GLOBHE is a small to medium-sized enterprise (SME), drone service company that has developed a global drone data platform for health disaster prevention and response.

It has over 3,600 drone pilots in 48 countries connected to the platform and collects drone data on demand. The data is then uploaded to the platform, analysed automatically using Artificial Intelligence (AI), through automatic object detection, and shared with clients through a download link to a "Google map" with relevant insights marked out. Such insights include malaria breeding site locations or the number of houses located within an Ebola outbreak hotspot.

The solution has impacted 100,000 people through intervention of governmental and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in addressing cholera and malaria epidemics in Malawi and Lake Victoria.

The Okuafo Foundation is a Ghana-based small and medium enterprise (SME) that has developed a smartphone application that utilises artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and data analytics to predict and detect crop diseases and infestations and offers recommended solutions, based on scientific knowledge, in real-time. The application was designed to be used by rural farmers in Ghana, and operates without an internet connection.

The application has allowed farmers to reduce their expenses related to purchasing crop pesticides, and increase their crop productivity and harvest by up to 50 per cent, thereby increasing their profits and disposable income.

Electricians Without Borders (EWB) is an international aid non-profit organisation (NPO), which has impacted the lives of millions of people throughout its 30 years of experience, in more than 50 countries.  EWB provides high-quality solar equipment to the refugee campsites and also provides training to the refugees to repair the equipment, thereby ensuring long-term access to electricity and resolving social issues such as safety concerns.

So far, 50,000 people have been impacted by 129 ongoing projects, in 38 countries, with the aim of providing more than one million beneficiaries with improved access to electricity and water.

Ceres Imaging uses proprietary spectral imaging sensors and artificial intelligence (AI)-based analytics to optimise water use in agriculture. Ceres Imaging’s data-driven technologies have enabled more efficient irrigation practices and provision of enough water to satisfy the thirst and hunger of a growing global population.

Ceres Imaging is presently serving approximately 1,000,000 acres of land, in the US and Australia.

Air Batalla is in a semi-desert area of Colombia with water and food challenges that affect thousands of people.

The proposed project is the development of a greenhouse that will use seawater to create a micro-environment for the development of crops such as beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, ajis (a type of pepper) and melons. This greenhouse will harness the power of the wind and the Sun for evaporation and condensation of seawater to create a micro-environment that allows water savings. The system will offer a large reduction in the use of drinking water and the same greenhouse will generate water through condensation, a percentage of which can be used for human consumption.

The United World College (UWC), in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, was founded in 2006 as the first school in the country that allows students from the three constituent ethno-national groups to follow one curriculum together.

The school proposes to build one of the first environmentally conscious buildings, in the city of Mostar. These plans include installation of solar panels, water saving technologies, triple-glazed windows, and special insulation. Furthermore, UWC aims at creating a space that can host workshops and activities for the local community to help the school strengthen its environmental outreach activities.

Al Amal Junior high School is one of the few schools in a region in Morocco that focuses on educating the students on agriculture and how to deal with water scarcity, during summer. It also focuses on impacting its community positively through delivering a few programmes that raise awareness on the environment and sustainability, as well as gardening practices. 

The school proposes a project focused on the provision of generating water through the use of clean energy. This will be achieved through traditional water harvesting techniques that incorporate rainfall management as well as effective groundwater storage. In addition, the school plans to dig two wells and install solar panels to supply energy to pump the water from the wells to all the facilities in the school where this water will be treated further for safe drinking water.

The Hakimi Aliyu Secondary School Mokwa (HASSM), located in Mokwa region of Nigeria, was established 14 years ago with the aim of empowering students beyond the classroom and changing the attitudes of youths towards a better orientation to skill acquisition and empowerment through its vocational training department. 

The school has proposed two main projects supporting the food and energy categories. This includes the year-round production of different spices and fresh vegetables through sustainable agricultural practice, whereas most of the vegetables currently being produced are seasonal. The project further proposes the production of briquettes and designing and constructing energy efficient cooking stoves that will simultaneously be used to replace fuel wood and charcoal and provide a means of cooking for the community. The school also aims to construct a Zayed Community Training Centre (ZCTC) that will be used to prepare stakeholders for research, training and consultancy, in relation to the project’s objectives.

Bloom Nepal School is a private school based in Mahalaxmi, Nepal, educating 270 students ranging in ages from 5 to 17.

Bloom Nepal School has proposed a project that utilises a food-energy-waste nexus framework through the installation of biogas units that convert up to one tonne of organic waste into biogas and organic manure. The biogas can then be used for cooking purposes in the school’s kitchen facilities or to generate energy using a gas engine generator, while the organic manure produced can be used in sustainable agriculture. 

The school further plans on forming a partnership with local municipalities to recycle municipal solid waste and convert it into clean energy, thereby promoting effective waste management, recycling, and clean energy generation, with the effective participation of students and the wider community.

Eutan Tarawa Ieta (ETI) Junior Secondary School, in Kiribati, is located on the northern part of the capital island, Tarawa. 

The school aims to convert part of the school grounds into a food production area, with a vegetable garden and large chicken barn, to educate students about healthy eating and help prevent diabetes – a widespread disease in Kiribati because of the high dependence on processed, high-sugared foods. Also, healthier students have been proven to have increased learning capacity. 

It also aims to install solar panels on the school’s rooftop, with rainwater tanks and solar-powered pumps to stabilise uncertain supplies of potable water that will be further treated into clean, safe drinking water.