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Climate Change Needs Behavior Change

Solution Search: Climate Change Needs Behavior Change set out to identify and spotlight the best solutions from around the world for motivating individuals, households and communities to adopt climate-friendly behaviors and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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What people eat, what they buy and what they use contributes directly to climate change. And while human behavior is the root cause of climate change, it can also be the solution…if we use what we know about human behavior and decision-making to help consumers make climate-friendly choices.

Solution Search: Climate Change Needs Behavior Change set out to identify and spotlight the best solutions from around the world for motivating individuals, households and communities to adopt climate-friendly behaviors and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The solutions incorporate one or more core behavior adoption strategies: Emotional appeals, Social incentives, or Choice architecture.From over 200 entrants, our judges narrowed the field to the Top 10 Finalists! Click on the finalists below to learn more about their inspiring climate solution, then vote for your favorite. You could help them win $25,000 and expand the impact of their work to fight climate change. Learn more about the science of behavior change.

Contest Prizes

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Early Entrant Prize

Awarded to the best entry received by June 1, 2018.
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Finalists

All finalists attend a capacity-building workshop and awards ceremony with some of the biggest names in conservation, development and behavioral science.
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Grand Prize

Two prizes of $25,000 awarded to the Judges' Choice (selected by our panel) and People's Choice (recipient of most votes).

Top 10 Finalists

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Grand Prize

1 Million Women
Surry Hills , 澳大利亚
Better Buying Lab, World Resources Institute
London, 英国
Evidn
Brisbane , 澳大利亚
JouleBug
Raleigh, NC, USA
Social-impact
Mediae Company
Hailey, Witney, 英国
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Early Entrant Prize

Northwest Earth Institute's EcoChallenge Platform
Portland, OR, USA
RASAI
Islamabad, 巴基斯坦
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Grand Prize

Solar Sister
Great Falls, VA, USA
The Kasiisi Project
Watertown, , USA
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, 英国

How were entries for this Solution Search judged?

  • Context Analysis

    Clear description of the challenges and context in which it operates.
  • Solution

    Solution is fully developed, addresses contest question, and is implemented at some scale.
  • Actions

    Showcases clear, concrete steps in implementation. Engages key partners and stakeholders along the way. Entrant understands how actions could also connect to external initiatives.
  • Results

    Strong results associated with conservation, climate change, and behavior change – and any additional co-benefits related to economics, food security/nutrition, and water.
  • Sustainability

    Solution is sustainable in the long-term.
  • Return on Investment

    Positive return (financial, social, or other) associated with investment in the solution. Results are reasonable compared to the investment.
  • Replicability

    Extent to which the solution is or could be replicated by other communities.

Who judged this contest?

Charlotte Blank
Charlotte Blank
Chief Behavioral Officer
Maritz
Varun Gauri
Varun Gauri
Senior Economist, Mind, Behavior and Development Unit (eMBeD)
World Bank
Christopher Graves
Christopher Graves
President & Founder
The Ogilvy Center for Behavioral Science
David Halpern
David Halpern
Head
UK Behavioural Insights Team
Brett Jenks
Brett Jenks
President & CEO
Rare
Gary E. Knell
Gary E. Knell
CEO
National Geographic Partners
Aileen Lee
Aileen Lee
Chief Program Officer, Environmental Conservation
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Anthony Leiserowitz
Anthony Leiserowitz
Director
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
Henry Paulson
Henry Paulson
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary
Carter Roberts
Carter Roberts
President & CEO
World Wildlife Fund
M. Sanjayan
M. Sanjayan
CEO
Conservation International
Mark Tercek
Mark Tercek
President & CEO
The Nature Conservancy
Kate Walsh
Kate Walsh
Actor & Environmental Advocate
Elke Weber
Elke Weber
Professor in Energy and the Environment; Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs
Princeton University
Katherine Wilkinson
Katherine Wilkinson
Vice President, Communication & Engagement
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Contest Partners

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The Nature Conservancy
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WWF logo

Contest Sponsors

Goldring Family Foundation logo
Moore Foundation logo
Humanize logo

Technical Partners

Collatorating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production
Mind Behavior and Development Unit logo
ideas 42 logo
Maritz logo
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the Behavioral Insights Team

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