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CLIMATE INNOVATION LABS

Youth Climate Innovation Labs Demo Day 2021

A project supported by the United Nations & the European Union.

22 of April, at 11:30 am CET

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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)

Youth Climate Innovations Lab Demo Day

The CTCN Climate Academy was designed to help idea-stage companies develop, implement, and scale their solutions for climate action. Eleven startups specialized in energy sustainability, electricity, food, agriculture, deforestation, environments, waste management, and more are ready to pitch at the Youth Climate Innovation Lab Demo Day.

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Meet the startups participating in the Climate Innovation Labs Demo Day 2021

Eleven selected startups from Africa and Asia pacific solving climate action and specializing in a variety of industries like energy sustainability, electricity, food, agriculture, deforestation, environments, waste management among others will be pitching on the Earth Day at the Youth Climate Innovation Labs Demo Day the next 22 of April, at 11:30 am CET. Startups will have the chance to meet in 1:1 meetings with investors, partners, and experts of the industry.

A Project supported by the United Nations & the European Union. The event will be streamed on Seedstar’s channels: Facebook and YouTube.

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:

Community-Based Smart Microgrids

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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Kawilab Energy Systems

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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Afri-Carbon Pay

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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Agronovate

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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Namanzi

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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Simplified Waste

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:

The Last Mile

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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Farm-In-a-Box

‎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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Waster

‎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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Nirwallna

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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Space_era

‎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

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HEAD OF MARKETING, ENOC LINK

Srinu Chowhan

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VENTURE FELLOW, INCLUDED VC

Jose Miguel Reta

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MANAGING DIRECTOR, REBELROAM

Serdar Yucel

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FOUNDER, BOLIVIAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT HUB

Rene Churquina

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DIRECTOR, IMPACT & INNOVATION, RIPPLESEED

Nuno Veloso

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EXPLORER & INNOVATOR, YONAH & FUND

Yonah Welkar

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SENIOR STRATEGIST, COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS AND NETWORK

Jovin Hurry

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CHIEF GROWTH OFFICERS, PLANET OF VAPES

Tim Cakir

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INVESTOR RELATIONS, STARNEWS MOBILE

Vishal Verma

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FOUNDER & CEO, STACKRAFT

Vartika Manasvi

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DIRECTOR, FOUNDER’S INTELLIGENT

James Donovan

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DEMAND GENERATION & GROWTH, FACILIO

Mukil Ganesan

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CLIMATE TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT AT CTCN

Valentin Rudloff

Project team

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REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS ASIA

Anurag Maloo

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EIR & ENTREPRENEUR SUCCESS LEAD AT SEEDSTARS

Daria Markova

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SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER AT SEEDSTARS

Adaeze Zita Edokwe

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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS ADVISOR AT CTCN

Irma Juskenaite

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KNOWLEDGE, COMMUNICATIONS AND GENDER MANAGER AT CTCN

Karina Kolbrún Larsen

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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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On Earth Day – 11 Startups from Africa and Asia-Pacific Present Solutions for Solving Climate Change

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On Earth Day – 11 Startups from Africa and Asia-Pacific Present Solutions for Solving Climate Change

On Earth Day, eleven selected startups from Africa and Asia Pacific will be pitching their technology solutions for enhanced climate action across the two regions.

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