Building on the HalifACT climate action plan, the Halifax Innovation Outpost provides opportunities for startups, scaleups, community organizations, and established companies to develop and test climate action ideas and prototypes that could help reduce carbon emissions.
Completed Challenges
Climate Action Challenge 2
Priority Area: Climate Action
Dates: Oct. 2022 - Feb. 2023
Status: Completed
The Halifax Innovation Outpost, in collaboration with HalifACT, issued an open call for climate solutions in September 2022. Organizations or teams that have an idea that they would like to develop and test were invited to apply. Challenge winners will be announced in November 2022.
Climate Action Challenge 1
Priority Area: Climate Action
Dates: Feb. 2022 - Apr. 2022
Status: Completed
In Partnership with HalifACT, the Halifax Innovation Outpost is working with seven challenge winners to help decarbonize the Halifax economy through green tech, green buildings, and green jobs.
Gigatonne Challenge 2
Priority Area: Climate Action
Dates: Apr. 2021 - May 2021
Status: Completed
The Halifax Innovation Outpost partnered with Complexity University to offer the Gigatonne Challenge in April 2021, an intensive, advanced-learning program building practical skills to tackle the climate crisis in Halifax.
Gigatonne Challenge 1
Priority Area: Climate Action
Dates: Aug. 2020 - Aug. 2020
Status: Completed
A team of 20 climate leaders from Halifax completed Complexity University's Gigatonne Challenge program in August 2020.