Climathon
28/10/2016 to 29/10/2016
Organiser: Priestley International Centre for Climate and ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) with Leeds City Council, with additional support from Cities theme, CIE-MAP, Spark, Sustainability Research Institute and Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Studies, all University of Leeds
This is a public event
ODI Leeds, Munro House, Duke Street, Leeds LS9 8AG
Climathon
The Challenge
City sets up local climate change challenge reflecting their local urban challenges in areas including:
Urban Planning, Infrastructure, Housing, Water Use, Waste Removal, City Satellite Data and more
Participants come with their ideas & develop them during 24 hours Or ideate with coaches on the day & develop their solutions 24 intense hours of collaboration, excitement and solution-finding Jury of relevant local stakeholders will select best idea in each city
Become part of a global community
Leeds will be looking at the challenge of delivering domestic carbon reduction in the age of austerity
Find out more about the global challenge here: https://climathon.climate-kic.org/