1. No purchase is necessary to enter the competition (“Competition”). By entering into this Competition entrants agree to these terms and conditions and acknowledge that failure to comply with them may result in disqualification.

2. The Competition is run by The Financial Times Limited (registered No. 227590 England) and is run in association with Forum for the Future, (registered charity number 1040519, England) (“FF”) and Hewlett-Packard Company (a Delaware corporation) (“HP”) (together the “Promoters”).

3. To enter the Competition, either: 1) complete the online entry form or 2) download the entry form at and email the complete entry form (“Entry”). All Entries must be received before 5pm GMT Friday 30th January 2009. Entries must be submitted on the official entry form in English and the text entered must not exceed the boxed spaces provided on the form. All other forms of entry will not be considered. The Promoters are unable to acknowledge receipt of individual Entries.

4. This Competition is open to Entrants worldwide (”Entrants”). Entrants (and their immediate family) who are directors and employees of The Financial Times Limited (“FT”), Forum for the Future or Hewlett-Packard Company, or their associated companies or agencies are prohibited from entering. The competition shall be void where prohibited by local law. All national and local laws and regulations shall apply.

5. Multiple or incomplete Entries will be deemed to be invalid. Once submitted, it will not be possible to amend an Entry.

6. As the named author of the submitted Entry, you warrant that: a) all information provided in the Entry is true, accurate and correct; b) the Entry is your own original work (and not a copy or substantial copy of any other work) and contains no defamatory or libellous material; and c) your Entry does not include details on any application or process which may be patentable unless you have secured the patent or this is pending.

7. Prize. There is one prize consisting of US$75,000 to be specifically spent on developing and extending the product or service which is detailed in the winner’s Entry (“Prize”). The Prize shall be payable by bank transfer and the Promoters reserve the right to withhold or suspend payment of the whole or part of the Prize if they deem so necessary in their reasonable discretion. If there are any taxes, levies or government imposts to be paid in respect of the Prize, these shall be the responsibility of, and be borne by, the winner.

8. The Prize will be awarded to the Entrant who is deemed by the Promoters to have submitted the most apposite and innovative Entry based on the challenge criteria set out at www.forumforthefuture.org/FT-climate-challenge-online-application-form. Twelve entries will be selected by the Promoters (“Long-List”) and such Entrants will be contacted before 20th February 2009 from the contact details provided. A short list of five entries (“Short-List”) will then be selected independently by a panel, which (at the current time) shall include Lionel Barber, Editor, Financial Times, Mark Hurd, Chairman of the Board and CEO, HP, Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director, Forum for the Future and Chairman, UK Sustainable Development Commission, Eileen Claussen,President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change and Strategies for the Global Environment, Sir Richard Branson, Chairman, Virgin Group, Sir Terry Leahy, CEO, Tesco, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Director-General, TERI and Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Leon Sandler, Executive Director, Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation, MIT (“Judging Panel”) the Judging Panel members are subject to change.

9. The Short-List Entrants will be contacted by FF. Short-List Entries will then be published in the Financial Times (newspaper and online) before April 1st 2009.
Subject to Clause 13, FT readers shall be invited to vote on the Short-List to determine the winner (“Winner”). The Winner will be notified prior to an announcement in the Financial Times (newspaper and online), which shall take place before 30th April 2009.

10. The Winner will be required to confirm acceptance of the Prize within three days of notification. If the Prize is declined, or unclaimed by the Winner, or if the Winner cannot be contacted from the details supplied, a supplementary winner may be selected at the discretion of the Promoters. Such supplementary winner shall be the Short-List Entrant who received the next highest number of votes from FT readers. The original Entry that was chosen will be forfeited.

11. The Winner will be required to enter into a short form agreement with FF which shall document the manner in which the Prize money will be used towards the nominated product or service. Twelve months after the award of the Prize, the
Winner will be obliged to provide confirmation of how the Prize money has been allocated.

12. Entrants warrant and represent that they will not directly or indirectly do or attempt to do anything which distorts, hampers or otherwise interferes with the legitimacy of the voting process referred to in Clause 9 or the spirit of the
Competition, including but not limited to using multiple email accounts registered to one user.

13. In the event that FT or FF reasonably suspect that the voting process has been distorted or hampered in any way, the Promoters reserve the right to select the Winner using a combination of the votes received from FT readers as well as the decision of the Judging Panel.

14. Entrants will retain all intellectual property rights in their Entry ideas. Where an Entry is selected for the Short-List, the Entrant will be required to enter into a short written agreement with FF and FT which will set out details stating which parts of the Entry may be published in the Financial Times. The Promoters reserve the right to remove from the Short-List any Entrant who is unwilling to enter into such
agreement.

15. Other than as stated in these terms and conditions, the Promoters will treat all Entries as confidential when reviewed. Where an Entry is considered for the Long-List, additional information may be sought included references. Entrants agree to provide all reasonable assistance with this process.

16. By entering the Competition, Entrants agree to take part in any publicity (including without limitation being available for photo shoots and other publicity work) relating to the Competition if they are invited to do so and without further
compensation. Entrants acknowledge that, if they are selected for the Short List, Entrants and their Entries will be featured in the FT Newspaper and on FT.com and
may be required to provide additional information and interviews to support the publicity. The Winner will also be required to participate in follow-up media coverage in the Financial Times. Where Entrants are based outside the UK, Entrants will use their reasonable endeavours to comply with this Clause 14.

17. The decision process and selection of the Short-List, Long-List and Winner is final and no correspondence will be entered into. The Prize is non-transferable. The Promoters give no warranty or guarantee in relation to the number of Entrants who take part in the Competition.

18. The Promoters reserve the right to cancel or amend these Terms and Conditions. At the time of the Competition launch the Prize is offered in good faith but should events beyond the control of the Promoters make it impossible to award the Prize, the Promoters reserve the right to vary or amend the Prize (for a prize of equal or greater value) and Entrants agree not to hold the Promoters liable for any loss they incur from such changes. The Promoters reserve the right to extend the dates of the Competition in the event of low Entry numbers.

19. To the fullest extent that may be excluded by law the Promoters accept no responsibility for error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of Entrymaterials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of, or failure to receive Entry information on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or any combination thereof. The Promoters are also not responsible for any injury or damage to an Entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading anymaterials relating to the Competition, or for mail-in or submitted entries that are lost, late, misdirected, incomplete or illegible. Proof of submission does not guarantee receipt of Entry by the Promoters.

20. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY A PARTICIPANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATIONS OF THE COMPETITION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE PROMOTERS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PARTICIPANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

21. These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. Disputes arising in connection with this Agreement shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.