability strategy & assessment Circular economy & business models Successful pitch
Tebogo Mogaleemang
Data Innovation - including AI. Data Management & Data Fabrics Sustainable Community Impact
Tejashree Dewoolkar
Sustainable cities- System thinking facilitation and Innovation, Program design and sustainable product development, zero waste design Climate change- Risk assessment, Business strategy, ESG rating of Business Diversity and Inclusion, water and conscious energy consumption : product development
Thomas Bisballe
Consumer app development, game design Blockchain/web3 Digital and social impact driven business models
Tinos Noe ANAGO
Expérience knowledge Skills
Vedant Kulkarni
Burning problems in the agriculture industry in Global South Innovations required to curb global food insecurity Renewable (solar) Energy grids and storage needs and current international energy policy
Vijay Kumar Thurram
Smart Cities Natural Resources Management Transport
Yahya Mohamed Mao
Strategic Marketing Business Development PR & Communications
Yasmine Al Moghrabi
Intelligent Transportation Systems, Road Safety Management, Traffic Engineering Sustainable Development Goals Pitching the Investors
Our challenges for
Hack for Earth Youth Hackathon at COP27
We have seven challenge categories connected to the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. For each one of the seven challenge categories there are five specific challenges. They are the foundation of the hackathon competition.
The challenges in Hack for Earth are firmly anchored in citizen driven innovation. To create the challenges we have analyzed 1K+ dreams from 60+ countries from the global Dream for Earth campaign (read more about Dream for Earth here), and combined the result with the expertise & knowledge from our partner community (read more about our partners here). Finally, the Board of the Hack for Earth Foundation decided on the final five challenges in each category.
What are SDGs?
Agriculture
The challenge is to use data provided by partners or any other data publicly available, in order to generate a data-driven solution that will better manage agricultural and forestry resources, decrease the carbon footprint of agriculture, reduce food waste, and/or improve the agriculture value chains. Agriculture in the form of crop and livestock production produces non–carbon dioxide GHG emissions, including methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O). Agri-food produces net CO2 emissions from agricultural soils, forestry, and other land use. While representing 3 percent of global GDP, agriculture contributes to 23% of net anthropogenic emissions of GHGs. Precision agriculture practice is gaining attention with its potential to meeting society’s nutritional needs, while at the same time reducing GHG emissions from agricultural activities and reducing terrestrial biodiversity loss (World Bank).
2. Zero Hunger 12. Responsible Consumption and Production 13. Climate Action 15. Life on Land
Transport
The challenge is to use data provided by our partners or any other data publicly available, to generate a data-driven solution that will reduce the emissions generated by the transport sector. Transportation consumes more than 30 percent of the world’s energy and contributes for almost 72% of fossil fuel demand worldwide. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), transportation powered by fossil fuels is the world’s second-largest source of CO2 emissions. It was also predicted that worldwide energy consumption will increase by 53 percent from 2006 to 2030, with transportation accounting for almost three-quarters of the estimated rise in oil demand. Between 1990 and 2018, GHG emissions in the transport sector increased more in absolute terms than any other sector (that is, electricity generation, industry, agriculture, residential, commercial), largely due to increased demand for travel. In many developed economies the transport sector is outstripping electricity generation and buildings as the main source for emissions (World Bank).
7. Affordable and Clean Eneregy 9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities 13. Climate Action
Smart City
The challenge is to use data provided by our partners or any other data publicly available, in order to generate a data-driven solution that will reduce the carbon footprint of cities. Cities account for 3 percent of the world’s built-up land, but they are home to more than half the world’s population. Due to the population density, cities consume more than two-thirds of the energy worldwide and account for approximately 70 percent of CO2 emissions. According to a United Nation's report, buildings, and construction account for 39 percent of global carbon emissions. If global population continues increasing by 2.5 billion until 2050 and developing countries increase their urban land cover to current global averages, the production of infrastructure materials alone is projected to generate approximately 470 billion metric tons of CO2 emissions.
9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities 13. Climate Action
Biodiversity
The challenge is to create a data-driven solution to support biodiversity preservation and/or mitigate the effects of climate change in the course of preserving biodiversity, using data provided by our partners or any other data publicly available. The threat posed by climate change to biodiversity is expected to increase, yet thriving ecosystems also have the capacity to help reduce the impacts of climate change. If current rates of warming continue, by 2030 global temperatures could increase by more than 1.5°C (2.7°F) compared to before the industrial revolution. A major impact of climate change is the increase in the intensity and frequency of fires, storms or periods of drought. This adds to the threat to biodiversity which has already been placed under stress by other human activities. It is thought that the number of threatened species may have increased by 14% as a result of the fires. Rising global temperatures also have the potential to alter ecosystems over longer periods by changing what can grow and live within them. There is already evidence to suggest that reductions in water vapor in the atmosphere since the 1990s has resulted in 59% of vegetated areas showing pronounced browning and reduced growth rates worldwide (The Royal Society).
6. Clean Water and Sanitation 12. Responsible Consumption and Production 13. Climate Action 14. Life below Water 15. Life on Land
Energy
The challenge is to use data provided by partners or any other data publicly available, in order to generate a data-driven solution that will reduce the carbon footprint of the energy sector. About three-quarters of global GHG emissions come from energy use. Within the energy sector, the largest emitting subsector is electricity and heat generation, which accounts for more than a third of global GHG emissions. In 2020, electricity and heat production produced about 13 billion metric tons of CO2 (GtCO2) globally. Energy use in transport sector, burning fossil fuels to power transport activities, energy use in industrial process such as manufacturing, as well as energy use in both commercial and residential buildings are the other major subsectors for energy consumption and associated GHG (World Bank).
7. Affordable and Clean Energy 13. Climate Action
Natural Resources Management
The challenge is to use data provided by our partners or any other data publicly available, to create a solution designed to support sustainable natural resources management, protect the environment as well as the health and economic livelihood of people – particularly in developing countries. The world’s natural capital – water, land, forests, soil, wildlife, and fisheries – safeguards and underpins the health and well-being of billions of people. In low-income countries in particular, populations rely on these resources for half of all wealth, including long-term economic growth, livelihood opportunities, and the ecosystem services that support human well-being. The changing climate increases the importance of sustainable natural resource management, which often bolsters resilience. At the same time, natural resources experience both additional stress from the extreme weather conditions associated with climate change and need to decrease emissions in order to achieve lasting and feasible net-zero and climate-resilient pathways.
12. Responsible Consumption and Production 13. Climate Action 14. Life below Water 15. Life on Land
Sustainable Digital Solutions
The challenge is to create a solution that has the potential to transform business models and consumption behaviors towards sustainability and carbon-neutrality, using data provided by our partners or any other data that is publicly available. Digital innovations offer unprecedented opportunities as key enablers for the economy’s green transition, while the greening of digital technologies has become a critical success factor for digital transformation. The environmental footprint of the digital sector is already significant. Data centers are estimated to consume 3% of global electricity supply. The digital sector accounts for about 2% of total GHG emissions, and its emissions are expected to rise to 4-6% by 2030 if not properly addressed.
9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure 13. Climate Action 17. Partnerships for the Goals
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