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The Boring Climate Assembly

A real-life climate problem-solving competition for high school students in Bengaluru and Karnataka (Grades 8–10).

Six states. A ₹10 crore simulated budget. One day to show how you'd keep people safe.

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Preliminary draw

Each finalist team is given one of six states. Pick one to see its crisis.

5 min jury grillafter a 10–12 min pitch

Swipe across India's six climate fronts

Urban flash floodsRainwater harvesting mandatesWet-bulb heatwavesCool-roof mandatesKosi & Ganga floodsRiver basin monitoringCyclones & storm surgesMangrove buffersGlacial lake outburstsGLOF alert systemsSea-level riseWell-salinity maps

About the assembly

What is The Boring Climate Assembly about?

Decisions about climate adaptation are made in closed rooms and students are rarely invited, even though it's your future on the line.

At The Boring Climate Assembly, you get a seat at the table.

Your team steps into the shoes of a State Climate Task Force. You get:

  • ₹10 Crore (simulated budget)
  • 1 Indian State
  • 1 Real-world climate crisis

Four steps

How it works

  1. 1

    Form a team

    3 to 5 students from Grades 8–10.

  2. 2

    Get your state

    Each finalist team is given one of six states by draw.

    See the six challenges
  3. 3

    Build your plan

    Your team prepares three things:

    • Policy brief (1–2 pages)
    • A simple prototype of a digital tool, like a dashboard or alert app (made with Canva, Figma, Google Sites or similar, no coding needed)
    • A budget sheet showing how you'd spend the ₹10 crore

    You'll get two mentorship sessions, one hour each, while you build it.

  4. 4

    Pitch

    On the day, you present for 10–12 minutes, then face a 5-minute jury grill from a panel of climate policy experts, urban planners and civic tech people.

    10–12 min pitch5 min jury grill

The six states

Six states, six crises.

Each finalist team is given one state by draw. Here's what you could be working on.

Why register

Why register for The Boring Climate Assembly

  • You get to work on a real problem

  • You learn about how government decisions actually get made, and what they cost

  • You pitch your solutions to people who do this work for a living

  • Links environmental science, civics and design in one project

  • Comes with budget templates and guidelines, so teams know where to start

  • No coding background needed. Judging rewards clear thinking and practical ideas

Ready to put a team forward?Register your team

Prizes

What you win

All six finalist teams present their plan to a jury of climate policy experts, urban planners and civic tech leads.

Winner and runners-up

Trophies and medals

  • A site visit
  • Internships at GPS Renewables
  • A podcast feature

Special awards

Three individual honours

Best DelegateBest Policy BriefBest Budget

All teams

Certificates

A certificate for each student, plus one for the school.

Prizes are tentative. More to be announced soon.

Judging

How teams are judged

100Total points
30%

Understanding the problem

25%

Realistic policy

25%

Tool design

20%

Budget sense

On the day

Event run

Date to be announcedVenue to be announced
  1. 10:00AM

    Expert panel discussion

  2. 11:15AM

    Team pitches and jury questions

  3. 1:30PM

    Lunch while the jury decides

  4. 2:30PM

    Winners announced

Who's running it

Run by

GPS Renewables

India's premier full-stack renewable oil & gas innovator.

Powered by

Pickle Jar Media

A leading podcast production house & event curation company.

Registration

Register your team

Registrations close: date to be announced

Questions?

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Team registration

Takes about three minutes

School and coordinator

Team

Student names and grades3 students