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The 2026 Goldman Prize winners will be announced Monday, April 20. Learn more.

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The Goldman Environmental Prize Award Ceremony

Celebrating 37 years of grassroots leadership

The Goldman Environmental Prize award ceremony is on Monday, April 20, 2026. 

The 2026 Goldman Prize winners will be announced on the morning of April 20 and celebrated at a live ceremony in San Francisco that evening. The ceremony will be livestreamed on the Goldman Prize YouTube channel—watch it below.

Celebrating Environmental Heroes

Since 1990, Prize winners have inspired audiences with their stories of urgency, action, and courage in protecting the planet.

Attendees at the unforgettable ceremonies have included environmental leaders, activists, philanthropists, elected officials, and others who care about the planet. Past ceremony speakers and hosts have included Vice President Al Gore, Jane Fonda, Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Senator John Kerry, and musicians Lenny Kravitz, Angelique Kidjo, and Jack Johnson.

Vice President Al Gore stands on stage at a podium at the Goldman Environmental Prize ceremony.
Vice President Al Gore speaking at the Goldman Prize ceremony
A crowd gathers to celebrate the Goldman Environmental Prize 25th anniversary.
Celebrating 25 years of the Goldman Environmental Prize
2016 Goldman Environmental Prize winners Máxima Acuña (Peru), Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera (Puerto Rico), Zuzana Čaputová (Slovakia), Edward Loure (Tanzania), Destiny Watford (United States), and Leng Ouch (Cambodia) celebrate on stage, raising their hands together.
2016 Goldman Environmental Prize winners Máxima Acuña (Peru), Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera (Puerto Rico), Zuzana Čaputová (Slovakia), Edward Loure (Tanzania), Destiny Watford (United States), and Leng Ouch (Cambodia) celebrate on stage.
Francia Márquez (Colombia, 2018) raises the Oroborous on stage at the San Francisco ceremony.
Francia Márquez (Colombia, 2018) raises the Oroborous on stage at the San Francisco ceremony.
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi speaks at the 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize ceremony in Washington, DC.
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi speaks at the 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize ceremony in Washington, DC.
The 2019 Goldman Prize winners Belen Curamil (daughter of Prize winner Alberto Curamil [Chile]), Jacqueline Evans (Cook Islands), Linda Garcia (United States), Alfred Brownell (Liberia), Bayarjargal Agvaantseren (Mongolia), and Ana Colovic Lesoska (North Macedonia) on celebrate on stage, all raising their hands and waving to the audience.
2019 Goldman Prize winners Belen Curamil (daughter of Prize winner Alberto Curamil, Chile), Jacqueline Evans (Cook Islands), Linda Garcia (United States), Alfred Brownell (Liberia), Bayarjargal Agvaantseren (Mongolia), and Ana Colovic Lesoska (North Macedonia) celebrate on stage.

Watch Past Goldman Prize Ceremonies

2025 Prize Ceremony

2024 Prize Ceremony

2023 Prize Ceremony

Watch more on the goldman prize youtube channel