Date: Tuesday July 8, 14h00 - 19h30 (directly followed by dinner)
Location: ICUC12 Conference Center, Room Leeuwen 1 (on-site only)
Who? Open to all — with a special welcome to participants from low- and middle-income countries.
Dinner: Immediately following the hackathon, hosted by the World Bank (drinks not included).
Please note: ICUC12 conference attendance and travel costs are not covered by the hackathon organizers.
We’re excited to invite you to take part in the City Resilience Program’s Urban Heat Hackathon — a dynamic, hands-on event that brings together minds from across the urban climate community to co-create solutions for real-world heat resilience challenges.
Participants will form teams and take on one of our city-specific challenges*:
- Hot spot mapping: You'll conduct high-resolution mapping of outdoor air temperature, at street or neighborhood scales, to identify the city's critical hot spots. Your insights, both qualitative and quantitative, will empower policymakers, showing them exactly where interventions are most needed to protect vulnerable communities.
- Adaptation strategies: If hot spots are identified, it's time to tackle them! You'll develop and analyze effective urban cooling solutions. Demonstrate the impact of your ideas to inform city planning and directly help cool down the urban environment.
- Indoor heat exposure: Explore how heat affects the indoor environment! You will assess thermal conditions and analyze energy consumption in a school building under different climate scenarios. Then, strategically design solutions, focusing on passive design options, to transform these spaces for optimal comfort and reduced energy consumption.
* These challenges are inspired by real-world World Bank urban heat resilience projects. While the exact locations or scopes may vary, each challenge reflects the kinds of work we're actively supporting around the globe.
Why join?
- Collaborate with peers from across the urban climate community
- Turn science into practice by developing actionable strategies that can inform city policies and investments.
- Showcase your ideas and receive constructive feedback and recognition from top voices in the global urban climate community
- Get certified — every participant receives a World Bank Certificate of Participation, and the winning team gets a special recognition certificate.
- Boost your visibility — the top team's story will be featured on the World Bank's website and social media channels.
- Enjoy a World Bank-hosted dinner with fellow participants and global experts.
Interested?
Register now → https://forms.office.com/r/LSnwNZLSES
Spots are limited — sign up today to secure your place.