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Anticipating Climate Hazards 2017

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Sep 22, 2016 12:00 EDT - Feb 10, 2017 06:00 EST
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Feb 10, 2017 06:00 EST - Mar 28, 2017 01:00 EDT
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Mar 28, 2017 01:00 EDT - Apr 18, 2017 06:00 EDT
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Apr 18, 2017 06:00 EDT - Jun 1, 2017 12:00 EDT
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Jun 1, 2017 12:00 EDT - Jun 30, 2017 12:00 EDT
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Jul 17, 2017 09:00 EDT
How can vulnerable communities best prepare for climate-related hazards, and what new tools can be used to incentivize early action?

In collaboration with the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Resilience Initiative: Anticipate, Absorb, Reshape (A2R), this contest invites solutions on how the world should prepare and respond to climate extremes and climate hazards. A2R is a global, multi-stakeholder initiative, launched in November 2015 to accelerate action on the ground to enhance climate resilience for the most vulnerable countries and people by 2020. 
 

Building resilience and capacity to understand and effectively respond to climate extremes and climate-induced disasters is necessary to adapt to climate change. A first step is to increase the ability to adequately anticipate and respond to climate hazards and extremes. There are many actors working on building climate resilience, including national governments, UN agencies and other international organizations, local authorities, researchers, the private sector, and civil society, among others. Many of these actions must be scaled-up, reinforcing synergies and reducing overlaps, while ensuring that together, these different actions are having the positive impacts needed. 

We are calling for a wide range of innovative and practical solutions – on the local, national and international levels – that can help strengthen early action in vulnerable communities around the world.

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19 Proposals
Dec 21, 2017
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Future Vision is furniture for transit hubs that increases community resilience by sharing information & enhancing civic connections.
Jul 19, 2017
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Apr 18, 2017
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Education-based migration improves resilience of low-lying island states by preemptively decreasing population and creating remittances.
Apr 18, 2017
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Anticipating and mitigating effects of climate change, while promoting resilience
Apr 18, 2017
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C.I.M.A is a prototype mobile app with an interactive interface providing timely and relevant climate information.
Apr 18, 2017
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Technology to anticipate climatic disasters alerting authorities and settlers to implement action protocols reducing damages.
Apr 18, 2017
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A disaster risk management tool for supporting urban planning, leading to data driven decision making for climate change impacts' adaptation
Apr 18, 2017
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Can community savings build resilience against climate extremes and climate-induced disasters? This project aims to do just that in Kenya
Apr 18, 2017
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Platform to drive disaster risk preparedness with chatbots, gamification, incentives, insurance innovation; & bridge multiple stakeholders.
Apr 18, 2017
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VR based disaster simulation in mock workshops and mobile alert messaging of steps for early action escorts safely from climate hazards.
Apr 17, 2017
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The Coastal Hazard Wheel - a new language to boost coastal climate adaptation worldwide
Apr 16, 2017
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Using smartphones units for remote monitoring & collection of data, to analyse and prediction of climate hazards & provide rapid response
Apr 16, 2017
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Apr 16, 2017
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This proposal intends to develop mobile platform that will allow users to report information about unfolding disaster using mobile devices.
Apr 6, 2017
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connected objects (raingauge, thermometer, etc) and smartphone app for early detection of critical thresholds and excess.
Mar 28, 2017
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A compelling locally made drama featuring a protagonist who competantly deals with extreme weather events
Feb 10, 2017
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A mobile water tank that can be used to store and transport drinking water as well as function as a boat in case of flooding and save lives!
Feb 10, 2017
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The integrated web-based flood risk management system for Dhaka that projects risk and damage under climate change, and help with planning.
Feb 10, 2017
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early warning system anticipates climate hazards, absorbs shocks in most-vulnerable communities & reshapes mitigation/adaptation landscape