Climate Champion
Climate ChampionDeb Haaland, the former US Interior Secretary hailed as a climate champion, has won New Mexico's governor race, becoming the first Native American woman elected governor in US history.
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Climate ChampionThe WWF-supported Oceania First Voices delegation of Indigenous climate advocates from Australia and the Pacific will travel to COP31 in Antalya, pressing for direct climate finance, a just transition away from fossil fuels, and Indigenous rights, leadership and knowledge at the heart of climate decisions.
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Climate ChampionPhiladelphia's ninth annual SustainPHL awards named Eileen Flanagan as the 2026 Climate Hero, honouring nine local people and organisations for a cleaner, healthier city.
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Climate ChampionProfessor Bojie Fu received the 2026 Volvo Environment Prize in Stockholm for research that helped restore China's Loess Plateau from ecological collapse.
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Climate ChampionThe 2026 Philippine Resilience Awards in Manila honoured seven women and youth champions for community climate resilience, from disability-inclusive preparedness to island livelihoods.
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Climate ChampionBornface Otieno Owino, 29, wins the 2026 United Nations in Kenya Person of the Year for climate-smart farming, while rugby star Kevin Wekesa is runner-up for Play Green.
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Climate ChampionMaryam Golnaraghi, Director of Climate Change and Environment at The Geneva Association, has been named Climate and Sustainability Champion of the Year 2026 in InsuranceERM's Climate Risk and Sustainability Awards, recognising more than 25 years of leadership in climate risk and resilience.
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Climate ChampionThree grassroots champions — Rokiatou Traoré of Mali, the Women’s Justice Initiative of Guatemala and Mothers of Courage of India — were named the 2026 Heroes of Tomorrow at the UN SDG Action Awards in Rome on 29 October 2026.
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Climate ChampionSam Ifeanyi Onuigbo, sponsor of Nigeria's Climate Change Act 2021, has been honoured with a Fellowship of the Solar Energy Society of Nigeria at the 43rd National Solar Energy Forum, recognising his work on climate advocacy and solar energy.
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Climate ChampionOlam Agri's wood business in the Republic of Congo has won the Biodiversity Champion award at the Reuters Global Sustainability Awards 2026 for sustainable forest management across 2.1 million hectares.
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Climate ChampionThe Recycling Council of Alberta honours retired Cleanfarms Executive Director Barry Friesen with its Circular Champion Recognition Award for a career building agricultural recycling and producer-responsibility programmes across Canada.
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Climate ChampionTen projects from six Latin American countries won Premios Verdes 2026 in Cuenca, Ecuador, including solar boats for Indigenous Amazon communities and restored Andean water systems for Lima.
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News, stories and solutions driving change towards a greener and more sustainable planet for future generations.
Tanmiah Food Company has launched a plan to plant 100,000 eucalyptus and sidr trees across the UNESCO-listed Al-Ahsa oasis in Saudi Arabia, in a four-way partnership advancing the Saudi Green Initiative.
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Green JournalismCovering Climate Now has published a practical guide to help journalists cover COP31 in Antalya, from preparation and trusted resources to the negotiation storylines to follow.
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Green JournalismAmphora Media's cross-border investigation "Profit in Every Drop" has won Environment and Planning Journalism at the Malta Journalism Awards 2026.
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Green JournalismBroadcast journalists from Namibia, Zambia and Senegal have begun a two-day climate reporting programme under the AUB–Green Climate Fund Climate Impact Stories Partnership, aiming for accurate, human-centred, solutions-focused coverage.
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Green JournalismEntries have opened for the 2026 Climate Media Awards, celebrating African reporting on how communities grow, share and source food in a changing climate.
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Green JournalismUN-OHRLLS has opened a fully funded journalism fellowship for reporters from 44 least developed countries to cover the Doha Programme of Action Midterm Review in Doha on 25-27 March 2027. Applications close 30 November 2026; ten fellows will be selected.
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Green JournalismCanada and United Nations University experts brief journalists on 2 November 2026, a week before COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye.
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Green JournalismStephanie Wallcraft has won the 2026 AJAC Environmental Journalism Award for her article on Natural Resources Canada's Fuel Consumption Guide, with Nadine Filion as runner-up.
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Green JournalismGrist has launched Distorted, a months-long reporting series on how misinformation spreads before, during and after extreme weather, and how trusted journalism can help communities find the truth.
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