Champions of the Earth

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.

Not to be confused with Defenders of the Earth.
Gisele Bündchen awarded the 2014 UNEP Champions of the Earth Award

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
  • Arcenciel (Lebanon) - Inspiration and Action
  • Constantino Aucca Chutas (Peru) - Inspiration and Action
  • Partha Dasgupta - Science and Innovation
  • Purnima Devi Barman - Entrepreneurial Vision
  • Cécile Bibiane Ndjebet - Inspiration and Action

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010
Special Award

2009

2008
  • Balgis Osman-Elasha, Sudan from Africa - For her work on climate change and adaptation in northern and eastern Africa.
  • Atiq Rahman, Bangladesh from Asia and the Pacific - For his national and international experience in sustainable development, and environment and resource management. He is one of the leading specialists in the field.
  • Albert II, Prince of Monaco, Monaco from Europe: For his commitment to sustainable development in Monaco. Under his leadership, Monaco is now applying an exemplary policy on CO2 reduction in every sphere of society as well as in the business sector.
  • Liz Thompson, Barbados, from Latin America and the Caribbean - For her outstanding work at the national and international levels. She is one of the recognized leaders on environmental issues of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
  • Timothy E. Wirth, United States from North America - For his work as the head of the UN Foundation and Better World Fund, he established the environment as a priority and mobilized resources to address it.
  • Abdul-Qader Ba-Jammal, Yemen from West Asia: For his environmental policies as Minister and then as Prime Minister in Yemen. He established its Ministry of Water and Environment and the Environment Protection Authority.
Special Prize
  • Helen Clark, New Zealand - For her environmental strategies and her three initiatives - the emissions trading scheme, the energy strategy and the energy efficiency and conservation strategy.

2007
  • Cherif Rahmani, Algeria from Africa - For advancing environmental law in Algeria and for addressing the issue of desertification;
  • Elisea "Bebet" Gillera Gozun, Philippines from Asia and the Pacific - for pushing forward the environmental agenda in her native Philippines by winning the trust of business leaders, non-governmental organizations and political decision-makers alike;
  • Viveka Bohn, Sweden from Europe: for playing a prominent role in multilateral negotiations and her leadership in global efforts to ensure chemical safety;
  • Marina Silva, Brazil from Latin America and the Caribbean - For her tireless fight to protect the Amazon rainforest while taking into account the perspectives of people who use the resources in their daily lives;
  • Al Gore, United States from North America - For making environmental protection a pillar of his public service and for educating the world on the dangers posed by rising greenhouse gas emissions;
  • His Royal Highness Prince Hassan Bin Talal, Jordan from West Asia - For his belief in transboundary collaboration to protect the environment and for addressing environmental issues in a holistic manner;
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
  • Omer Badokhon, Yemen.[4]
  • Adam Dixon, Europe.[4]
  • Kaya Dorey, North America.[4]
  • Eritai Kateibwi, Earth for Asia & the Pacific[4]
  • Mariama Mamane, Niger.[4]
  • Liliana Jaramillo Pazmiño, Latin America & the Caribbean.[4]

See also

References
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