UN Global Climate Action Awards 2021 (Fully Funded )

• A new special award category called ‘Climate Leaders‘ has been added for 2021. It will recognize the action and ambition of transformative and replicable government at any level (national, regional, city, town, etc.), helping to strengthen the case of increased climate action and ambition that are urgently needed to ensure that the world can limit the rise in global average temperature this century to 1.5 degrees Celsius and to build resilience to climate change.
• The UN Global Climate Action Awards shed light on activities that aim to help achieve the temperature targets of the Paris Agreement. The awards have recognized, for example, transformation initiatives such as the Quebec government’s climate finance program, Google’s Sunroof project, and Microsoft’s internal carbon fee. Other past winners also include the world’s greenest soccer club, the first all-female solar team in Lebanon, a Swedish restaurant chain that is creating the world’s first “climate-positive” menu, and one of the world’s first funds. national investment in environment and climate change in Africa.

The 2021 UN Global Climate Action Awards will recognize climate action that is already achieving real and tangible results in three categories:

1. Climate Neutral Now: recognizing efforts by individuals, companies and governments that are achieving real results in transitioning to climate neutrality.
2. Financing for Climate Friendly Investment: recognizing successful financial innovations for adaptation and climate mitigation.
3. Climate Leaders: recognizing transformational efforts by governments at any level (national, provincial, state, city, town) that are moving the needle on climate change.