Exciting news! We have just announced the winners of the 2020 UN Global Climate Action Awards, recognizing 13 ground-breaking projects from around the world.
This year's award-winning projects demonstrate leadership on climate change by nations, businesses, investors, cities, regions and civil society as a whole. They range from the Caribbean's only carbon-neutral hotel, to the world's first platform fully dedicated to green bonds, to the first all-women solar team in Lebanon.
Each of the 13 winning activities are leading by example, and leading even when times are difficult.
Take a look at this year's winners:
Climate Neutral Now:
- Interface | Global: A pioneering flooring-manufacturer that is transforming its business to have zero negative impact on the planet.
- Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort | Aruba: The Caribbean's first - and only - hotel to achieve carbon neutral certification, and now working to go carbon negative.
- Signify | Global: A major multi-national lighting company that has reduced its carbon footprint by more than 70% and has transformed all of its global markets to carbon neutrality.
- Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | United States of America: The first carbon neutral airport in North America, now implementing a Renewable Natural Gas Initiative.
Financing for Climate Friendly Investment:
- Payments for Environmental Services Program | Costa Rica: A financial mechanism that promotes forest ecosystem conservation - the first of its type in the country and the region.
- The Luxembourg Green Exchange | Luxembourg: The world's first platform fully dedicated to green bonds, now expanded to include social and sustainability bonds as well as SRI funds.
- Global Himalayan Expedition| India: One of the world's first organizations using the force of tourism coupled with technology to bring solar energy to remote communities.
- C40 Cities Finance Facility| Global: A facility that enables cities in developing and emerging economies to develop finance-ready projects that address climate change.
Women for Results:
- Elemental Excelerator | Global: The first organization to apply a technology accelerator model to addressing climate change, investing in startups with the potential to decarbonize economies.
- Nature-Based Solutions to Increase Urban Adaptability | Thailand: A landscape architect who is building innovative landscape solutions, making Bangkok more resilient to climate change.
- Health In Harmony| Indonesia, Madagascar, Brazil: An organization that reverses deforestation by meeting the health & economic needs of local communities through women-led innovation.
- Bioplanet Programme | Brazil: A Brazilian company that has found a technological way to reuse residual kitchen fats to produce biodiesel.
- RISE2030| Lebanon: A community-led initiative that launched the first all-women solar team in Lebanon to challenge the gender stereotypes in the male-dominated construction sector.
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