Catalysing a New Global Industry of Climate Innovators
Unlocking the Economic Power of Under-30 Climate Innovators
Highlights
UNICEF’s Innovation30 initiative, launched in 2023, brings together young climate innovators under 30 in collaboration with 13 leading global climate accelerators. Through rigorous evaluation managed by Undaunted/Imperial College London and the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), Innovation30 identified 24 scalable and scientifically validated climate solutions to address urgent environmental challenges. Each solution, vetted across criteria such as scalability, sustainable impact, and business model robustness, represents a promising approach to climate adaptation and mitigation, focusing on protecting children and vulnerable populations.
This Undaunted report explains why a cohort of young climate innovators is critical to addressing the global climate change challenge and shows why investment in young innovators is critical.
Ambitions for Innovation 30 invites sector-wide conversations and action to raise the scale of funding to young innovators towards a net-zero, climate-resilient economy. Investment in young people could be the tipping point for climate innovation to outpace the impact of the climate crisis. Read the report to find out more.
