Youth Collaborate Across Asia to Tackle Climate Challenge

Singapore, February 27: The Singapore International Foundation (SIF) announced on February 26 that three teams with 13 members from five countries had won the final round of Climate Hack 2024 to find solutions to respond to climate change.The top three teams were selected based on their creativity, persuasiveness, teamwork, as well as the impact and feasibility of their climate change solutions , according to the Singapore International Foundation .
The winning teams included E-Connect (Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and Philippines); SustainIQ (Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and Philippines); and Sustainloop (India, Malaysia, and Philippines).
Additionally, Ecovolve (Cambodia, Indonesia and Singapore) was awarded the Community Choice Award based on pre-voted votes from social media and live audience at the event.All four teams will visit Singapore in March this year to learn more about the Singapore Green Plan 2030 - a nationwide initiative to advance Singapore's national agenda for sustainable development.
First launched in 2021, Climate Hack equips young people in Asia with the digital skills to develop and accelerate technological solutions to tackle climate change.
Climate Hack 2024 began last September with more than 300 young people from 27 countries participating to develop solutions to climate problems. Finalists focused on solving environmental challenges in areas such as natural resource management, land use, transport, waste management and ecological economics.
Mr. Vu Manh Dung, a Vietnamese member of the FOODLOOP finalist team, shared: "Climate Hack was a transformative experience for me. The program provided a systematic approach that helped us assess the feasibility, scalability and practical impact of the climate solutions we developedFOODLOOP's goal is to focus on providing sustainable waste management and green energy solutions by converting food waste into clean energy through biomass gasification technology.
Since 2021, Climate Hack has trained nearly 1,000 young people from 24 countries across Asia. Participants have developed 130 pilot projects and innovative digital solutions to address climate change challenges.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper