Five years. 10 challenges. Designing a better world, together.
Through a series of design and innovation challenges sponsored by the UK Department for International Development, we’re out to improve the lives of the billion people living in extreme poverty around the world. And we need your help.
TACKLING SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES
Leveraging the OpenIDEO.com platform for open innovation, we’ll source the best solutions from around the world and work with thousands of designers, social innovators and social sector professionals to refine them collaboratively. Then, we’ll provide a select set of ideas with seed funding and design support to bring them to life in the real world.
Challenge Four
How might urban slum communities become more resilient to the effects of
climate change?
Almost 4 billion people live in the world’s cities. By 2045, that number is expected to reach 6 billion. As the earth gets warmer, sea levels rise and weather patterns become more erratic, the fates of billions will rest on the ability of cities to transform in response to these pressures. People living in slums already face challenges accessing safe housing, water and other basic resources – and will be disproportionately impacted by these changes.
For our Urban Resilience Challenge, we aspire to design solutions that enable communities in urban slums to adapt, transform and thrive as they meet the challenges presented by climate change. Join the challenge.
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