Climathon

Climathon is a unique 24-hour event, a climate hackathon, carried out simultaneously in different cities worldwide.

The events connects urban challenges to the people who have the passion and ability to solve them.

Citizens of different locations worldwide simultaneously face the challenge of improving the living conditions of their cities through innovative thinking and initiatives. The participants develop solutions for a specific topic chosen and determined to be a challenge for each corresponding city.

What does Climathon provide?

dealing with local climate challenges;
gathering in one location of municipalities and citizens who can find working solutions for their cities together;
an opportunity to create a sustainable urban environment;
access to a global community (over 100 cities worldwide);
prize – participation in one of the professional courses of Climate-KIC, carried out in different European destinations annually.

Who is the program intended for?:

innovators;
students;
entrepreneurs;
engineers.

How to apply:

Find further information here.

Program duration: annually at the end of October

Cleantech Bulgaria’s Climathon coordinator:

Ivan Nakov
[email protected]
+359 88 835 88 33

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