How would you spend $10 million to combat global warming? Alliance Essay Prize
Anyone over 16 is free to enter, not just people from within the philanthropy sector. Although we will accept essays in English only, we want to encourage entrants from all over the world. The judges will therefore be looking for original ideas and for a well argued essay but entrants will not necessarily be penalized for imperfections in their English. In association with the Environmental Funders Network
PRIZE £1,000
The winning essay will be published in the December issue of Alliance magazine and on the Alliance website. Other good essays will be published online, with the aim of promoting debate on this crucial issue.
As a philanthropist, how would you spend $10 million to combat global warming?
Would you seek to put pressure on governments? Or to drive changes in public behaviour directly? Or to incentivize markets? Would you focus on challenging unsustainable consumption trends? Or on addressing questions of equity between richer and poorer countries? Would you target your efforts towards particular countries or regions? Or particular industry sectors? Or particular technologies or institutions?
Whatever your plan, your essay must give some indication of how you would judge if you had been successful and in what timeframe you would do this. Bear in mind that the $10 million could be used over any period of time that you see fit. You should also indicate what you see as the main obstacles to the success of your plan.
The deadline for submissions is 30 September.
Who is eligible? Essays must be no more than 1,000 words, submitted electronically to Kai Hopkins, General Manager, at kai@alliancemagazine.org . All essays must be original pieces of work, not published before.
