Hackathon 2026 - Award Ceremony for the Winning Teams

The Genoa Climate Challenge 2026 Hackathon has come to a end. The event was organized by the Genoa Blue District in collaboration with the University of Genoa and numerous other local partners, as well as the Climate Change Working Group of the RUS (Italian Network of Universities for Sustainable Development).

The event saw broad and diverse participation on climate change issues, involving many people from outside Genoa as well, who engaged in two days of intense work, collaboration, and discussion.

There was also significant participation from the entire university community—faculty, staff, students, and civil service volunteers—who were involved in all phases of the project: from the preparatory phase for the repository and Academy events, to the working days, where in addition to the presence of UniGe students and faculty in the competing teams, support for the teams was also provided by UniGe Sostenibile and a volunteer from the Universal Civil Service (project “Behind the Scenes of Social Justice: University, Theater, Prison, and Fair Trade”), for activities supporting and developing ideas.

The Hackathon dedicated to schools yielded excellent results in terms of participation and ideas, with the following teams receiving awards:

  • Una notte da leone 6 con il progetto GEA PWA (sfida sulla comunicazione del cambiamento climatico)
  • Un periodo qualsiasi ma non troppo con ECO HEAT SCHOOL (sfida su attività per cittadini e territorio),
  • Gli estranei per il progetto CLIMA VIRALE con una menzione speciale del Festival della Scienza 

At the Hackathon for adults, the teams whose ideas were deemed the best by the jury, which included Adriana Del Borghi, Vice Rector for Sustainability at the University of Genoa, were awarded prizes by Silvia Pericu, Genoa City Councilor for the Environment:

  • Team Autogoal Samoani con il progetto MANO VERDE (sfida comunicazione del cambiamento climatico)
  • Team Cli-max con CLIMAX (sfida soluzioni tecnologiche e praticabili), vincitore anche del premio speciale della Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco
  • Team Tauchen con VELE DI QUARTIERE (sfida soluzioni per cittadini e territori), che ha ricevuto anche la menzione speciale del Festival della Scienza.
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