Call for Applications: Lead2030 Challenge for SDG13

Deadline: 1 March 2024

Applications are now open for the Lead2030 Challenge for SDG13.

Deloitte is proud to support the Lead2030 Challenge for SDG13 for the third year in a row. Through this challenge they seek to empower passionate people finding meaningful and innovative ways of tackling climate change.

In line with Deloitte’s ambition to address climate change through ecosystem engagement, the challenge seeks to support scalable youth-led solutions that:

Reduce the impacts of climate change, and/or empower others to act on climate change
Address root causes of the issue
Demonstrate ability to drive impact and potential to scale
Collaborate with others to accelerate or broaden impact
Utilize innovative approaches

The challenge is open to young people from social enterprises, non-profits, or community organizations.

They are looking for bold solutions that reduce impacts of climate change and/or empower others to act on climate change. Examples of solutions may include behavioural change, technology solutions or scaling of technology solutions, education, nature-based solutions, community actions or collaborations.

Areas

The solutions should drive impact in at least one of the following areas:

Actively contribute to carbon reduction, carbon sequestration, and/or the transition to clean, renewable energy
Support or empower local people who are undertaking climate action to improve their community, strengthen resilience and limit the effects of climate change
Promote meaningful collaboration across stakeholder groups such as communities, businesses, and governments, to advance climate change solutions and resilience measures
Support initiatives that develop job skills, improve educational outcomes, and provide access to opportunities within the green economy
Limit the negative human, environmental, or societal impacts brought on by climate change

Prize

The winning solution will receive:
- Sponsorship to participate in the One Young World Summit 2024
- A US$50,000 grant from Deloitte
- 12 months of mentorship from a team of Deloitte professionals and partners. The mentorship team will work to accelerate your solution based on the needs of your initiative or organisation, such as:
  - Business strategy
  - Best practices for data collection
  - Monitoring and evaluation
  - Product design

Challenge Criteria

Aligned: Evidently aligned with the SDG13 challenge.
Youth-led: Founded by a person aged 18 – 30.
Focused: Well-structured time horizon, identified key stakeholders and beneficiaries, and proposed outcomes that are reasonable and well thought out.
Proven: Solution is readily available, being piloted, implemented, or scaled
Impactful: Solutions must have a positive social impact, for example, generating educational outcomes, employment opportunities, or developing skills.
Measurable: Solution’s impact in society must be adequately measured and/or be measurable.
Financially viable: Must be able to achieve efficiency and to survive independently through the resources they generate and/or the investments and donations they attract.
Scalable: Potential to grow impact after expanding in scope or size and/or into other regions.
Technologically feasible: Must rely on proven or readily available technology (if technology is relevant to the solution).