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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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

The 2019 Champions of the Earth and Young Champions of the Earth award ceremony will be streamed on 26 September 2019, from New York starting at 7:30pm US Eastern Standard Time. Find your local time here.

The 2019 Champion of the Earth for Inspiration and Action goes to Ant Forest. The program was launched in August 2016 and promotes greener lifestyles by inspiring users to reduce carbon emissions in their daily.

The 2019 Champion of the Earth for Policy and Leadership goes to Costa Rica. As it battles to preserve its biodiversity, Costa Rica has emerged as a global leader in sustainability, green development and clean.

The 2019 Champion of the Earth for Inspiration and Action goes to Fridays for Future. Fridays For Future is a movement that began in August 2018, after then 15 years old Greta Thunberg sat in front of the Swedish.

The 2019 Champion of the Earth Award for Entrepreneurial Vision goes to Patagonia. Since 1973, Patagonia has placed sustainability at the heart of its business. Many of its products are made from recycled plastic… Related articles:

Patagonia awarded United Nations’ flagship environmental honor for entrepreneurial vision Patagonia recognized for its commitment to sustainability and advocacy for the protection of the planet’s fragile resources 

The 2019 Champion of the Earth Award for Entrepreneurial Vision goes to Patagonia.