Climate Labs seeks to strengthen the applied research and innovation capacities of ten partner universities from Mexico, Brazil and Colombia through the design and implementation of Social Innovation Labs for mitigation and adaptation to Climate Change. In a network with Universities from Spain, France, and Italy, plus Ashoka as a non-academic expert partner, the project seeks to build interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder labs that will institutionalize the applied research and innovation for climate change in the territories the partners are inserted. In a term of three years, the project expects to train scholars, students and staff members in Latin America, who will form changemaker leader teams, design and implement labs according to the needs, strengths, challenges and characteristics of the institutions and territories they serve. In this period, each university will also implement a pilot project, get connected with international relevant networks as well as other national institutions, build the physical and virtual infrastructure of the lab, and develop strategies for the sustainability and scalability of the project. The project seeks, ultimately, to build strong and connected areas of innovation and applied research within universities impacting in the overall capacities and strategies of the partner countries to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
Objective: Strengthen applied research at partner universities through the design and implementation of Social Innovation Labs for mitigation and adaptation to Climate Change, in a network with Latin American and European Universities.
Climate Labs seeks to strengthen the applied research and innovation capacities of ten partner universities from Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia through the design and implementation of Social Innovation Labs for mitigation and adaptation to Climate Change. In a network with Universities from Spain, France, and Italy, plus Ashoka as a non-academic expert partner, the project seeks to build interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder labs that will institutionalize applied research and innovation.
<< Background >> Climate Labs seeks to strengthen the applied research and innovation capacities of ten partner universities from Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia through the design and implementation of Social Innovation Labs for mitigation and adaptation to Climate Change. In a network with Universities from Spain, France, and Italy, plus Ashoka as a non-academic expert partner, the project seeks to build interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder labs that will institutionalize applied research and innovation. << Objectives >> Objective: Strengthen applied research at partner universities through the design and implementation of Social Innovation Labs for mitigation and adaptation to Climate Change, in a network with Latin American and European Universities. << Implementation >> 1. Preparation: The objective was to design the instrument to support the development of effective Changemaker Leader Teams (CLT), coordinate and apply the internal diagnosis of competencies and opportunities for the formation of the CLT, and finally consolidate the CLT of each laboratory within the HEIs. 2. Development: 3 sets of activities were highlighted in the work package: incubation of ClimateLab, implementation, and pilot project << Results >> 1. Creation of 10 ClimateLabs in HEIs in Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico, with the aim of strengthening applied research at the service of innovation for climate action in different challenges.2. Each ClimateLab was able to equip a physical space within each HEI, which allowed for the construction of a place for meeting, research, and co-creation.3. The regions with the presence of ClimateLabs were able to experience a pilot project that sought to create solutions to specific climate challenges