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Climate ChampionMd Arifur Rahman has received Bangladesh's Youth Volunteer Award 2026 for a decade of work with the boat-dwelling Manta community, disaster-affected families and environmental education.
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Climate ChampionA lifetime award for three decades of climate work Former United States environmental chief Gina McCarthy has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award at the Reuters Events Global Sustainability Awards, recognising more than three decades at the forefront of America's work for cleaner air, safer water and a liveable climate. McCarthy, who led the
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Climate ChampionTwenty-five youth-led organisations working in 33 countries have been named winners of the Emerging Climate Champions Award, receiving a flexible, multi-year gift of $1 million each to advance climate solutions in their own communities. The awards, announced on 21 October 2026, form a $25 million global open call funded by the Enlight Foundation and The
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Climate ChampionA laboratory at the University of Oxford has won the top prize at the city's 2026 climate awards, after transforming the way it uses plastic, energy and transport. Raff Lab, based at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, was named overall winner at the third annual Oxford Climate Awards, held at Oxford Town Hall
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Climate ChampionSeattle Colleges has been named a 2026 Zero+ Champion of Sustainability, recognising its work to decarbonise campuses across its three-college district and turn its buildings into a living laboratory for students. The award, from McKinstry in partnership with Lumen Field, honours organisations making measurable progress in sustainability. Monica Brown, president of South Seattle College, accepted
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Climate ChampionPORT HARCOURT — The Nnimmo Bassey Port Harcourt lecture delivered a blunt message to Nigeria's electorate: any political candidate without concrete plans to remediate and restore the country's damaged environment should not receive a single vote. The climate justice activist made the call on 17 October 2026 while delivering the guest lecture "Leadership for Environmental
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Climate ChampionTextile Exchange has announced the winners of the Climate and Nature Impact Awards 2026, honouring five champions whose work is cutting emissions and restoring nature across the fashion, textile and apparel industry. The awards were presented on 14 October at the Rocky Mountaineer Station in Vancouver, Canada, during the 2026 Textile Exchange Conference. Presented by
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Climate ChampionOxford's climate champions took centre stage on Thursday night as the Oxford Climate Awards 2026 honoured the individuals, businesses and community groups leading the city's environmental fight — with an Oxford University laboratory sweeping the top prize for transforming its research practices and Dr Saroj Saurya named Climate Action Champion. FAKTA Event: Oxford Climate Awards
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Climate ChampionNigeria's Nnimmo Bassey received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Environmental and Climate Justice at the 2026 Courageous Scientists Award gala in Vienna on 13 October.
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Climate ChampionA Tanzanian innovator has won the United Nations' AI for Climate Action Award 2026 for a homegrown platform that turns satellite data and local vulnerability records into clear, decision-ready climate risk assessments. Upendo Ernest Lyimo of the United Republic of Tanzania received the CLIMAID AI award for CLIMAID, a platform that brings together artificial intelligence,
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Climate ChampionGreenfield Community College has received the 2026 Clean Energy Workforce Development Champion award from the Alliance for Climate Transition for expanding access to clean energy careers.
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Climate ChampionFive AI-powered climate solutions from Indonesia, Tanzania, Mali and Bangladesh are finalists for the 2026 UN AI for Climate Action Award. The winner will be announced on 14 October in Phnom Penh.
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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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