The Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance (RHRN), in partnership with United Nations Human Rights, presents RHRN Tech - an initiative showcasing technology's role in addressing climate change and the human rights crises it fuels. RHRN Tech unites leaders and innovators to accelerate solutions that mitigate global warming and foster sustainable progress.
By curating scalable technologies, RHRN Tech amplifies the efforts of developers and organizations driving real impact. It highlights transformative innovations that protect both the planet and its people.
Key initiatives under RHRN Tech include Call for Code – the largest developer mobilization in history – the Climate Tech 100 Impact Awards, which honor technologies already effecting change, and Cause Flash, a global, celebrity-driven social media platform amplifying the voices of tech innovators. By cutting through the noise, Cause Flash ensures transformative solutions gain the attention needed to drive impact on a global scale. Together, these initiatives propel innovation, spotlight groundbreaking technologies, and inspire collective action to confront the climate crisis and protect human rights.
CALL FOR CODE
Call for Code exists to ignite the imagination and ingenuity of the 24 million developers worldwide, empowering them to craft innovative, scalable solutions that confront the most urgent environmental, humanitarian, and social challenges of our time. By drawing on the vast reservoir of talent within the global coding community, Call for Code accelerates the development of technologies that not only address immediate crises but foster enduring resilience in vulnerable communities.
In 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron lent his support to the initiative at the VivaTech Conference in Paris, where IBM announced an initial $30 million investment in the Call for Code Global Initiative. One year later, IBM expanded its commitment to $55 million, further fueling the effort to develop and deploy transformative solutions.
Now in its eighth year, Call for Code stands as the most extensive developer engagement in history, with millions of technological contributions and over 40,000 applications created to date. More than a competition, it is a testament to the power of collaboration and technology to shape a more sustainable and equitable future.
CLIMATE TECH 1OO IMPACT AWARDS
Business has the power to reach the masses; technology, the power to drive change at scale. Fused together - and guided by climate justice - they become an unstoppable force to uplift the most marginalized and deliver impact where it's needed most.
The Right Here, Right Now Climate Tech Impact Awards recognize companies - both emerging and established that are harnessing technology to confront the climate crisis while advancing human rights, equity, and economic sustainability.
Part of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance - the world’s largest climate justice initiative, powered by United Nations Human Rights and the University of Oxford, these awards shine an international spotlight on 100 transformative companies each year.
From breakthrough startups to global leaders, honorees are selected for technologies that are not only scalable and market-ready, but rooted in justice and built to uplift the most vulnerable.
