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Explore curated resources designed to help Global Sustainability Challenge participants engage with the two core themes—Sustainable Energy and Adaptation & Resilience—as well as the challenge journey overall.
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Dive deep into our two core sustainability themes: Sustainable Energy and Adaptation & Resilience. Each theme offers curated resources to guide you through the Challenge journey.
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Must Reads
5 resources(page 1 of 2)Source: GSC
Overview, Problem Statement & How to get started with the challenge
Source: GSC
Sustainable Energy Overview, Problem Statement & how to get started.
Source: GSC
Detailed Problem Overview with areas for innovation and criteria for well-designed intervention
Skill Category: Solution Design or Innovation
This is the full recording of our recent Info Session and Live Q&A with the Global Sustainability Challenge (GSC) organizing team.
In this session, you’ll learn:
• What the Global Sustainability Challenge is all about
• Who can participate, and how to register your team
• How the three phases—Ignite, Build, Shine—work
• What makes a strong project or submission
• Key dates, deadlines, and tips for getting started
• Plus: Audience questions answered live!
Foundation
25 resources(page 1 of 7)Source: IEA | Subtheme: Large-scale transition
Clean Energy Transition Overview
Source: Grantham Imperial | Subtheme: Seasonality / Variability
A video introduction on how global temperature changes are affecting seasonal rainfall in the world’s tropical regions, especially Sub-Saharan Africa
Skill Category: Problem Definition
Source: IDEO
Human-Centered Design: Step-by-step methods to solve problems creatively, keeping people at the core.
Source: UNEP, Droughts in Numbers, 2022
A concise overview of how droughts are intensifying, with causes and global case studies.
Exploration
31 resources(page 1 of 8)Skill Category: Solution Design or Innovation
Source: UNEP Youth Initiatives
A video overview of how to inspire young people to drive greener societies and universities
Source: IEA | Subtheme: Industrial Energy
Need for Carbon Removal from Industrial Emissions, pathways and challenges
Source: C40 Cities | Subtheme: Urban Areas
Case Studies for Urban Flooding and Water Management
Source: IPCC Sixth Assessment Report – Water Chapter
Understand how climate change impacts water availability, droughts, floods, and seasonal variability globally.
Application
22 resources(page 1 of 6)Source: Bloomberg | Subtheme: Urban Areas
An example of Climate Resilient Infrastructure. Showcases how an aging urban infrastructure can be retrofitted with ecological design, reducing floods, improving water quality, and enhancing livability in dense cities.
Source: UNCC | Subtheme: Flood Prone
An example of community-based early warning system in India
Source: EThree | Subtheme: Industrial Energy
Industrial Heat: Technology, economics and policy deep dive
Source: Reuters | Subtheme: Large-scale Transition
Example of ultra-High-Voltage Transmission in China Mitigating curtailment through West-to-East power transfer