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Watch this year’s digital broadcast of the 2021 Children’s Climate Prize at www.ccprize.org!
The digital award ceremony for the 2021 Children's Climate prize will be internationally broadcast on Friday, the 19th of November at 10:00-10:30 CET, at www.ccprize.org. This year marks the sixth edition of the Children’s Climate Prize – one of the world’s largest international youth climate awards, recognizing young people who have made extraordinary contributions to the climate and the environment.
The time has once again come to highlight young innovators, entrepreneurs, conservators and changemakers who are fighting for a brighter future on our planet. Usually, the Children's Climate Prize award ceremony would gather around 300 Swedish and international guests in Stockholm's City Hall for environmental and climate work-focused discussions and meetings featuring the perspectives of youths. Due to the global pandemic, this is not possible. Instead, this year’s edition will be digitally broadcasted. The focus is therefore entirely on this year’s fantastic finalists, especially winner 15-year-old Reshma Kosaraju, from the USA, who is being awarded for the project 'AI against forest fires'.
Discussions, reports, insights and optimism frame the 30-minute broadcast led by 18-year-old Luca Berardi from WWF Sweden Youth, who was also a finalist for the 2016 Children’s Climate Prize. Furthermore, this year’s digital broadcast allows for anyone in the word to be a part of the audience. Everyone is invited!
Participants:
Johan Kuylenstierna – Chair of the Swedish Climate Policy Council
Johannes Boson – CEO of Telge Energi, Chair Children’s Climate Foundation
Madeleine Westin - Meteorologist
Lesein Mutunkei, 17, from Kenya – Trees 4 Goals
Fernanda Barros, 16, from Brazil – Fridays for Future Amazonia
2021 winner Reshma Kosaraju, 15, from the USA – AI against forest fires
Anjali Sharma, 17, from Australia – Class Action against Environment Minister
Yash Narayan, 17, from the USA – DeepWaste
Aishwarya Sridhar – YOUTHTOPIA, Award-winning nature photographer
Micael Dahlén - Writer and Professor, Stockholm School of Economics
Children’s Climate Prize 2021 facts:
Youth international climate award (12-17 years old)
Over 150 internationally received nominations
Five finalists from four different countries (Kenya, Australia, USA, Brazil)
The winner was announced on November 8th
Digital broadcasting to take place on Friday, November 19 at 10 am CET at www.ccprize.org
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The Children’s Climate Prize is an international prize annually awarded to young people who have made extraordinary efforts for the climate and environment. The award and financial support are managed by the Children’s Climate Foundation, which was initiated by the award’s founder Telge Energi. Based on Telge Energi’s belief in young people’s ability to drive change in the world, the award is now a part of their ongoing work for sustainable development and production of renewable energy in Sweden. The winners of the prize are celebrated at an award ceremony in November each year and receive a diploma, medal and prize money of SEK 100,000 to continue developing their projects.
