{"id":11043,"date":"2025-04-22T22:26:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T19:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/?p=11043"},"modified":"2025-04-22T22:26:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T19:26:46","slug":"supporting-climate-innovation-in-the-2025-climate-change-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/supporting-climate-innovation-in-the-2025-climate-change-challenge","title":{"rendered":"Supporting climate innovation in the 2025 Climate Change Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Submissions\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">are open for the Oxford Sa\u00efd Global Climate Change Challenge 2025, a competition in which students and teachers from around the world are invited to join forces in combatting the climate crisis.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Climate Change Challenge, in partnership with Sa\u00efd Business School and the University of Oxford, aims to inspire high school students and teachers to apply their innovation, creativity, and problem-solving skills to generate unique solutions to tackle climate change\u2014whether at a local, national, or global level.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Following the success of the 2024 competition\u2014which received over 1,000 entries from more than 58 countries\u2014we are proud to be continuing our support for the Climate <a title=\"Climate Change\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/climate-change\">Change<\/a> Challenge and its encouragement of climate education, innovation, and action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As we mark Earth Day 2025, we are committed to <a title=\"Education and Climate Change: A focus on International Day of Education 2024\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/education-and-climate-change-a-focus-on-international-day-of-education-2024\">educating students on climate change<\/a>, as well as reducing our impact on the climate and nature from our own operations. Last year we announced our aim to reach\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/corp.oup.com\/news\/our-commitment-to-net-zero\/\">net zero by 2050<\/a>, and have detailed our progress against our other sustainability goals in our most recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/corp.oup.com\/responsible-publishing-report-23-24\/\">Responsible Publishing Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Serengeti and Maasai Mara face climate change challenges for wildlife and tourism\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/serengeti-and-maasai-mara-face-climate-change-challenges-for-wildlife-and-tourism\">Climate Change Challenge<\/a> welcomes student and teacher submissions, asking them to respond to one of five key climate change challenges:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Air pollution:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0caused by industrial emissions, vehicle exhaust, and other pollutants, and can lead to respiratory problems and severe health issues<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Extreme weather events:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0how communities can prepare for and respond to the increasing frequency and intensity of hurricanes, droughts, and heatwaves<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><\/b><a title=\"Urgent call: States must act now on Climate Change, Food Security, and Health\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/urgent-call-states-must-act-now-on-climate-change-food-security-and-health\">Food security:<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0climate change<\/span><\/a> threatens agriculture and food production, making it harder to feed a growing population<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Water scarcity:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0adverse effects on water availability can lead to droughts in some regions and flooding in others<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Biodiversity:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0as ecosystems <a title=\"UNICEF: Millions of children globally face water scarcity due to climate change\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/unicef-millions-of-children-globally-face-water-scarcity-due-to-climate-change\">face unprecedented threats due to climate change<\/a>, biodiversity conservation is essential to sustaining life on Earth.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Finalists from the <a title=\"Undergraduate Students\u2019 Research Project Presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/undergraduate-students-research-project-presentation\">student competition will have the opportunity to present their projects<\/a> at Sa\u00efd Business School in Oxford, and the finalists of the teacher competition will present at COP30 in Brazil in November 2025. Overall winners will attend a tailored <a title=\"European School of Sustainability Science and Research- Doctoral Programme on Climate Change Adaptation by Publications\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/european-school-of-sustainability-science-and-research-doctoral-programme-on-climate-change-adaptation-by-publications\">climate change programme at Sa\u00efd Business School<\/a> in spring 2026.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Submissions are now open and will close at 23:59 GMT on 30 June 2025. You can find out more information and enter the Climate Change Challenge\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.ox.ac.uk\/climate-change-challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submissions\u00a0are open for the Oxford Sa\u00efd Global Climate Change Challenge 2025, a competition in which students and teachers from around the world are invited to join forces in combatting the climate crisis.\u00a0 The Climate Change Challenge, in partnership with Sa\u00efd Business School and the University of Oxford, aims to inspire high school students and teachers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11043"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11049,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11043\/revisions\/11049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}