Past Challenge winners – where are they now?
See how 5 winners of WDCD Challenges continue to grow their impact today
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Attending the Vertical University for one evening
Catching up with Climate Action Challenge Winners 'The Vertical University'
Evocco’s Hugh Weldon selected Young Champion of the Earth
Winner of WDCD Climate Action Challenge receives UN’s highest environmental honour
‘If you want to go far, move together’
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2018 report: Climate Action Challenge Demo Day
‘The climate movement can really use some excitability’
WDCD and IKEA Foundation reflect on their collaboration
Design prototyping and product development
Challenge Accelerator workshop: Product development requires constant re-examination of ideas
Climate Action Challenge: Five days of acceleration
Challenge winners gather in Amsterdam for a profound bootcamp to help develop their projects further
“O wdcd abriu meus olhos para adaptação”
Nicole Oliveira, da 350.org, reflete sobre sua participação no júri do WDCD Climate Action Challenge
‘WDCD opened my eyes to adaptation’
350.org’s Nicole Oliveira reflects on her participation in challenge jury
‘I want to do what our clients need, not what they want’
WDCD Live São Paulo 2017 report: Activation Session 13 Climate Action Challenge - From Idea to Impact
‘Recognize the power of design to raise ambition everywhere’
Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa of UNFCCC calls upon designers to be bold and act on climate change
Bringing together as many voices and ideas as possible
WDCD Live São Paulo 2017 kicks off after two intensive jury days
Educating a conscious and active next generation
WDCD Live São Paulo takes a look at education as an important topic for climate action
A fair footprint for the Embassy of Climate Action
Highlights of our Climate Action Exhibition and activites at Dutch Design Week
35 nominations propose wide variety of solutions
WDCD Climate Action Challenge shortlist presented at WDCD Embassy of Climate Action in Eindhoven
Inscrições de 70 países, de muitas partes do mundo
“O nível dos inscritos é bem alto”
Entries from 70 countries, many from the global south
‘Quality of entries for the WDCD Climate Action Challenge is very high’
Projetos brilhantes entre 384 inscrições
WDCD Climate Action Challenge recebeu inscrições de todas as partes do mundo!
Estamos totalmente surpresos com os resultados
O arquiteto Marko Brajovic conta os resultados do Workshop de Arquitetura Flutuante na Amazônia
Floating Architecture Workshop to focus on climate action
8 day workshop in the Brazilian rainforest aims to generate ideas for WDCD Climate Action Challenge
Banana paper, laser tree e vertical university
Primeiras entradas para o WDCD Climate Action Challenge visíveis na plataforma do Challenge.
Banana paper, a laser tree and a vertical university
Vertical University: Imagine a university where farmers are professors
18-hour Ideathon for Climate Action in Singapore
IKEA Singapore’s Young Designer Awards 2017 kicks off with Ideathon led by WDCD Climate Action Challenge leader Dagan Cohen
36-hour Design Jam kicks off Climate Action Challenge
The Climate Action Design Jam was a jam-packed, 36-hour bonanza of brainstorming, ideation, prototyping and pitching.