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2024 winner
Ayazhan Karabek
Kazakhstan
Ayazhan is an environmental engineer from Kazakhstan. Her Rise project, WaterGarden, solves the problem of excessive water use in agriculture and broadens green spaces in urban areas. Ayazhan has also developed an air-to-water generator to increase access to pure water in tropical regions, which won the New York Academy of Sciences Water Sustainability Challenge. Her goal is to utilize technology to discover more efficient usage of natural resources and expand eco-friendly initiatives into cities.