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Josua Graciadas
Josua Graciadas proposes a community-driven resilience project inspired by typhoons, floods and long power outages in the Philippines. His idea connects science education, clean energy and emergency preparedness so communities can stay connected, protect essential supplies and respond better during climate-related crises.
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Akash Maurya
Akash Maurya’s project preserves traditional land-management knowledge from elders in Nepal and combines it with modern climate action. Inspired by the use of vetiver grass to stabilize slopes, the idea turns community memory into practical tools for preventing landslides, protecting soil and strengthening peace between people and their environment.
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Emmanuel Anthony
Emmanuel Anthony’s Seed Legacy initiative responds to climate stress, economic uncertainty and food insecurity in Nigerian cities. The project uses youth-led storytelling, community engagement and climate-resilient growing practices to move beyond documenting local problems and help communities build stronger, more reliable food systems.
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Moses Nweke
Moses Nweke’s project addresses two linked challenges in Nigerian communities: energy poverty and waste pollution. His idea uses human-centred design and community co-creation to develop practical solutions that reduce environmental harm, improve access to reliable energy and give young people a stronger role in shaping local resilience.
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Marcos Feliciano Sat
Marcos Feliciano Sat proposes a flood monitoring and early-warning system for communities in Mozambique. The initiative combines low-cost sensors, water-level and flow data, weather information and inclusive alert channels so people can receive warnings earlier, including people with disabilities, and evacuate before floods cause greater loss.
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Phillip Bander
Phillip Bander’s Climate Action Hub combines mobile technology, radio and community networks to help people in Zimbabwe prepare for climate-related disasters. The project goes beyond broadcasting warnings by giving communities tools, real-time alerts and locally useful climate information for farming, preparedness and response.
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Asiimwe Eric
Asiimwe Eric’s Eco Harvest Peace Initiative supports farming communities in Uganda facing food insecurity, dry spells and poor agricultural practices. Through climate-smart crop production, community training and practical agricultural support, the project aims to restore harvests, strengthen livelihoods and reduce pressures that can undermine peace.
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Kulsoom
Kulsoom’s project frames climate change as a threat to peace and human security in Gilgit, Pakistan. By focusing on glacier melt, floods, forest loss and damaged livelihoods, the initiative aims to turn climate research into community action that helps mountain communities protect their land, security and future stability.
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Velonambinina Jaonarson Priort
VELONAMBININA Jaonarson Priort’s initiative connects agronomy, environmental protection and peacebuilding. The project treats peace as something communities cultivate through fair resource management, stronger food systems and sustainable land practices, helping reduce tensions linked to livelihoods, climate pressure and environmental degradation.
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Nuria
Nuria’s climate literacy initiative in Kenya uses creativity, hands-on projects and student ownership to make environmental education more effective. After seeing that tree planting alone did not create lasting care, the project evolved toward practical, arts-based learning that helps children understand climate issues and take responsibility for solutions.
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Lamin Singate
Lamin Singate’s project in The Gambia combines coastal restoration with economic empowerment. By planting coconut trees to reduce erosion and using coconut leaves and husks to make biodegradable baskets, the initiative addresses environmental degradation, plastic waste and youth livelihoods through a circular community model.
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Fuzia Pastika Hanifa
Fuzia Pastika Hanifa proposes vertical gardens in schools and offices in Indonesia to save space, improve air quality and reduce urban heat. The project includes outreach, practical training and student involvement so green spaces become both an environmental solution and a learning tool.
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Adeogoun
Adeogoun’s initiative in Benin responds to river flooding with an integrated ecological and community approach. The project combines local plants for soil stabilization, smarter construction and community training, creating a connected system that reduces erosion, flood risk and health impacts while building local resilience.
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Natalia
Natalia’s project from Colombia is a video podcast that gives voice to nature through communities, scientists and social actors. By focusing on biodiversity, climate action and environmental education, the initiative uses storytelling to make conservation more accessible and encourage communities to protect vulnerable ecosystems.
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Natulinda Bridget
Natulinda Bridget and her team work with schools in Uganda to help young people become climate ambassadors. Their initiative combines environmental clubs, clean-up activities, sustainable agriculture, quizzes and poster campaigns, making climate education practical, participatory and easier to sustain through school and community partnerships.
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Ilaria
Ilaria’s Save Summer initiative prepares communities in Italy for extreme heatwaves. The plan identifies vulnerable people, coordinates Red Cross volunteer check-ins, opens cooling points in public buildings, shares practical heat-safety information and uses a digital platform to prioritize urgent support during dangerous heat alerts.
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Zerbabel Mbabazi
Zerbabel MBABAZI’s team focuses on landslides and soil erosion in Burundi’s mountain communities, where heavy rains threaten fields, homes, livelihoods and social cohesion. The initiative links environmental protection with peacebuilding by helping rural communities stabilize land, protect agriculture and strengthen climate resilience.
