The Energy & Climate Hack will take place in Berne on August 31st and September 1st 2021, as a parallel event to the Decarbonizing Cities Conference. This hackathon throws a bridge between common issues and needs across borders and will bring together students from the United Kingdom and Switzerland as well as experts, hackers and people aspiring to make a difference. The multidisciplinary teams will look at smarter urban living through the lenses of energy efficiency and research for better decision making.
This event is organised in collaboration with Swisspower and the British Embassy in Berne. It is open and free of charge, like all our other hackdays. Please register until August 17, 2021 and take part to help shape the cities of the future! Find out more on http://www.energyclimatehack.ch/
Where: Berne, Switzerland
When: 31 August - 1 September 2021
It is one thing if people pretend to support the Green Movement—particularly if it is cool to do this—but it is quite another thing to make personal sacrifices as the voters were asked to do so in Switzerland. As an effect, people rejected climate-protection laws—all three: CO2, pesticides, and drinking water—in a referendum with 51-49.
If the Alpine nation cuts emissions to zero—assuming everywhere in Europe stayed the same—it would not make much of a dent globally. Therefore, it should be a common movement to understand what behind this rejection decision. Particularly interesting about that strong opposition is where it came from—who narrowly reject the government’s plans for a car fuel levy and a tax on air tickets? I don’t mean to know who those people are, but I want to learn more important variables that could help further analysis — e.g. age. Is there a shred of evidence about the age split of the voters?
LAST DAYS TO APPLY to the Energy & Climate Hack! The hackathon will take place from Tue. 31st of August to Wed. 1st of September 2021 in Bern as a parallel event to the Decarbonising Cities Conference.
Cities are responsible for 70% of the planet’s carbon dioxide emissions. Therefore, they play a central role when it comes to efforts on global decarbonisation and pushing forward the local energy transition. In the lead-up to the global climate conference COP26 in Glasgow, the two-day hackathon will bring together young talents from Switzerland and the UK. The Energy & Climate Hack is part of the Decarbonising Cities conference and will be held entirely in English.
Be part of the hackathon and accelerate the change towards energy-efficient and climate-friendly cities!
Quick update: due to the rise in infection rates, the event has been moved fully online. Thank you for your remote support!
The Energy & Climate Hack will now take place ONLINE on Tuesday 30th of August and Wednesday 1st of September 2021, as a parallel event to the Decarbonising Cities conference.
We are therefore happy to announce an extended registration deadline until August 27th.
This hackathon brings together students from the United Kingdom and Switzerland as well as experts, hackers, and people aspiring to make a difference. It exemplifies how bottom-up locally embedded initiatives can actually tackle global issues and how these proposals, tested at a local scale, can help our society beyond their original purpose.
Some of the challenges will be followed up during the Energy Data Hackdays which will take place on September 24th-25th in Brugg.
Find out more on https://www.energyclimatehack.ch and register until August 27th, 2021!
Take part and help shape the cities of the future!
This hackathon is organised in collaboration with Swisspower and the British Embassy.
