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

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Honoring ordinary people who take extraordinary actions to protect our planet

Meet the 2025 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners

Each year, the Goldman Environmental Prize is awarded to grassroots environmental champions from around the world.

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2025 Goldman Prize Winner Spotlight

Semia Gharbi

Environmental Justice
Africa
Tunisia

Semia Gharbi led a campaign that challenged a corrupt waste trafficking scheme between Italy and Tunisia, resulting in the return of 6,000 tons of illegaly exported household waste back to Italy, its country of origin, in February 2022.

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36 Years of Impact

$32M

awarded in Prize funding

233

awards given to date

98

countries represented

106

female Prize winners

Our grantmaking, networking, communications, and security programs provide ongoing support to past and current Prize winners.

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Addressing the World’s Most Pressing Environmental Challenges

We recognize individuals who are fighting on the frontlines of the greatest environmental issues of our time. Prize winners protect endangered ecosystems and species, combat destructive industries and developments, promote sustainable and environmentally friendly policies, and push for environmental justice.

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The 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize is Monday, April 20

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2026 Goldman Prize Winners to Be Announced Monday, April 20 

January 21, 2026

The 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize is Monday, April 20 The 2026 Goldman Prize winners will be announced the morning of April 20 and celebrated at a live ceremony in San Francisco that evening. The event will be livestreamed on the Goldman Prize YouTube channel, allowing viewers around the world to join the celebration. Please follow…

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Goldman Environmental Prize Winners Share Advice for the New Year

January 5, 2026

The new year is a chance to reflect, take stock, and set a new tone for how we might take care of our planet. To find new inspiration and clarity, we’re turning to Goldman Environmental Prize winners, environmental champions leading change across the globe. In this blog post, they share their hopes and advice for…

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Protecting Indonesia’s Tropical Ecosystems with Rudi Putra

December 11, 2025 – By Michael Sutton

Michael Sutton, the executive director of the Goldman Environmental Foundation, visited 2014 Goldman Prize winner Rudi Putra in Indonesia this November. He shared observations from the trip in the post below. In 2023, Tero Mustonen received the Goldman Environmental Prize for protecting a distinctive natural habitat in Finland: peatlands. These peat marshes and bogs—sometimes known…

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