Applications Invited for Climate Investment Challenge Grant

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About the Organization

Climate finance refers to local, national, or transnational financing - drawn from public, private and alternative sources of financing - that seeks to support mitigation and adaptation actions that will address climate change. This encompasses schemes anywhere from large and small scale renewable energy projects that offset fossil-fuel power generation, to land-reclamation projects that reduce the risk of flooding or forest fires.

About the Grant

Priority for funding is given to projects that focus on tortoises or freshwater turtles that are already The Climate Investment Challenge calls on graduate students to develop and describe creative financial solutions and innovations addressing the defining challenge of our time  – climate change. This could include identifying untapped climate finance opportunities or developing innovative financial structures or instruments that improve the bankability of climate investments.

There is no single right answer. In the battle against climate change and its impacts, ideas across all sectors, topics, and regions are important!

Prizes:

The Main Competition Prize is focused on financial tools that exist today (e.g., REITs, bonds) to address a specific climate problem that is currently underserved. The winning team will be awarded £10,000.

The Emerging Markets Prize is focused on financial tools that exist today (e.g., REITs, bonds) to address a specific Emerging Markets climate problem that is currently underserved. The winning team will be awarded £6,000.

The Financial Disruption Prize harnesses technology to disrupt the financial industry (e.g., banking, insurance etc.) to solve climate problems at scale. The winning entrepreneurial idea will be able to utilise the prize money to develop a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). The winning team will be awarded £6,000.

The Climate Investment Challenge goes through three stages:

• In Stage 1, your team will submit a Concept Note of your idea. If your team’s submission is selected, you’ll move on to the next stage.
• In Stage 2 (the Semi-Finals), your team will be invited to develop a detailed slide-pack of your idea. If your team’s presentation is selected, you’ll be moved on to the final stage.

 

• In Stage 3 (the Finals), your team will pitch your idea in front of a top-tier panel of judges from investment banking, private equity, and impact investing.

Eligibility:

Students enrolled in any degree at the time of the submission. The challenge is open globally to students from all academic backgrounds. Undergraduate students may participate as long as the leader of the group is enrolled in a postgraduate degree. Students will have to form teams of 2 to 6 members.

How to Apply

To participate in the Climate Investment Challenge, download the Concept Note template (download it below), complete it and submit it along with the application form below. Fill in the contact details of your team's lead applicant in the application fields below. The contact details of the rest of the team should be included in the Concept Note itself.

Deadline: March 3rd, 2023, 11.59pm GMT (UK time)

Contact us: Email us at admin@climateinvestmentchallenge.com

Download the Concept Note Template

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