We're taking a look back at some of the highlights from the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris where Momentum for Change Lighthouse Activity Award winners proved that climate action is building across the globe.

 

The 16 initiatives were honoured at a   special ceremony filled with powerful photos, inspirational videos and a lively musical performance by Grammy award-winning artist Sean Paul . UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke at the event, telling the standing-room only crowd that the bold ideas of the Lighthouse Activities can inspire leaders to be more ambitious in their own policies and actions.

 

M. Sanjayan, a conservation scientist, writer and Emmy-nominated television news contributor, introduced Conservation International's newest video in its critically acclaimed Nature is Speaking series, titled Home . Bertrand Piccard, Solar Impulse CEO and UNEP Goodwill Ambassador, served as the evening's Master of Ceremonies.

One by one, the winning activities were called up on the stage to be celebrated for their remarkable solutions that are accelerating the global transition to a low-carbon, highly resilient development path.