Climathon Awards 2020

Happening on 21 January, 2021

Celebrating the Climathon community

Climathon Awards is the annual celebration of citizens, cities, and Climathon organisers that joined the year-long programme to raise awareness, collaborate and rethink the future of our cities.
This edition of the Awards marks the 5-year anniversary of Climathon, uniting thousands of citizens and solutions across 6 continents that bring to life inspiring ideas and solutions for the future we want as citizens.

Climathon Awards offers a platform for Climathon organisers and partners, participating citizens, and hundreds of cities to gain international recognition and showcase how cities can transform toward a net-zero carbon economy.
This year, the Awards is open to all citizens of the world to connect, share and take action through digital events. On January 21st from 15-16.00 CET, you can watch the Climathon Awards online.

Program

Welcome to the Climathon Awards
The “Most Transformative Idea 2020”
Introduction of the top 3 teams and pitch
Announcement of the winner
“Why do cities participate in Climathon?”
Interview with René Estermann, Director of Environment and Health Protection at City of Zürich
The “Most Improved Idea since 2015”
Introduction of the top 3 teams and pitch
Announcement of the winner
“What does the future hold for citizen-led climate action?”
Lightning round with speakers from WWF, Impact Hub, Facebook and Microsoft

Watch the Climathon Awards

The selection process

The Climathon team will be selecting the top 5 ideas from each category and launch an online 'Public Vote' in January 2021.
The public will nominate the top 3 finalists in each category, permitting a total of 6 ideas to be assessed by international jury panels who will select one Climathon Awards winner in each category.
The public ceremony takes place on 21 January, 2020 where the teams will receive LIVE international recognition from the global Climathon community, followed by expert coaching to continue developing their idea.