International Relations x Climate Hackathon
Climate change has a cross-border cost allocation problem, and solutions are in the crosshairs.
Join us for a one-day, multi-disciplinary event where your unique skills and ideas can contribute to a resilient future. Participants will have 2 hours to develop a demo + governance design. Whether you're into diplomacy, governance, software, data, policy, finance, business, or just someone who is curious how to capitalize a carbon footprint, we hope to see you there.
To attend only the demo portion of the event, please select the "demo only" option when registering, and please plan to attend from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm.
Food and beverages will be provided.
Agenda
5:00pm gather and meet
5:30pm, small teams are formed, problem context from industry experts
6:00pm problem-solving
8:00pm participants present their demos
8:30pm judging and networking
What to bring: your climate-interested and solutions-focused attitude, your laptop or pen+paper, and your unique skillset.
Challenge Statements: Our challenge statements will focus on designing governance solutions for two Latin American countries as they navigate the economic and ecological impacts of climate change. More details and datasets for these challenge statements will be announced leading up to the event.
Deliverables: Your team will present a demonstration and governance design. More details on how to format and submit the deliverables will be announced leading up to the event.
Teams: You can create your team of three at the event, or come with a team already formed.
We are excited to be partnering with the NYU Center for Global Affairs to bring you this event!
Why international relations? Relations between countries are governed by laws that are often complex and hard to understand. Viable solutions can create positive-sum outcomes. Climate crises in one country can end up in grave consequences for other countries. If we don't understand how laws and policy play into it, even the best climate experts will not be able to navigate.
And how is this related to Climate Change? Come to the event to find out!
Event partners:
NYU Center for Global Affairs CGA webpage
Interested in sponsoring this hackathon, have an idea for the Challenge Statements, or want to help in some other way? Reach out to Maahi Gupta at mg7601@nyu.edu