Climate Change Challenge
Source: https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/climate-change-challenge Parent: https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/programmes/mbas/oxford-mba
Welcome, climate innovators
Climate Tech Challenge 2026
An evolved competition focusing on tech solutions to tackle the crisis
Resources and insights
For students and educators
Future Climate Tech Innovators Summer School
On campus, in Oxford for 16-18 year old innovators
With ongoing scenes of severe disruption across the world caused by climate change, there has never been a more urgent\ time to inspire and mobilise the next generation of leaders, change makers\ and innovators.
Jo Fawkes \ Director of Youth Education and Global Inclusion, Saïd Business School
Climate Change Challenge
During the world's hottest summer ever recorded (2023), together with Burjeel Holdings we launched the annual Oxford Saïd Climate Change Challenge - a global initiative aimed at empowering high school students and teachers to become catalysts for change in the fight against climate change.
The competition, now in it's fourth year, invites students to showcase their innovative solutions and encourages teachers to create impactful lesson plans, fostering environmental awareness and sustainability.
Last year's challenge in numbers
5
Challenges
1,600
Competition entries
75
Countries represented
38
Judges
Meet your 2025 winners:
Resources and insights
We believe that business and business education have a leading role to play in delivering a sustainable economic future. Beyond our Climate Change Challenge and Summer School we are committed to equipping all our future innovators and leaders, with the tools and understanding to build a strong, regenerative and just economic system.
Embedded in the heart of the world-leading, multi-disciplinary University of Oxford, we are surrounded by leading academics, experts, alumni and partners who are coming up with insightful, thought-provoking and inspirational research and innovations to develop and share new paths towards sustainable business.
You can find insights and tools to tackle the climate crisis in our resources hub.
Answering ten pressing questions about plastic pollution
Clean energy for communities: Oxford Saïd alumni lead the way in Nigeria
Devin’s summer school journey
Climate action through storytelling and impact analysis
Media and knowledge partner
We are pleased to partner with the Financial Times (FT) as a media and knowledge partner for Oxford Climate Change Challenge.
Through this collaboration, participating students and educators have access to:
- trusted journalism
- expert insights on climate-related issues
- access to dedicated climate capital resources
Explore more at the FT Schools site
Future Climate Tech Innovators Summer School
The three winning student teams attended a specially-curated two-week Future Climate Tech Innovators Summer School at Oxford University in August 2024. The winner in the teacher’s category attended an Executive Education course at Oxford in May 2024, while the runners-up will be pursuing a 6-week long Oxford Climate Emergency Programme online beginning June 2024.
It is your voice which needs to be raised... without your voices, we rest our understanding too much on the past. This needs to change.
Juliane Reinecke \ Professor of Management Studies and Summer School Programme Sponsor
A summer school like no other
Climate Tech Summer School
Alongside a global cohort of 16-18 year olds, take on the role of an innovator, confront the pressing climate issues head-on, and shape a sustainable future.
Get in touch
Email us at [email protected] with any questions about the initiative or competition.