The CTCN Youth Climate Academy has come to an end, a program focused on helping idea-stage companies develop, implement and scale their solutions for climate action. The program has been organized by the UN Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), which is co-hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in partnership with SAFEEM and Seedstars. The project is funded by the European Union (EU)

Teams from Africa and Asia-Pacific were selected to continue on and develop their ideas through the CTCN/ Seedstars Climate Innovation Academy. The teams advancing to the Africa region are the following:

Teams from Africa and Asia-Pacific were selected to continue on and develop their ideas through the CTCN/ Seedstars Climate Innovation Academy. The teams advancing to the Africa region are the following:: details

AFRICA

Community-Based Smart Microgrids

An innovative distributed microgrid system that enables peer-to-peer energy sharing and trading, giving everyone the power to generate, consume and buy or sell electricity to their neighbors, thereby enhancing clean energy access for all.

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AFRICA

Kawilab Energy Systems

Solves the energy access challenge for smallholder farmers by providing finance for community-based biogas systems, as a means of promoting a sustainable circular economy.

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AFRICA

Afri-Carbon Pay

Connect users (Companies) to local forest project developers in Sub-Saharan Africa through an easy access digital platform to offset their carbon footprint through customized plans.

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AFRICA

Agronovate

Built a smart storage system that will eliminate food waste, farmers' low income, and carbon footprint by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT), and cloud technology.

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AFRICA

Namanzi

Supports hydroponic greenhouses through crowdfunding. Their platform provides hydroponic systems to marginalized and rural communities through crowdfunding to address the problem of food insecurity.

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AFRICA

Simplified Waste

An app for municipal collection routes that uses QR code technology to deploy and track private waste collectors.

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For the Asia-Pacific region, the selected teams moving forward are:

For the Asia-Pacific region, the selected teams moving forward are:: details

ASIA-PACIFIC

The Last Mile

Solve the cold storage problem of vaccine wastage at “points of care” for vaccine administrators at sites located in communities with unreliable electricity by utilizing the power of solar energy to maintain the required temperature for a cooling storage system.

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‎ASIA-PACIFIC

Farm In a Box

Addresses challenges faced by novice growers by providing them starter kits, which can be progressively updated as they learn more. A simple, easy to use, and self-sustainable farm in a box. It has the selected 3 best no-maintenance plants. 1 of them is ready to eat in 5 days, another gives good luck and the final one purifies the air.

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‎ASIA-PACIFIC

Waster

A green-tech, app-based solution providing curated routes that navigate tourists through the wonders of Nepal to plastic bottle bins

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ASIA-PACIFIC

Nirwallna

Turns urban heat islands into refreshing greeneries through effective green walls and green spaces. This is a performance-oriented early analysis green wall design tool with a sensor-based real-time feedback system.

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‎ASIA-PACIFIC

Space Era

We provide sustainable, affordable, and habitable shelter for climate refugees and Displaced migrants worldwide.

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Our mentors

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FOUNDER, VINNYANA

Pratik Renuse

HEAD OF MARKETING, ENOC LINK

Srinu Chowhan

VENTURE FELLOW, INCLUDED VC

Jose Miguel Reta

MANAGING DIRECTOR, REBELROAM

Serdar Yucel

FOUNDER, BOLIVIAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT HUB

Rene Churquina

DIRECTOR, IMPACT & INNOVATION, RIPPLESEED

Nuno Veloso

EXPLORER & INNOVATOR, YONAH & FUND

Yonah Welkar

SENIOR STRATEGIST, COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS AND NETWORK

Jovin Hurry

CHIEF GROWTH OFFICERS, PLANET OF VAPES

Tim Cakir

INVESTOR RELATIONS, STARNEWS MOBILE

Vishal Verma

FOUNDER & CEO, STACKRAFT

Vartika Manasvi

DIRECTOR, FOUNDER’S INTELLIGENT

James Donovan

DEMAND GENERATION & GROWTH, FACILIO

Mukil Ganesan

CLIMATE TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT AT CTCN

Valentin Rudloff

Project team

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REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS ASIA

Anurag Maloo

EIR & ENTREPRENEUR SUCCESS LEAD AT SEEDSTARS

Daria Markova

SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER AT SEEDSTARS

Adaeze Zita Edokwe

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS ADVISOR AT CTCN

Irma Juskenaite

KNOWLEDGE, COMMUNICATIONS AND GENDER MANAGER AT CTCN

Karina Kolbrún Larsen

About us

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Climate Technology Centre and Newtwork (CTCN)

The CTCN promotes the accelerated transfer of environmentally sound technologies for low carbon and climate-resilient development at the request of developing countries. It provides technology solutions, capacity building and advice on policy, legal and regulatory frameworks tailored to the needs of individual countries. The Centre is the operational arm of the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism, it is hosted and managed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and supported by more than 600 network partners around the world.

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Seedstars

Seedstars is an investment holding company founded in Switzerland in 2012 with the mission to impact people's lives in emerging markets through entrepreneurship and technology.

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