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Adapting to a Changing Environment

Solution Search: Adapting to a Changing Environment surfaced and spotlighted locally driven, nature-based solutions that are helping communities adapt to the impacts of climate change.

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This year’s Solution Search drew 88 submissions from 37 countries, many of which included powerful ideas and detailed accounts of how community-implemented adaptation strategies are succeeding in protecting biodiversity and enhancing livelihoods, while also confronting the effects of a changing climate. 

Contest Prizes

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India Prize

Awarded to the best solution from India.
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Island Bright Spot Award

Hosted in partnership with the Global Islands Partnership, this travel award to the SIDS Conference was given to the best solution coming out of a small-island developing country.
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Grand Prize

$20,000 awarded to the Judges' Choice (selected by our panel) and People's Choice (recipient of most votes).
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Runners Up

$5000 awarded to the first and second runner up in the People’s Choice competition.
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East Africa Prize

Awarded to the best solution from East African nations.

Top 10 Finalists

Academy of Gandhian Studies
Khadhi Colony, 印度
Academy of Ghandean Studies
African Christians Organization Network
Bungoma, 肯尼亚
African Christians Org
Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change through Coastal Afforestation (CBACC-CF) Project
Dhaka, 孟加拉国
Community Based
EcoLogic Development Fund
Cambridge, MA, USA
EcoLogic
ENDEV-Society for Environment & Development
Kolkata, 印度
ENDEV
Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparajá A.C.
La Paz, 墨西哥
Sociedad Niparanja
SOIL
Port-au-Prince, 海地
SOIL Haiti
The Foundation of the People of the South Pacific International
Suva, 斐济
Fnd of People of South Pacific
The Salto de Agua Farming Group with the support of CONANP, the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas
Acapetahua, 墨西哥
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Village Development Committee of ANDO-KPOMEY
Lome, 多哥
Village Development

How were entries for this Solution Search judged?

  • Innovation

    How well does the solution demonstrate an innovative approach that fosters sustainable fisheries and promotes healthy coastal ecosystems.
  • Biodiversity Impact

    What impact on biodiversity has been achieved or do you anticipate?
  • Impact on human well-being and livelihoods

    Does this solution demonstrate a positive impact on community livelihoods and well being? How many people are affected and in what way? (Global impacts might also be considered)
  • Replicability

    How readily and broadly can the solution be replicated in other places with similar characteristics?

  • Sustainability and Resilience

    Does the solution have long-term sustainability? Can it adapt to changing demographics, socioeconomic and climate realities?
  • Governance

    Is the solution being managed by a community that demonstrates good governance, leadership and social cohesion? Is the community involved in management and enforcement of the local fishery?

Who judged this contest?

Henry Eder
Henry Eder
Owner
Manuelita Holding
Christiana Figueres
Christiana Figueres
Executive Secretary
UNFCCC
Jeremy Grantham
Jeremy Grantham
Founder
Grantham Foundation
Naoko Ishii
Naoko Ishii
CEO and Chairperson
Global Environment Facility
Jeremy Jones
Jeremy Jones
Founder
Protect Our Winters
Ronald Jumeau
Ronald Jumeau
Ambassador for Climate Change
Seychelles
Elizabeth Kolbert
Elizabeth Kolbert
Staff Writer
The New Yorker
Spencer Thomas
Spencer Thomas
Ambassador & Special Envoy for Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Grenada

Contest Partners

The Nature Conservancy
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Contest Sponsors

BARR foundation
Cedar Hill Foundation
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