Co-funded by the European Union
Ideathon
13 Nov 2020 - 15 Nov 2020
The London Climathon 2020 took place on the weekend of 13-15 November. 109 participants, 16 mentors and 12 speakers gathered to solve 4 of London's most pressing climate challenges:
Together they created 12 innovative solutions!
The Winner is...
No Appetite 4 Waste, a programme designed to equip primary school children with knowledge to tackle food waste
Joint Runners up are...
CircuChain, with Green Diner Rating, a sustainability and rating consultancy company for restaurants and The Last Mile, a credit card that rewards you for taking climate positive decisions
And Third Place goes to...
Creative Carrots, an online social platform that helps communities co-create better food habits
You can find all solutions here.
We want to thank all partners, judges, mentors and speakers involved in making the London Climathon 2020. Above all, we want to thank our participants for coming up with some incredible and inspiring solutions in 48 hours! We are hoping that some of them will soon become a reality.
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What part will you play?
Impact Hub King’s Cross mission is to catalyse entrepreneurial ecosystems for a socially-inclusive, zero-carbon economy. To achieve this we provide workspace, business support programmes, events and online tools. We are part of one of the world’s largest networks focused on building entrepreneurial communities for impact at scale, with more than 100 Impact Hubs in 55+ countries.
Imperial College London is a world-class university with a mission to benefit society through excellence in science, engineering, medicine and business. The Imperial College organising team is led by under- and postgraduate students from the Climate Entrepreneurs Club and Hack for Humanity Initiative and supported by the Grantham Institute, Imperial’s centre for climate research.
Terra Institute is a centre of excellence for a modern, future-oriented economy. We deliver far more than classical management consulting for green issues, but are a Think and Do Tank for ecological and social change processes, sustainability, business model innovation, Circular Economy, purpose driven corporate strategy and transformative leadership, and an important partner in the transformation process. We provide impulses through consulting, lectures, coaching and training.
The London Climathon 2020 will enable citizens to solve London’s most current and pressing climate challenges. We will do so through an online weekend Ideathon that anyone living in London can participate in and create innovative solutions that make London a better city.
We will provide further business support to teams behind the best ideas to turn them into real life solutions.
It will start on the evening of Friday 13th of November and conclude on the afternoon of Sunday 15th of November.
On Friday night our experts will present the challenges and split you into teams, based on which challenge you are solving. Saturday is hacking day! Within your teams you will brainstorm, select and develop ideas for your climate challenge. Our mentors will be there to guide you and answer any questions you may have. On Sunday you will then need to create a video submission of your solution for our jurors to review. We will award the top solution per challenge and of the Hackathon.
Prior to the Ideathon you will receive an info pack that includes everything you will need from the weekend.
You can participate for the Ideathon at: http://bit.ly/LC2020tickets.
You do not need to be already part of a team to register and participate in the Climathon! We will make sure to add you into a team based on the challenge you would like to solve.
If on the other hand you are joining as a group of friends or colleagues and want to stay in the same group, please ensure to include this in your registration form.
We have two types of mentors:
Challenge experts - experts
Business experts
Theme experts - these are people with deep knowledge of the London climate challenges that the Climathon is aiming to solve.
Crosscutting experts - these are people who have a deep understanding of an area of expertise that is relevant to all the teams. This includes: diversity & inclusion, change management, user experience and product.
The plan is for theme experts to be allocated to a team tackling one of the challenges in their area of expertise. Crosscutting experts will work with various teams throughout the weekend, depending who needs their input.
More details about the mentor’s role can be found here.
You can register to be a mentor here.
As a mentor, you will mainly need to be available over the Saturday and we can together select the times that you are available. We require a minimum of 2 hours of commitment.
As a participant you can be there as much as you want. We recommend that you are there for the Friday evening so you can meet your team. Together you can then decide how much time you want to spend solving your challenge on Saturday. On the Sunday, we expect you to submit your solution.
The challenges of LC 2020 are on (1) food system (2) urban planning / housing (3) sustainable living and (4) supply chain / co2 emissions. These have been created in collaboration with experts in London's climate scene. More details per challenge can be found in the website.
We have several sponsorship packages at different levels. The benefits of being a sponsor include visibility prior, during and after the Climathon, good company reputation and connections.
If you are interested to hear more, please contact Avrilia from Impact Hub King's Cross at avrilia.diamanti@impacthub.net.
Thanks to our global partners
