Finalists announced for contest on reshaping development pathways in LDCs
Earlier this year, 63 proposals were submitted to the “reshaping development pathways in LDCs” contest run in partnership with Global Resilience Partnership, UK aid, and UN Climate Resilience Initiative A2R. They sought proposals on how to reshape development pathways for the overall achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. They called for innovative, scalable solutions and best practices to restore degraded ecosystems, helping vulnerable communities in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) become more climate resilient.
Expert Judges selected 6 proposals to advance as Finalists. Finalist proposals are now eligible for a round of public voting, which will be used to select the Popular Choice Winner. Read more about the contest here.
We commend the Finalists for all their hard work and accomplishment over the last several months. Congratulations!
Public Voting Period Now Open!
Today, we announce the start of the Public Voting Period, which runs from now until November 15, 2019 at 11:59PM ET. During this time, anyone from around the globe is invited to cast their vote for their favorite proposal. The proposal with the greatest number of votes will be named as the Popular Choice Winner.
Prize
The Popular Vote Winner will win an expenses-paid trip (including flight, accommodation, and meals) to attend selected events at and around COP25, where the winner will be given the opportunity to present the proposal to a community of practitioners, policymakers and private sector representatives. See more details.
To Vote
- Sign up or login to the Climate CoLab website;
- Click one of the Finalists’ proposals to read their work; and
- Select the “Vote for proposal” button on the proposal page.
You are given one vote and may change your vote as many times as you wish until the deadline. All voting is subject to the Climate CoLab’s voting rules. Vote now!
Share the #climatevote
Be part of the conversation by discussing & sharing your favorite proposals over social media, using the hashtag #climatevote in your posts, and tagging us @ClimateCoLab.
Finalists
- Abundant Food, Job Security, and Export Income with Restorative Aquaculture / OceanForesters
LDC communities use flexible floating fishing reefs to feed themselves and the world, restore oceans, produce biofuel, and sequester carbon.
- The iThrone: crap-evaporating toilets for communities with no power or plumbing / change:WATER Labs
Where people can’t flush, our team is developing a portable toilet that evaporates 90-95% of onsite sewage converting it into clean water
- Haiti Restoring Paradise – regenerating the natural and community resilience / Netherlands Red Cross
In 5 years we will set the foundation for a 20-year national programme of landscape restoration, aiming at community and nature resilience.
- Blue Gold : Hydro-Agricultural Infrastructure & Climate Change in the Sahel / Terran Design
A vision for renewing agricultural infrastructure in the Office du Niger in Mali, transferable to the 4 major watersheds of the Sahel.
- Women Led Climate Change Advocacy Radio Drama in Imo State Nigeria / Chukwudi Anyanaso
The project empowers women small farmers to produce and broadcast climate change adaptation and management strategies using radio dramas.
- Improving yields and restoring soil health via localized fertilizer production / Safi Organics
We use technology to decentralize fertilizer production, enabling rural farmers restore their soil health/carbon and improve harvest yield.