Participant FAQs

Joining the Climathon is a unique experience to:  

• Gain an in-depth understanding of the climate challenges faced by your city 
• Ideate about the local challenges and collaborate on ideas to solve them
• Meet a like-minded and diverse community of experts and changemakers
• Empower and showcase your local community across the globe
• Play an active role in the global climate change movement

Most cities will organise their Climathon events in October or November with the ideathon on 13 November 2020 (Global Climathon Day). However some cities have a different event date, therefore, please check your city’s Climathon page. 

The registration for your city opens earliest mid-July and is accessible as soon as the city has created their individual city website. Please check here if your city’s website is already live.

Anyone can apply to be a participant. Your city might have chosen specific target groups (eg: students, entrepreneurs, etc) – this information will be available on the city page.  

In general, we are looking for: 

• Intra/entrepreneurs
• Students and researchers
• Tech developers
• Policymakers and influencers
• Professionals and experts

You can apply via your city’s Climathon website if your city has opened up the recruitment. Check out the page Find your Climathon to see if your city is hosting a Climathon.

If you cannot find your city in Find your Climathon no organiser has registered yet for a Climathon. Spread the word – and look for partner organisations and local organisers to bring the Climathon to your city!

At the core of the Climathon programme is an ideathon, this is the main event, where you will get together digitally or in-person with fellow citizens and local stakeholders to come up with ideas to your cities' climate challenges.

Although the programme is built around this ideathon, local organisers can host additional warm-up events and follow-up activities to make sure the community remains engaged, ideas are shared and long-lasting impact can be achieved.

Integral to the local Climathons, there is the Global Climathon Awards - this is a global networking event to present, celebrate, and boost the most transformative ideas from local Climathons.

The ideathon typically lasts between 12 and 72 hours (depending on your city) and focuses on providing the right context for you to create and develop their ideas together.

In general, an ideathon follows this flow of segments:

• Kick-off
• Build a team
• Understand the challenge
• Brainstorm ideas
• Create and validate
• Pitch

1. Go to the website of your city's Climathon. You can search for it here.

2. Scroll down the page until you see a red form called "Upload your Climathon idea". 

3. Click "submit your idea" and fill out all the fields. 

4. When done, click "submit your idea" again. 

5. Your idea is submitted and once approved, it will show on the challenge page of the website of your city.