Oxford Climate Change Challenge

🚀🌱 Calling all young trailblazers from AFRICA! 🌍🌍 Time to shine at the global stage! ✨ Share your climate solutions with the world! 🌿🙌

Burjeel Holdings and Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford have launched the Climate Change Challenge - a global competition for high school students (aged 15 to 18) and teachers.

The challenge invites young people and educators across the world to contribute their ideas and take action towards creating solutions to the greatest and most complex threat to humanity: the climate crisis.

The finalists will be invited to present their solutions to a distinguished audience in Dubai, during COP28 in December, and the winners will be invited to the United Kingdom where there will be given the unique opportunity to take part in a tailored climate change programme at Saïd Business School in Oxford next year, led by world-leading academics. For finalists and winners, all expenses will be covered by Burjeel Holdings and Oxford Saïd. They will also gain access to a vibrant community of influential entrepreneurs and thought leaders in innovation and social impact from around the globe.

Climate change affects water availability, leading to droughts in some areas and floods in others. Having too little water can contribute to significant health issues, while floods can cause other health hazards.

Students can propose ways to conserve water and manage resources more effectively, such as implementing rainwater harvesting systems, developing innovative irrigation methods, or designing water filtration systems for communities in need.

Climate change affects the spread of diseases carried by insects, like mosquitoes.

Students can brainstorm innovative methods to prevent and control vector-borne diseases, such as creating eco-friendly mosquito repellents, designing smart traps, or developing strategies for disease surveillance and prevention.

Climate change impacts agriculture, making it harder to produce enough food to feed everyone. Food scarcity directly impacts nutrition, and malnutrition is a major risk factor for many diseases.

High school students can explore solutions to improve food security, like vertical farming techniques, sustainable farming practices, or developing climate-resilient crop varieties.

Climate change leads to more frequent and intense extreme weather events like hurricanes, droughts and heatwaves - each of which has a significant impact on health.

High school students can brainstorm solutions to help communities better prepare for and respond to these events, like designing early warning systems, developing resilient infrastructure, or creating sustainable farming practices through what is called agritech.

Air pollution, caused by factors such as industrial emissions and vehicle exhaust, contributes to respiratory problems and other health issues.

Students can explore innovative ways to reduce air pollution, such as developing sustainable transportation options or creating air filtration systems for homes and schools.

We want to inspire high school students and teachers across the world to bring their innovation, creativity and problem-solving skills, in generating unique solutions to tackle this crisis, whether at a local, national or global level.

In their entries, we are asking entrants to respond to one of five key climate change challenges:

The Burjeel Holdings Oxford Saïd Climate Change Challenge calls all high school students and teachers across the globe to propose their innovative solutions for climate change issues. The top five finalists from each student and teacher category will present their ideas during COP28 in Dubai this year. Will your idea be the world’s next innovative solution?

Click the link in our bio to learn how to participate in this free-to-enter competition.

What are you doing about the air pollution in your community? How are you being a change-maker in your school?

Take part in our challenge to win a spot for a bespoke course at Oxford!

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