Hackathon | SC Action Climate
19th – 26th March 2022
Day 1: Saturday, 19th March 2022: Saturday, 09:00 – 15:00
Day 2: Sunday, 20th March 2022: Sunday, 09:00 – 13:00
Lunch and Learn Bootcamps Daily 13:00 14:00
Final Presentations: 26th March 2022: Saturday, 08:30 – 12:30
What digital solutions can be developed to improve education, raise awareness and ignite human and institutional capacity around climate change? Some examples could include climate change in the areas of food, energy, transportation, consumption, and the built environment (cities).
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SC Action Climate Virtual Hackathon – 19th – 26th March 2022
What digital solutions can be developed to improve education, raise awareness and ignite human and institutional capacity around climate change? Some examples could include climate change in the areas of food, energy, transportation, consumption, and the built environment (cities).
Virtual Hackathon l 19th – 26th March 2022
R45 000 in total Prize Money
“How irrational it is that that there are
countries actually burning more coal and using
less solar than they were a decade ago – even as
the costs of clean energy have plummeted well
below fossil fuel. To paraphrase Einstein –
Insanity is continuing to do something that will
kill you, even when you know it will. We can’t
afford a world so divided in its response to the
climate crisis when the evidence is so compelling
for action. We have to make choices – together.
Life is about choices; you all know that –
everybody does; so is governing; so is leading, so
this moment requires.” These are the remarks of
John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for
Climate.
Vanessa Nakate, one of the young climate activists
who were chosen to speak at the COP25 gathering in
Spain, said “The world cannot go back to what it
used to be. We need to build systems that are more
inclusive for everyone. We need to address the
issue of climate change and leaders need to take
climate action. We need new investments in
renewable energy. We need to build systems that
ensure basic needs for everyone…Now is the time to
value lives like never before. We need a complete
turnaround.”
At last year’s COP26 Climate Summit, Sir David
Attenborough said: “Our burning of fossil fuels,
our destruction of nature, our approach to
industry, construction and learning, are releasing
carbon into the atmosphere at an unprecedented
pace and scale. We are already in trouble. The
stability we all depend on is breaking….
Ultimately, all of us will feel the impact, some
of which are now unavoidable. Perhaps the fact
that the people most affected by climate change
are no longer some imagined future generation, but
young people alive today, perhaps that will give
us the impetus we need to rewrite our story, to
turn this tragedy into a triumph…. A new
industrial revolution, powered by millions of
sustainable innovations, is essential, and is
indeed already beginning. We will all share in the
benefits. Affordable, clean energy, healthy air
and enough food to sustain us all… Can we
fix the climate problem in one generation? My
answer would be, yes, we have to.”
The 17 United Nations’ Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to action to end
poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all
people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. Goal 13
is to take urgent action to combat climate change
and its impacts.
There are specific targets for each goal, along with indicators that are being used to measure progress toward each target. One of these for SDG 13 is ‘improving education, awareness- raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning’. What digital solutions can be developed to achieve this?
SCHEDULE DETAILS
Day 1: Saturday, 19th March 2022
08:30 – 09:00 Pre-Registration
09:00 – 09:30 Introduction: Welcome and
Orientation
Opening Address: Guest Speaker
09:30 – 10:00 Break-out into Groups
10:00 – 13:00 Morning Working Session
11:00 – 13:00 Mentor Session
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:30 Keynote Speaker
14:30 – 16:00 Afternoon Session
Day 2: Sunday, 20th March 2022
08:30 – 09:00 Pre-Registration
09:00 – 09:30 Opening Day 2
Guest Speaker
09:30 – 10:00 Check-In – Present to each other
10:00 – 11:00 Mentor Session
10:00 – 12:40 Morning Session
12:40 – 13:00 Next steps / Close for lunch
Lunch & Learn Workshop series
Tuesday 22nd to Friday 26th March 2022
Tuesday: Prototyping with Mark Hopkins from Brite
House
Wednesday: Climate Change
Thursday: Sustainability
Friday: Pitch practice with Bertram Richards from
Maven Solutions
Pitch Day: Saturday 26th March 2022
08:30 – 09:00 Pre-Registration
09:00 – 09:20 Overview of Week
09:20 – 10:40 Team Pitches
10:40 – 12:00 Judges Deliberation
12:00 – 12:25 Judging Feedback
12:25 – 12:30 Closing / Thank you and Next Steps
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