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Build for a changing climate

Turn climate information into a useful next step for the people living with it.

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Proposed brief

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The proposed brief

Start where it hurts.

Climate information only helps when someone can act on it. A farmer deciding when to plant, a community preparing for floods, or a small business navigating heat needs useful guidance in the right place, at the right time.

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This proposed brief invites tools that help communities prepare, adapt, or coordinate. Pick a local setting, understand its constraints, and connect reliable information to a practical decision.

What to build

Ideas to run with.

A low-bandwidth service that makes public weather information easier to understand.

A community map of water points, shade, or flood-related disruptions.

A planning tool that helps a small business compare practical adaptation options.

Proposed format

Build. Get feedback. Demo.

A proposed online challenge with milestones, mentor feedback, and a final demo informed by user feedback.

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Online sprint · Proposed

Dates to be announced

Across Africa · Proposed

Draft evaluation criteria

What good could look like.

  • Local relevance

    Identify a specific community and the decision your tool helps people make.

  • Reliable information

    Show sources, freshness, uncertainty, and where the tool should not be relied on.

  • Access in practice

    Design for language, connectivity, device, and cost constraints.

  • An actionable prototype

    Demonstrate the path from information to a useful, realistic next step.

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