2.1. Innovation background and announcement period

Innovations include the results of research and development efforts and business activities which lead to significant long-term GHG emission reductions as well as policies that promote such innovations. Innovations having considerable GHG emission reduction potential, are highly innovative, and possess a high level of feasibility will be highly evaluated.
The announcement period for candidate innovations and policies is July 2013 to June 2014.
(If there are no announced candidate innovations or policies during the above period, proposals for candidate innovations announced from July 2012 to June 2013 can be submitted.)

2.2. Proposal submission period 

The proposal submission deadline is July 21, 2014. Please download and fill the application form from the link below, and send it back to the secretariat office.

2.3. Criteria for screening candidate innovations

Submitted proposals will first be assessed by the Secretariat and experts according to the criteria below. They will subsequently be subjected to a screening conducted by ICEF steering committee members.

(1) GHG emissions reduction potential

The projected reductions of GHG emissions over the next 50 years will be evaluated.

(2) Innovativeness

Technology will be evaluated based on the innovativeness of the technology or business model while policies will be evaluated based on the innovativeness of technologies or businesses that are developed as a result of policy implementation.

(3) Feasibility

The feasibility of realizing GHG reduction potential resulting from the dissemination of developed technologies and successful commercialization will be evaluated.