Hub 101 · How the workspace works
Your workspace.
From application to COP31.
Use the Hub to complete your application, meet potential teammates, work with mentors, develop your project, and prepare for COP31. Your work stays with you through the programme.
You get limited access after you verify your email. More tools become available if you are selected and when you join a team.
One place for the work
You won’t need to start again at every stage.
- 01Join
Apply with the start of an idea. You do not need a finished answer.
- 02Form
Complete onboarding, meet the cohort, and form a team.
- 03Think
Study the wider system and agree on the challenge your team will work on.
- 04Build
Develop the idea, test it, and prepare the final submission.
- 05Carry
Plan how to use COP31, present the work, and agree on what happens next.
How the Hub works · 11 stages
Choose a stage to see what you can do in the Hub.
The preview shows a sample status, the tools available at that stage, the next action, and who can see the work. The examples do not contain participant data.
01 · Join
Application
Verify your email and complete your application. You can save your answers and return on any device.
- About youSaved
- Your ideaPrivate
- Foresight questions2 of 3 answered
How it worksOnce your email is verified, your application is saved to your account.
Preview changed to Application. Status: Application in progress. Next action: Complete the future scenario questions.
Access by programme stage
What you can access—and when.
After email verification, you can save your application and choose whether other applicants can see your idea. If selected, you get onboarding, team, and programme tools.
- 01Nothing is shared unless you choose to share it.
Verified applicant
Save and return to your application, complete the first foresight questions, and check your review status
- 02This information is visible to verified applicants, not the public internet.
Applicant community
Ideas, skills, track interests, and team requests that applicants have chosen to share
- 03These tools appear only after your place is confirmed.
Selected participant
Onboarding, the cohort directory, the programme schedule, and team formation tools
- 04The team decides who can see drafts and what is published.
Team workspace
Shared foresight work, challenge framing, tasks, deadlines, submission, and the COP31 plan
- 05Mentors do not automatically see team drafts.
Mentor access
A short overview of every team, mentorship requests, and files shared by teams they agree to support
- 06Partners and challenge owners see only the team areas relevant to their role.
Partner access
Challenge framing and implementation work for the teams they support
- 07Applications, private drafts, and working notes are not published.
Public projects
Projects, team profiles, showcase material, and progress updates that teams consent to publish
Private by default
- Your application and team drafts are private unless you choose to share them.
- You can share an idea with verified applicants and change that choice later.
- Mentors can find every team, but they see working files only after accepting a request.
- Partners, including challenge owners, see only the team areas relevant to their role.
- A project or progress update becomes public only with the team’s consent.
Who can see what
Your team controls its work.
Mentors and partners see only what they need for their role. The public sees a project only when the team agrees to publish it.
Communities
ContributesLocal knowledge, priorities, and feedback
Can seeIdeas applicants have chosen to share and projects teams have agreed to publish
Mentors
ContributesTechnical, policy, product, and communications advice
Can seeA short overview of every team; working files only for teams they agree to support
Partners + challenge owners
ContributesChallenge context, feedback, and connections to organisations that can act
Can seeOnly the work of relevant teams and the activities they support
COP31 audiences
ContributesFeedback, commitments, and useful connections
Can seeThe project and request that the team agrees to make public
Mentors do not automatically see team drafts. They can see each team’s short overview. Working files are shared only after a team asks for help and the mentor accepts.
Preparing for COP31
A prototype is not a COP31 strategy.
Before COP31, each team decides who it needs to reach, what it will ask them to do, where to meet them, and who will follow up afterwards.
- 01Who you need to reach
- 02Who has influence over the outcome
- 03What you want to change
- 04Meetings and events you plan to attend
- 05What you will say and ask for
- 06Who is responsible for each meeting
- 07Next action and follow-up date
After the showcase
Each team leaves with a next step, an owner, and a date.
What happens next depends on the project and the support available. Options may include:
- Apply to an incubator
- Continue working with a mentor
- Meet a potential pilot or delivery partner
- Apply for funding
- Post a public progress update
- Receive a completion certificate
- Report progress after 3, 6, and 12 months
Start in the Hub when you apply