Equinoct, a Kochi-based community-sourced modelling solution provider, has become the sole start-up from India to win the United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) maiden Climate Tech Cohort Venture Fund Project.
The UNICEF proposes to invest in seven start-ups across as many countries for leveraging frontier technology to address climate change. The aim is to “make credible investments in preparing, protecting, and prioritising children in a climate-changed world”, which threatens to affect children for decades to come.
Equinoct’s Community-sourced Impact-based Flood Forecast and Early Warning System based on their last three years’ climate resilience works in local bodies in the Periyar and Chalakudy river basins has won the UNICEF’s recognition. The project was launched alongside a workshop on disaster risk reduction through building community resilience, organised jointly by the district panchayat and the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), coinciding with the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction here on Friday.
