En oberoende jury utser varje år vinnare och finalister av Children’s Climate Prize. Juryn består av en mix av människor unga och vuxna, alla med kompetens och intresse för hållbarhetsfrågor på olika sätt. I årets jury deltar bland annat representanter från FN med Sam Barratt.
The founder of the Children's Climate Prize now forms the Children's Climate Foundation to ensure long-term and continued promotion of children and young people's climate and environmental commitment. Telge Energi instituted the Children’s Climate Prize in 2016 to highlight the perspective of children and young people based on the realization that it is the their future that is at stake.