Meet the Children’s Climate Prize winner at the digital award ceremony November 24!

The winner of the Children’s Climate Prize 2022 is Sparsh from Patna, India for his innovation the Thermal Floater. By converting thermal energy from the sun into electrical energy, Sparsh impressed the international jury. As this year’s winner he will receive a diploma, medal and prize money of SEK 100.000 from the Children’s Climate Foundation. This year’s digital award ceremony will take place November 24 by 11:00 CET at ccprize.org.

The Children’s Climate Prize recognizes young people who have made extraordinary contributions to the climate and environment. This year marks the seventh edition of the prize, highlighting entrepreneurs, innovators, conservators and changemakers from all over the world. From hundreds of nominations, five finalists were selected by the jury: Akhila Ram, Samyak Shrimali and Jaqueline Prawira from USA, Eiman Jawwad from Pakistan and Sparsh from India. Ultimately, Sparsh was selected as this year’s winner for his invention the Thermal Floater.

The digital award ceremony of the Children’s Climate Prize 2022 will take place on Thursday, the 24th of November at 11:00 CET, at www.ccprice.org. At the ceremony, you will get the chance to meet the winner, Sparsh, and learn more about his project and goals for the future. The chair of the Children’s Climate Prize jury and Director General of Formas, Johan Kuylenstierna will also take part in the ceremony, together with the jury member Selin Gören from Circle of Youth - YOUTHOPIA.

Children’s Climate Prize winner 2022:

Sparsh, 17 years old from Patna, India
The Thermal Floater - Converting thermal energy from the sun into electrical energy

The Thermal Floater is a device that efficiently converts thermal energy from the sun into electrical energy. Sparsh’s floating invention can easily be installed on any inland or stagnant water bodies, thus it doesn't require any dedicated land resources. The module is just 15 cm by 15 cm and can easily be connected to several units to generate even more energy. In an array of modules, the system can generate electricity up to 10 kWh per day, which is 3x more efficient than a typical solar panel of the same size. Apart from converting thermal energy, the modules also contribute to other environmental benefits, such as reducing evaporation (increasing water availability for other uses), as well as reducing algal bloom in freshwater.

Jury motivation:
The ongoing discussions on renewable energy sources, soaring energy prices and growing electricity demand makes Sparsh’s innovation much needed. With the Thermal Floater, Sparsh has an impressive way to mitigate climate change by using thermal energy. Also, the whole idea of a floating device is great and innovative, making use of water surfaces, such as dam reservoirs, wastewater treatment ponds or drinking water reservoirs and thus reducing pressure on land resources. This solution is easy to implement and very accessible, thus it creates a huge potential globally for both households and for countries where land resources are scarce.

Children’s Climate Prize finalists 2022:

Jacqueline Prawira, 17 years old from Mountain House, USA
Cyclo.Cloud - Upcycling of fish scale waste to adsorb heavy metals from wastewater

Akhila Ram, 17 years old from Lexington, USA
Continuous Groundwater Monitoring with Machine Learning

Eiman Jawwad, 17 years old from Lahore, Pakistan
Organic Fertilizer - Utilizing used up tea leaves and coffee

Samyak Shrimali, 17 years old from Portland, USA
PlantifyAI - a mobile application for efficient crop disease detection and treatment