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 The winners of the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House | |
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The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists.
Awardees are named 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]
The Goldman Environmental Prize was created in 1989 by philanthropists Richard and Rhoda Goldman. [1]
The winners are selected by an international jury who receive confidential nominations from a worldwide network of environmental organizations and individuals. [3] 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. [4] The award ceremony features short documentary videos on each winner, narrated by Robert Redford through the year 2020, [5] [6] and Sigourney Weaver beginning in 2021. [7]
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. [8] [5] A second award ceremony took place on May 1, 2019, in Washington, D.C. [8] [5]
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, [9] [10] June 15, 2021, [7] [11] and May 25, 2022, respectively. [12] [13]
Live ceremonies resumed in 2023, taking place in San Francisco on April 24 and in Washington, D.C., on April 26. [14]
