Climate Solutions Prize - Be the Solution fighting the climate crisis

The Climate Solutions Prize is an unparalleled competition designed to inspire researchers and organizations with funding to fight the climate crisis.

The Climate Solutions Prize is an unparalleled competition designed to inspire researchers and organizations with funding to fight the climate crisis.

2026 Climate Solutions Prize Festival

June 8-9 | Montreal, Canada — Where the World's Boldest Climate Innovators Compete, Connect, and Launch
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Climate Startup Prize

OPEN TO ALL QUEBEC STARTUPS
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Climate Startup Prize

Climate Tech Trailblazer Prize

Canada's Most Promising Climate-Tech Startups Compete for $200K in Non-Dilutive Funding. Your Moment Is Now.
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Climate Tech Trailblazer Prize
Advancing Climate Solutions That Can ScaleThe climate innovation prize platform turning breakthroughs into real-world deployment
Advancing Climate Solutions That Can Scale

The world's most promising climate technologies shouldn't die between the lab and the market. Climate Solutions Prize is a climate innovation platform that arms startups and researchers with the funding, global visibility, and strategic connections they need to move from proof-of-concept to real-world deployment — fast. Since 2020, we've awarded $12M+ in prizes and our winners have unlocked $111M+ in follow-on capital.

Supporting Climate Innovators at the Critical MomentWhere climate startups and researchers gain the traction that changes everything
Supporting Climate Innovators at the Critical Moment

Climate Solutions Prize connects climate technology innovators directly with the investors, industry partners, policymakers, and decision-makers who can accelerate their path to market. Through competitive prizes, high-visibility pitch events, and structured ecosystem engagement, our participants gain something no grant can buy — credibility, momentum, and a direct line to the capital that scales solutions.

Building Pathways From Climate Innovation to Global DeploymentConnecting talent, capital, and leadership around the climate solutions the world can't afford to wait for
Building Pathways From Climate Innovation to Global Deployment

Climate progress demands more than good ideas — it demands the right connections, validation, and conditions to scale. Climate Solutions Prize brings researchers, startups, investors, industry leaders, and policymakers into the same room with one shared objective: move the most promising climate technologies from development to adoption, from pilot to deployment, and from potential to measurable impact.

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Announcing the 2025 Climate Solutions Prize Finalists
The Climate Solutions Prize Festival Returns to Montreal to Accelerate Global Climate Innovation
Prize Applications are Open
More than $1.5 Million in Prizes for Startups and Green Tech Researchers in Quebec and Now Across Canada
Climate Solutions Prize: Continental Honors Winner of Tech Challenge on Pioneering Sustainable Materials
JNS: $1 million climate prize awarded to three Israeli research projects
The Jerusalem Post: Israeli climate tech innovators awarded $1 mil. to combat climate crisis
Scaling Resilient Climate Solutions Event at COP28
The 2023 Climate Solutions Prize to Award Prizes Worth over $2M to Israeli Solutions Combatting the Climate Crisis Through Innovation and Research
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2026 Climate Solutions Prize Festival

Where breakthrough climate tech meets bold capital and industry leadership. 2 days where visionaries, investors, and innovators collide to spark bold ideas, forge partnerships, and accelerate the solutions our world urgently needs.

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2025 Climate Solutions Prize Festival

GRAND QUAI DU PORT DE MONTRÉAL

2024 Quebec Climate Solutions Festival

Grand Quai du Port de Montréal

2023 Quebec Climate Solutions Festival

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