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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 announced throughout November Winners receive US15,000 seed f

Nairobi, 5 December 2017 – Six inspirational environmental leaders today received the United Nations' highest environmental honour, the Champions of the Earth award, during the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya.

2 December 2016 - Six inspirational environmental leaders representing government, research and grassroots action received today the United Nations' highest environmental accolade, the Champ

Cochin International Airport is the world’s first solar power airport. Its entire operations are powered by solar energy.

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-up fleet of 60 systems could eventually clean up 50% of the Patch in t

BEIJING, 13 September 2018 – Propelling the recognition for the world’s most outstanding environmental achievements, UN Environment this week announced a three-year partnership with Weibo – China’s microblogging and social media gi

Young entrepreneur Badr Idrissi never waited to be told what to do. Instead, he looked for innovative solutions to problems. He would often take the family TV or video recorder to pieces.

The Thought For Food team likes a challenge – encouraging innovation in agriculture, and changing the way we eat.

In a remote village of the Himalayas, Kristin Kagetsu was struggling with a recipe. Not your average recipe for cooking up a delicious meal. This one was for making sustainable colored crayons.

“Service is my guiding value. One day we will leave this earth, and what remains is what we do for people,” says Omer Badokhon, the Young Champion of the Earth for West Asia.

Zhejiang province derives its name from the Zhe River, meaning “crooked” or “bent” river.

Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat are joint winners of the Champions of the Earth Award, in the Science and Innovation category.   

Joan Carling is an indigenous rights activist and environmental defender from the Philippines. She has been defending land rights from grassroots to international levels for more than 20 years.

Announced today, the Champions of the Earth Awards, the UN’s highest environmental honor, will be presented to six outstanding environmental changemakers. The champions are recognized for their achievements in the categories including

Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,

As Cipriani restaurant in New York filled with guests on 26 September 2019, the Champions of the Earth award ceremony came alive with

From the official launch of the Principles for Responsible Banking to the more than 150 proposals for 

New York, 27 September 2019 – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has officially honoured 12 environmental changemakers from around the world with the 2019 UN

UN Environment celebrates the 2019 Champions of the Earth, Climate Scientist, professor Katherine Hayhoe, mini program and tree planting initiative, Ant Forest, the country Costa Rica for its ambitious policies to combat climate change, the Fridays for Future student movement for pushing immediate action on climate change and the apparel brand Patagonia for putting sustainability at the center