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The Champions of the Earth award honours individuals, groups, and organizations whose actions have a transformative impact on the environment.
This year,…
Nairobi, 22 November 2022 – The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced its 2022 Champions of the Earth, honouring a conservationist, an enterprise, an…
Nairobi, 21 April 2022 – The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today that Sir David Attenborough is the recipient of the Champions of the Earth Lifetime…
The Champions of the Earth award honours individuals, groups, and organizations whose actions have a transformative impact on the environment.
This year,…
The United Nations’ highest environmental award honours this year a prime minister, a scientist, indigenous women, and an entrepreneur for their transformative…
The UN Environment Programme’s Champions of the Earth Award honours individuals, groups and organizations whose actions have a transformative impact on the…
The Young Champions of the Earth prize is awarded every year to seven entrepreneurs under the age of 30 with bold ideas for sustainable environmental change.
The…
The Champions of the Earth award is the UN’s highest environmental honour, annually recognizing outstanding leaders from government, civil society and the private…
Nairobi, 20 January 2020 – Nominations for the 2020 Champions of the Earth award, the UN’s highest environmental honour, opened today, aiming to recognize the…
New York, 27 September 2019 – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has officially honoured 12 environmental changemakers from around the world with the…
Patagonia awarded United Nations’ flagship environmental honor for entrepreneurial vision
Patagonia recognized for its commitment to sustainability and advocacy for…
Fridays for Future receives United Nations’ top environmental award for inspiration and action
Global student movement hailed for its role in highlighting the…
Costa Rica wins United Nations’ flagship environmental award in the policy leadership category
Central American country recognized for leading the way to a zero-…
Ant Forest, awarded United Nations’ top environmental honour in inspiration and action category
Ant Forest recognized for inspiring consumers to reduce their carbon…
Canadian climate scientist Professor Katharine Hayhoe awarded United Nations’ flagship environmental honor in science and innovation category
Hayhoe recognized for…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was recognized for his environmental leadership on the global stage with a Champions of the Earth Award in Delhi today.…
Producers of revolutionary plant-based meats, Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods win the 2018 Champions of the Earth award, the UN’s highest accolade for the…
Joan Carling is one of the most prominent fighters for environmental and indigenous rights in the Philippines.
UN Environment is recognizing Carling for her…
Announced today, the Champions of the Earth Awards, the UN’s highest environmental honor, will be presented to six outstanding environmental changemakers.
The…
BEIJING, 13 September 2018 – Propelling the recognition for the world’s most outstanding environmental achievements, UN Environment this week announced a three-year…
Champions of the Earth laureate Boyan Slat and his Ocean Cleanup team launched their revolutionary marine litter cleanup system today.
Research shows that a scaled-…
35 young entrepreneurs across 6 regions have made it to the regional finals for the 2018 cycle of the Young Champions of the Earth prize.
The public can vote…
Nairobi, 5 December 2017 – Six inspirational environmental leaders today received the United Nations' highest environmental honour, the Champions of the Earth award…
Kaya Dorey wins Young Champion of the Earth prize for her sustainable apparel business innovation
Kaya is one of six inaugural winners from around the world to be…
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