The challenge for May 27

Assume you are the Prime Minister of India. What policy innovation would you bring in to significantly increase the number of people who use public transport instead of cars?

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The challenge for May 28

𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰:

𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 1 : A breakthrough idea in nuclear fusion that can make it modular, though it could take at least 2 decades to become commercial

𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 2 : A free, intuitive smart phone app that claims to provide effective sustainability education to the masses right away, covering over 50 lifestyle activities

𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 3 : An innovative, affordable monitoring system that can increase the output of large solar power plants by about 15% and which can be implemented within months for many existing solar power plants.

Which of the three innovations would you choose as the winner, and why.

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The challenge for May 29

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲?

1. 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴

2. 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴

3. 𝘊𝘌𝘖 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴

4. 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

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The challenge for May 30

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐢𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲.

My climate superhero is

1. 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬

2. 𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐤

3. 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨 𝐃𝐢𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨

4. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡

𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑮𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒔

𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒌 𝒄𝒐𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝑻𝒆𝒔𝒍𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝑽 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏

𝑳𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒐 𝑫𝒊𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝑼𝑵 𝑪𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒓

𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒊-𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎

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The challenge for May 31

What can be done to facilitate commercialization of high impact college and university climate innovations?

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