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Aras Rahimi
Aras Rahimi’s project responds to the human and environmental damage caused by wildfires, shaped by his personal loss of relatives in a forest fire. The idea focuses on earlier wildfire detection and faster response in remote areas, using technology to reduce deaths, protect ecosystems and limit economic damage.
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Ashmita giri
Join Ashmita Giri on her innovation journey, exploring how climate-smart farming, water conservation and community cooperation can improve food security, strengthen resilience and help build more peaceful communities.
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Edoardo
Edoardo’s project uses role-playing games to make climate preparedness more engaging and practical. Originally focused on one climate scenario, the idea evolved into a flexible toolkit and website where National Societies can adapt real-life manuals and scenarios for different climate events and audiences.
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Afeefa
Afeefa’s project in Pakistan focuses on water tank insulation as a simple climate adaptation tool. By reducing temperature fluctuations in stored water, the idea helps conserve water, reduce repeated refilling, save pumping energy and prevent overflow, while also creating opportunities for greener surrounding spaces.
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Putu
Putu’s initiative in Bali combines disaster education, climate adaptation and local wisdom. Rooted in the Balinese Tri Hita Karana concept of harmony between people and nature, the project involves young people in designing and implementing practical learning so they become active shapers of climate resilience.
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Ngouma
Ngouma’s project in Gabon evolved from household waste-sorting awareness into a broader community action plan. The initiative targets illegal dumping, clogged waterways and weak collection systems by mobilizing partners, recycling plastic bottles and building a permanent ecological brigade for cleaner, healthier communities.
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Austin Goin
Austin Goin leads a Kenyan project that combines flood detection with continuous water quality monitoring. By measuring water levels, conductivity, pH, temperature and clarity, the system provides local flood alerts while also helping communities understand environmental health risks through a customized online dashboard.
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David Mashauri
David Mashauri’s project connects water scarcity, low agricultural productivity and plastic pollution in rural Tanzania. By turning discarded plastic bottles into low-cost tools for smallholder farming, the initiative helps conserve scarce water, support harvests, reduce environmental waste and strengthen community livelihoods.
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Ndayambaje Sadame Nelson
NDAYAMBAJE SADAME Nelson’s project aims to show that young people in Bujumbura can design practical climate resilience solutions themselves. By developing sustainable technology rooted in local ingenuity, the initiative seeks to move from prototype to social impact while strengthening youth leadership and community preparedness.
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Foster
Join Foster and the Zambia Red Cross Society on their innovation journey, using education and community engagement to promote water conservation and help communities protect this vital resource.
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Sunita Acharya
This Nepal-based project focuses on rebuilding cooperation among farmers as climate change puts pressure on crops, livelihoods and community relationships. The idea connects youth, women and farmers through inclusive climate action and shared agricultural solutions, using collaboration as a foundation for stronger livelihoods and peace.
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Maodo Malick Gueye
Maodo Malick Gueye’s initiative responds to coastal erosion, flooding and rising heat in Mbao, Senegal. Using art, cultural animation and youth education, the project helps children understand climate change and see themselves as guardians of nature, turning environmental awareness into practical community action.
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John-Mary
John-Mary’s initiative addresses flooding as a threat to safety, livelihoods and peace in Togo. The project aims to move from concern to concrete action by building the methods, partnerships and community preparedness needed to reduce vulnerability before heavy rains turn stable neighbourhoods into high-risk areas.
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Adjeda Kodjo Su De
ADJEDA KODJO SU DE’s project turns schools into practical centres for climate resilience, food production, learning and solidarity in Togo. The initiative responds to under-resourced schools by creating spaces where young people can prepare for environmental and food-security challenges while strengthening community resilience.
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Sadeer
Sadeer’s Greening the Red initiative promotes sustainable practices within the Pakistan Red Crescent Society. The project encourages eco-friendly behaviour among staff, transforms workplaces into greener environments and raises community awareness about climate change, making humanitarian operations more climate-responsible.
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Prashant
Prashant’s project strengthens climate and waste-management education in rural Nepal. Through a practical climate education package and laboratory, students receive hands-on training and tools that help them understand climate change, manage waste and become environmental champions in their communities.
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Paulette
Paulette’s idea from Grenada addresses limited access to clean potable water in disaster-prone and hard-to-reach communities. The initiative introduces a compact solar-powered desalination system, offering a practical renewable-energy solution for safer water access during everyday challenges and emergencies.
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Nariman
Nariman’s project from Iran uses artificial intelligence, biological data and IoT to improve environmental prediction and urban resource use. The initiative responds to rising temperatures and air pollution, aiming to strengthen climate resilience, support smarter decision-making and increase public awareness despite infrastructure and adoption challenges.
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Syaila
Syaila’s Green Rooftop Prototype in Medan uses hydroponics to create productive green spaces on rooftops. The project aims to reduce urban heat, improve air quality, grow fresh vegetables and encourage Indonesian Red Cross volunteers to replicate the model in other urban settings.