Gisele Bündchen awarded the 2014 UNEP Champions of the Earth Award

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established Champions of the Earth in 2005 as an annual awards programme to recognize outstanding environmental leaders from the public and private sectors, and from civil society.

Award details

Typically, five to seven laureates are selected annually. Each laureate is invited to an award ceremony to receive a trophy, give an acceptance speech and take part in a press conference. No financial awards are conferred.[1][2] This awards programme is a successor to UNEP's Global 500 Roll of Honour.[2]

The prize includes $15,000 of financial support.[3]

In 2017, the program was expanded to include Young Champions of the Earth – a forward-looking prize for talented innovators, 18 to 30, who demonstrate outstanding potential to create positive environmental impact. The initiative is run in partnership with the Covestro, a plastics company.[4] It is awarded every year by UNEP to seven young environmentalists from around the world between the ages of 18 and 30, for their outstanding ideas to protect the environment.[5][6]

Awardees: Champions of the Earth

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

Special Award

2009

2008

Special Prize

2007

Special Prize

2006

2005

Awardees: Young Champions of the Earth

2020

2019

Louise Mabulo UN Young Champion of the Earth Award Ceremony Speech

2018

2017

See also

References

  1. ^ "First-Ever UNEP 'Champions of the Earth' Presented to Seven Environmental Leaders". unep.org. UNEP. 19 April 2005. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b Töpfer, Klaus (October 2004). "UNEP Launches new Award - Champions of the Earth: Letter from UNEP Executive Director to Laureates" (PDF). Global 500 Forum - Newsletter of the UNEP Global 500 Laureates. UNEP. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. ^ Hub, IISD's SDG Knowledge. "UN Environment Award Ceremony Honors Champions of the Earth | News | SDG Knowledge Hub | IISD". Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Environment, U. N. "Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program.
  5. ^ "Change-making in the time of COVID-19". United Nations Environment. United Nations Environment. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Meet the youth standing up for our environmental rights". United Nations Environment. United Nations Environment. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d UNEP (2021-12-06). "Transformative changemakers named UN's 2021 Champions of the Earth". Champions of the Earth. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  8. ^ "David Attenborough receives the UN's most distinguished environment award". UN Environment Programme. 21 April 2022.
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  10. ^ "Costa Rica". unenvironment.org. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  11. ^ "Champion of the earth -2018-Policy Leadership". Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  12. ^ Blumberg, Sara (2017-12-06). "UN Award Bestowed upon Earth Scientist Paul Newman, Goddard". NASA. Archived from the original on 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  13. ^ "Paul Polman | UNEP.org". Web.unep.org. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g "UNEP Announces Champions of the Earth 2006". United Nations Environment Programme. 23 March 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-05-31.
  15. ^ UNEP. "Xiaoyuan Ren". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  16. ^ UNEP. "Vidyut Mohan". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  17. ^ UNEP. "Nzambi Matee". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  18. ^ UNEP. "Niria Alicia Garcia". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  19. ^ UNEP. "Max Hidalgo Quinto". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  20. ^ UNEP. "Lefteris Arapakis". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  21. ^ UNEP. "Fatemah Alzelzela". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  22. ^ UNEP. "Molly Burhans". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  23. ^ UNEP. "Omar Itani". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  24. ^ UNEP. "Sonika Manandhar". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  25. ^ UNEP. "Marianna Muntianu". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  26. ^ UNEP. "Louise Mabulo". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  27. ^ UNEP. "Anna Luisa Beserra". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  28. ^ UNEP. "Adjany Costa". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  29. ^ UNEP. "Shady Rabab". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  30. ^ UNEP. "Miranda Wang". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  31. ^ UNEP. "Miao Wang". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  32. ^ UNEP. "Hugh Weldon". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  33. ^ UNEP. "Heba Al-Farra". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  34. ^ UNEP. "Gator Halpern". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  35. ^ UNEP. "Arpit Dhupar". Young Champions of the Earth - UN Environment Program. Retrieved 2020-12-22.

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