NEWS/ Best Climate Practices Contest 2015 on “Water Availability for Food Production”

The International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG), within the activities of the Best Climate Practices (BCP) observatory, invites you to submit innovative proposals dedicated to Climate Change and Water Availability for Food Production.

Water is a resource that is essential to all aspects of life, such as health, food and energy. Current water use systems and prospective future water demand raise the challenges of providing solutions to use water more efficiently and to guarantee food security under climate changing conditions.

 

Subject of the Contest
The Best Climate Practices Contest of 2015 aims to showcase innovative solutions to improve efficient water management and “water smart” food production, and to help the winner/s in scaling up existing projects or implementing ground-breaking ideas. Individuals or teams can submit existing projects or brand new ideas that implement, promote, or develop “water-smart” solutions, sustainable and climate-resilient water management systems, or strategies for better use and conservation of water resources under climate change in agriculture and food production.

Deadline
Proposals must be submitted by July 10, 2015.

Evaluation of proposals
Submissions will be assessed by an international Panel of experts and voted on by public online polls. This year’s Panel of experts is composed by: Michel Camdessus (Chair of FEEM advisory board); Carlo Carraro (ICCG and Ca’Foscari University, Venice); Raffaello Cervigni (World Bank); Frank Convery (University College Dublin); Alberto Garrido (Universidad Politécnica, Madrid).

Award
The author of the selected practice will receive a prize of €10.000 to use on developing his project or idea.

 

To find out more and download the full Call for Proposals 2015, please visit the website: www.bestclimatepractices.org