{"id":31734,"date":"2024-11-06T23:56:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T04:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/first.global\/?page_id=31734"},"modified":"2025-10-31T15:17:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T19:17:59","slug":"fgc-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/first.global\/es\/archive\/fgc-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 FIRST Global Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE 2024\u00a0FIRST<\/em> GLOBAL CHALLENGE<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

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26-29 SEPTEMBER 2024<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

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2024 THEME: SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>
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\"\"Sustainable food production is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century. Our global food system is a complex and interconnected web that is sensitive to many factors. In pioneering solutions, it is crucial to focus on the intricate and interdependent relationship between water, energy, and food, and the need to carefully manage and balance these global resources to support a sustainable food system.<\/p>\n

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For the eighth edition of the FIRST<\/em> Global Challenge, teams united at the Panathenaic Olympic Stadium and the Peace and Friendship Stadium to compete under this theme in the game titled “Feeding the Future.<\/em>” The game challenged FIRST<\/em> Global teams to learn about and address the obstacles and opportunities to provide the global population with equitable, safe, nutritious, and environmentally responsible food.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>

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192 COUNTRIES<\/h3>

represented by 193 teams, including a team of refugees.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2,080+ STUDENTS<\/h3>

directly impacted, with more involved back home.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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41% FEMALE PARTICIPATION<\/h3>

including 52 female-majority or all-girl teams.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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78+ SOLUTIONS<\/h3>

addressing food sustainability.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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