UNFCCC Technology Mechanism AI for Climate Action Award 2026 (Funded to Antalya, Türkiye) – YOA

Deadline: July 3, 2026

Applications are open for the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism AI for Climate Action Award 2026. Launched in 2024, the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism AI for Climate Action (AICA) Award celebrates the facility of individuals and AI within the face of our planet’s best problem.

This world competitors elevates open-supply, AI-driven options that deal with local weather change head-on, supporting daring concepts in adaptation and mitigation and empowering them to attain new heights on the world stage. Last yr, the Award attracted greater than 600 submissions from 110 international locations, with the profitable resolution on AI-powered sensible agriculture from Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

Benefits

Main Prize: Award Winner

• Present your resolution at COP31: The Winner of the AICA Award 2026 will obtain journey and lodging for one individual to take part within the UN Climate Change Conference COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye, in November 2026, the place they may have the OPPORTUNITY to current their AI-powered local weather resolution to a global viewers.
• Visibility and networking: The profitable resolution will achieve visibility on the world’s key worldwide local weather convention. The Winner could have the chance to join with local weather know-how stakeholders and current their resolution to related audiences.
• Media publicity via UNFCCC channels: The Winner will obtain media publicity via UNFCCC communication channels, serving to to enhance consciousness of their resolution and its contribution to local weather motion.

Benefits for Finalists

• Travel to the AICA Forum 2026: Finalists will obtain journey to the UNFCCC Technology Executive Committee AI for Climate Action Forum in October 2026. The venue will likely be confirmed at a later stage.
• Visibility on the AICA Award web site: Finalists will likely be featured on the AICA Award web site, giving their options visibility amongst audiences all for AI, local weather know-how, and innovation for LDCs and SIDS.
• Media publicity via UNFCCC channels: Finalists will obtain media publicity via UNFCCC communication channels, serving to them talk their work to a wider worldwide viewers.
• Live pitch teaching: Finalists will obtain teaching for the dwell pitch session from Enterprise Neurosystem. This assist is designed to assist them current their resolution clearly, reply to questions from the judging panel, and talk the impression and potential of their work.

Benefits for Semifinalists

• Visibility on the AICA Award web site: Semifinalists will likely be featured on the AICA Award web site, serving to them achieve recognition for their open-supply, AI-powered local weather options.
• Media publicity via UNFCCC channels: Semifinalists will obtain media publicity via UNFCCC communication channels, supporting larger consciousness of their concepts, groups, and local weather impression.
• Video manufacturing teaching and put up-manufacturing: Semifinalists will obtain teaching on video manufacturing to assist them put together a transparent and compelling 90-second video presentation for the semi-ultimate spherical, together with put up-manufacturing.
• Training on digital public items: Semifinalists will obtain coaching on digital public items (DPGs) from the Digital Public Goods Alliance Secretariat, supporting them in understanding how DPGs can contribute to local weather motion and public profit.

Eligibility

• Anyone above the age of 18 years, with an open-supply, AI-powered local weather resolution developed in or for least developed international locations (LDCs) or small island growing States (SIDS), is inspired to apply.
• Applications are welcome from people, groups, begin-ups, organizations, or another kind of entity.

Evaluation Criteria

The analysis of submissions will likely be primarily based on the next standards:

• Relevance: The suitability and scalability of the proposed resolution in LDCs and SIDS.
• Impact: The potential of the answer to improve local weather resilience and/or scale back greenhouse gasoline emissions. Preference will likely be given to tasks which have demonstrated measurable outcomes or a clearly outlined pathway to important impression.
• Inclusive management: Special consideration will likely be given to options which might be led by girls, recognizing the significance of inclusive management in driving equitable local weather motion.
• Origin: Solutions originating from LDCs or SIDS will obtain optimistic consideration.
• Alignment: Solutions that may assist actions and areas of labor within the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism Joint Work Programme 2023-2027.
• Open-source: To what extent does the open-supply nature of the answer align with the baseline necessities for recognition as a digital public good?

Application

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