Join the world’s largest green business ideas competition
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by alumni
countries in 2026
Get ready
Have an idea for a greener future? This is your place to start.
Test your idea safely
Have a green idea but not sure where to start? ClimateLaunchpad is a free space to explore, test, and shape your concept with expert guidance.
Learn by doing
Gain practical tools to shape your idea into a real solution. Join boot camps, coaching sessions, and a global community supporting your journey. Apply new skills directly to grow your idea.
Meet the trainers
Join a global community
ClimateLaunchpad brings people together with bold ideas and big ambitions. Meet fellow innovators, mentors, and experts who believe in climate solutions, and be part of something bigger.
Climate-KIC network
Take your idea to the stage
As you progress, you’ll pitch your idea on bigger stages, gain visibility, meet global partners, and unlock new opportunities.
Applications Now Open
To enter the competition submit your idea or innovation with environmental impact. We’ll help you fast track that idea into a business and bypass all possible pitfalls along the way.
Note: Applications are now open globally!
Apply nowOnline Course & Boot Camps
The top teams chosen by our National Leads take part in the ClimateLaunchpad National programme which kicks off with a multi-day digital Boot Camp.
National & Regional Finals
The top teams of each country go to the Regional Finals where they pitch in front of the region’s best and brightest.
The big prize? A bunch of new acquired skills & knowledge and networking opportunities to get your business thriving.
Global Grand Final, Singapore
The top teams from each region proceed to the Global Grand Final to pitch it out in front of an expert panel.
We’re helping start-ups in 51 countries (and counting)
ClimateLaunchpad is active worldwide.
Click on your country to explore local programme details and find contact information for your national team.
Argentina
Next up
- Application Deadline
- 30th May 2026
- Boot Camp
- T.B.D.
- National Final
- T.B.D.
Australia
Next up
- Application Deadline
- 30th May 2026
- Boot Camp 1
- 24th – 26th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 23rd Jul 2026
Austria
Next up
- National Final
- 9th Jun 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
- Global Finals
- T.B.D.
Brazil
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 23rd – 24th Jun 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
- Global Finals
- T.B.D.
Colombia
Next up
- Application Deadline
- 30th May 2026
- Boot Camp 1
- 2nd – 4th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 20th – 21st Aug 2026
Costa Rica
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 9th – 11th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 18th – 21st Aug 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
Cyprus
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 9th – 11th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 16th Jul 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
Czechia
Next up
- Application Deadline
- 30th May 2026
- Boot Camp
- T.B.D.
- National Final
- T.B.D.
Ecuador
Next up
- Application Deadline
- 30th May 2026
- Boot Camp
- T.B.D.
- National Final
- T.B.D.
Egypt
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 11th – 13th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 19th Aug 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
El Salvador
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 9th – 11th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 18th – 21st Aug 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
Estonia
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 15th – 16th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 26th Aug 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
Finland
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 15th – 16th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 25th Aug 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
France
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 26th – 27th May 2026
- National Final
- 5th Jun 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
Germany
Next up
- National Final
- 16th Jul 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
- Global Finals
- T.B.D.
Ghana
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 17th Jun 2026
- Boot Camp 2
- 18th Jun 2026
- Boot Camp 3
- 19th Jun 2026
Greece
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 9th Jun 2026
- Boot Camp 2
- 10th Jun 2026
- Boot Camp 3
- 15th Jun 2026
Guatemala
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 9th – 11th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 18th – 21st Aug 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
India
Next up
- Application Deadline
- 30th May 2026
- Boot Camp
- T.B.D.
- National Final
- T.B.D.
Indonesia
Next up
- Application Deadline
- 30th May 2026
- Boot Camp 1
- 6th – 10th Jul 2026
- National Final
- 6th Aug 2026
Japan
Next up
- Application Deadline
- 30th May 2026
- Boot Camp
- T.B.D.
- National Final
- T.B.D.
Kenya
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 9th – 11th Jun 2026
- National Final
- T.B.D.
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
Madagascar
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 15th – 17th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 17th Jul 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
Mexico
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 10th – 12th Jun 2026
- Boot Camp 2
- 17th – 19th Jun 2026
- Boot Camp 3
- 25th – 27th Jun 2026
Moldova
Next up
- Application Deadline
- 30th May 2026
- Boot Camp 1
- 26th – 27th May 2026
- National Final
- 25th Aug 2026
Namibia
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 30th Jun – 2nd Jul 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
- Global Finals
- T.B.D.
Netherlands
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 13th – 14th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 27th Aug 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
Nigeria
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 9th – 11th Jun 2026
- Boot Camp 2
- 16th – 18th Jun 2026
- Boot Camp 3
- 23rd – 25th Jun 2026
Papua New Guinea
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 16th – 17th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 11th Aug 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
Peru
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 15th – 19th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 18th – 21st Aug 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
Philippines
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 9th – 11th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 6th Aug 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
Portugal
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 27th – 29th May 2026
- National Final
- 8th Jul 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
Sierra Leone
Next up
- Boot Camp
- T.B.D.
- National Final
- T.B.D.
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
Singapore
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 22nd – 25th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 23rd Jul 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
Solomon Islands
Next up
- Boot Camp
- T.B.D.
- National Final
- T.B.D.
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
South Africa
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 26th – 28th May 2026
- Boot Camp 2
- 2nd – 4th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 31st Jul 2026
South Korea
Next up
- Application Deadline
- 30th May 2026
- Boot Camp 1
- 8th – 12th Jun 2026
- Boot Camp 2
- 6th – 10th Jul 2026
Spain
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 20th – 21st May 2026
- National Final
- 3rd Jul 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
Switzerland
Next up
- Application Deadline
- 30th May 2026
- Boot Camp 1
- 10th – 12th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 14th Aug 2026
Tanzania
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 24th – 26th Jun 2026
- Boot Camp 2
- 1st – 3rd Jul 2026
- National Final
- 14th Aug 2026
Türkiye
Next up
- Application Deadline
- 30th May 2026
- Boot Camp 1
- 4th – 5th Jul 2026
- National Final
- T.B.D.
Uganda
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 25th – 27th May 2026
- Boot Camp 2
- 1st – 3rd Jun 2026
- Boot Camp 3
- 8th Jun – 10th Jul 2026
United Kingdom
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 15th – 16th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 10th Aug 2026
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
United States
Next up
- Boot Camp
- T.B.D.
- National Final
- T.B.D.
- Regional Finals
- T.B.D.
Vietnam
Next up
- Boot Camp 1
- 10th – 12th Jun 2026
- Boot Camp 2
- 17th – 19th Jun 2026
- National Final
- 28th Aug 2026
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