The 2025 Youth Climate Action and Disaster Risk Reduction Innovation Initiative is jointly initiated by the UNESCO Beijing Office, the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), the Chinese National Committee for the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB China), the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage under the auspices of UNESCO (HIST), the School of Social Sciences and Zhishan College of Tsinghua University, and the Horizon Global Youth Development Program.
As a core component of the initiative, the Youth Climate Action and Disaster Risk Reduction Hackathon aims to create a global platform for youth collaboration and problem-solving. It encourages youth teams to respond to contemporary climate and disaster challenges through innovation, using their knowledge and creativity to explore cutting-edge solutions for climate adaptation and disaster preparedness. Participants will form interdisciplinary teams, or join with teams already in the incubation or entrepreneurial stage, and work under three main tracks:
Resilient Cities and Innovative Climate Adaptation in Communities
Climate Action and Disaster Risk Reduction Driven by Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
Balanced Development Between Nature Reserves and Human Communities
The "2025 Youth Climate Action and Disaster Risk Reduction Hackathon" is divided into two categories: Junior Group (Participants aged 12–17 years) and Youth Group (Participants aged 18–35 years). For the details of submission and the event schedule, please refer to https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ELMWrqdFVNro3qLoWIwdqg
