Call for Code Global Challenge overview
Everything you need to know about the Global Challenge, from the theme to the timeline to submission information, and more.
What is the Call for Code Global Challenge?
In the Call for Code Global Challenge, you can join the fight against climate change by building and deploying open source solutions in the cloud. By participating, you’ll build critical skills for yourself and your teams and deploy solutions to help communities across the globe.
Built on open source principles, the Call for Code Global Challenge asks developers and problem solvers to form teams and develop solutions that address specific problems in unique, clearly demonstrable ways. The most successful solutions are those scoped to have the greatest community impact with the smallest technological footprint. Last year’s winner Agrolly is a perfect example, with its mobile application to help small farmers better understand what to plant, based on weather patterns and crop characteristics.
Three global focus areas
According to the United Nations, “The impacts of climate change are global in scope and unprecedented in scale. Without drastic action today, adapting to these impacts in the future will be more difficult and costly.” Given the far-reaching and devastating effects of climate change, we have divided the 2021 Global Challenge into three sub-themes:
Clean water and sanitation
Water is the natural resource that is most threatened by climate change and a prerequisite for life on Earth. From intelligent solutions for small farmers to recycling showers, technology can make a significant impact on the availability of water and its consumption.
Zero hunger
135 million people suffer from acute hunger, with climate change a major contributing factor. Technology can help farmers to grow more crops in areas on the edge of drought or organizations to quickly distribute perishables from small stores to local homeless shelters.
Responsible production and green consumption
Worldwide consumption and production drives the global economy, yet is inextricably linked to the environment. Technology can help in many ways, from recommendations on energy efficiency to highlighting the carbon footprint of purchases we make.
Prizes
Global Challenge
All winners will receive an invitation to the Call for Code Global Award Announcement and support from the Linux Foundation.
Grand prize winner – $200,000 USD
Dispersed equally across the team and solution deployment support
Runners up
First and second – $25,000 USD
Third and fourth – $10,000 USD
University Challenge
Grand prize – $10,000 USD
Each student team member will receive the opportunity to interview for a potential role at IBM.
Runners up
Each student team member will receive the opportunity to interview for a potential role at IBM.
Regional prizes
Grand prize – $5,000 USD
Dispersed equally across the team
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