2022 Champions of the Earth

The Champions of the Earth laureates implement innovative ways to support nature’s extraordinary capacity for renewal. They restore our planet, affirming that humanity has the ingenuity and ambition to protect our environment. The 2022 cycle shines a spotlight on efforts to prevent, halt and reverse ecosystem degradation across the world.

Arcenciel

Inspiration and Action
Arcenciel was created to support people wounded in Lebanon’s civil war. Its ethos of serving society has carried through to its present-day activities, which focus on helping margi…

Cécile Bibiane Ndjebet

Inspiration and Action
Growing up in a remote part of Cameroon, Cécile Bibiane Ndjebet was acutely aware of the hardships endured by rural women. She saw her mother and others labouring from dawn to dusk…

Constantino Aucca Chutas

Inspiration and Action
Constantino Aucca Chutas’ interest in conservation began more than three decades ago with the fieldwork he did as a biology student in Cusco, Peru.

Dr Purnima Devi Barman

Entrepreneurial Vision
Dr. Purnima Devi Barman, this year’s Champion of the Earth for Entrepreneurial Vision, was only a child when she developed an affinity for the stork, a bird that was to become her…

Sir Partha Dasgupta

Science and Innovation
When the United Kingdom Treasury approached Sir Partha Dasgupta in 2019 to carry out a review of the economics of biodiversity, the first time a finance ministry is believed to hav…

Award Categories

Lifetime Achievement

Policy Leadership

Inspiration and Action

Science and Innovation

Entrepreneurial Vision
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The Champions of the Earth award, the UN’s highest environmental honour, recognizes outstanding leaders from government, civil society and the private sector whose actions have a transformative impact on the environment.

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