The Goldman Environmental Prize, often called the “Green Nobel,” has for the first time in its 37-year history gone exclusively to women, with all six recipients drawn from across the globe. Nigeria’s Iroro Tanshi takes the Africa prize for her remarkable work rediscovering the endangered short-tailed roundleaf bat and fighting to protect its home, the Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary, from devastating wildfires. Her fellow laureates are equally extraordinary: a 24-year-old Colombian who stopped commercial fracking, a South Korean youth activist who won a landmark climate ruling, a British campaigner who changed Supreme Court precedent, a Papua New Guinean who held Rio Tinto accountable, and an Alaskan Indigenous leader who protected vital salmon ecosystems. Together, their victories underscore how local action is shaping global climate solutions, offering both inspiration and urgency for a rapidly changing world.
Al Jazeera
