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The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists, one from each of the world's six geographic regions: [1] Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. The award is given by the Goldman Environmental Foundation headquartered in San Francisco, California. [1] The Prize is often referred to as the green Nobel. [2]

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The Goldman Environmental Prize was created in 1989 by philanthropists Richard and Rhoda Goldman. [1] As of 2019, the award amount is $200,000. [3]

The winners are selected by an international jury who receive confidential nominations from a worldwide network of environmental organizations and individuals. [4] Prize winners participate in a 10-day tour of San Francisco and Washington, D.C., for an awards ceremony and presentation, news conferences, media briefings and meetings with political, public policy, financial and environmental leaders. [5] The award ceremony features short documentary videos on each winner, narrated by Robert Redford through the year 2020, [6] [7] and Sigourney Weaver beginning in 2021. [8]

The 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize ceremony marking the 30th anniversary took place on April 29, 2019, at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco. [9] [6] A second award ceremony took place on May 1, 2019, in Washington, D.C. [9] [6]

The 2020, 2021, and 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize ceremonies took place online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with pre-recorded videos premiering on November 30, 2020, [10] [11] June 15, 2021, [8] [12] and May 25, 2022, respectively. [13] [14]

Live ceremonies resumed in 2023, taking place in San Francisco on April 24 and in Washington, D.C., on April 26. [15]

Prize winners

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1997

Ethnobiologist Paul Alan Cox (left) and village chief Fuiono Senio (right) won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1997 for their conservation efforts at Falealupo in Western Samoa. Their work later led to the founding of Seacology. Cox & Senio 1997 Goldman Environmental Prize.jpg
Ethnobiologist Paul Alan Cox (left) and village chief Fuiono Senio (right) won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1997 for their conservation efforts at Falealupo in Western Samoa. Their work later led to the founding of Seacology.

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1999

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2001

2002

2003

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2005

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2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

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2016

American congressional leader Nancy Pelosi is often present at the Prize awards ceremony; here in 2016, award winner Zuzana Caputova would go on to be elected President of Slovakia Nancy Pelosi Goldman prize 2016.jpg
American congressional leader Nancy Pelosi is often present at the Prize awards ceremony; here in 2016, award winner Zuzana Čaputová would go on to be elected President of Slovakia

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

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