The Blue Climate Initiative (BCI) is thrilled to announce the launch of its global US$1 Million Ocean Innovation Prize to inspire, fund and support innovations that mitigate climate change through ocean-related strategies. The Prize is presented alongside the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and in collaboration with the Sustainable Ocean Alliance. Please check out a one-minute video about the Prize at this link.
The Prize will be awarded for market-based innovation that addresses climate change mitigation through human-centered, ocean-related solutions, inspired by our 40+ Transformational Opportunities. The proposals must incorporate an innovative technology, practice, model, approach or idea that is capable of being scaled to have an impact on climate change. The Prize application deadline is September 15, 2021. More information is available here: