President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed at the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize ceremony in January. Photo: Presidential Court
President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed at the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize ceremony in January. Photo: Presidential Court
President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed at the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize ceremony in January. Photo: Presidential Court
President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed at the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize ceremony in January. Photo: Presidential Court

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Zayed Sustainability Prize adds new award for climate action ahead of Cop28

Entries are open until May 23, 2023

The National

March 30, 2023

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The Zayed Sustainability Prize has launched a special category labelled Climate Action.

The new category is aimed at recognising and promoting solutions that address climate change and protect the planet's natural resources.

Non-profit organisations and small and medium-sized enterprises can apply until May 23, 2023. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in Abu Dhabi.

The launch of the Climate Action category coincides with the UAE's Year of Sustainability, a national initiative to accelerate sustainable development across the country in line with the UAE’s national strategy.

It also comes ahead of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (Cop28), which will be hosted in the UAE later this year.

Dr Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Director General of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, and Cop28 President-Designate said: “As we mark the UAE's Year of Sustainability and prepare to host Cop28, it is more important than ever to recognise and support innovative solutions that protect the planet and people from the impacts of climate change.

"The UAE is committed to delivering a Cop of Action – a solutions-focused Cop that promotes inclusive sustainable development and accelerates the adoption of policies that will deliver across mitigation, adaptation, climate finance and loss and damage.

"The new Climate Action category of the Zayed Sustainability Prize reinforces this commitment by supporting the deployment of solutions the world needs today to keep the Paris Agreement alive and limit warming below 1.5ºC.

“In this critical decade of action, the Climate Action category is a significant addition to the prize's mandate, and we look forward to receiving submissions from around the world. We are proud to encourage and reward innovative solutions needed to turn climate pledges into concrete action, and drive tangible, inclusive and lasting progress for our planet and communities.”

The Zayed Sustainability Prize was established in 2008 as a tribute to the sustainability and humanitarian legacy of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan, the Founding Father of the UAE.

The prize recognises organisations and high schools that are delivering effective, and inspiring innovations across the following categories: Health, Food, Energy, Water, Global High Schools, Climate Action.

The new Climate Action category will further broaden the prize’s reach and effect by rewarding solutions that protect the environment, while also addressing the urgent challenge of climate change.

The prize awards $600,000 to each winner in the Health, Food, Energy, Water, and Climate Action categories. The Global High Schools category is split into six world regions, with each school able to claim up to $100,000 to start or further expand their project.

Zayed Sustainability Prize winners 2023 - in pictures

Back row, left to right: Siaosi Sovaleni, Prime Minister of Tonga, Aziz Akhannouch, Prime Minister of Morocco, Wavil Ramkalawan, President of Seychelles, Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia, Surangel Whipps, President of Palau, Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana, Kasim-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kazakhstan, Yoon Suk Yeol, President of South Korea, President Sheikh Mohamed, Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, Joao Lourenco, President of Angola, Filipe Nyusi, President of Mozambique, Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, former president of Iceland and chairman of Arctic Circle, Tiemoko Meyliet Kone, Vice President of Ivory Coast, and Dr Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, pose for a photograph with 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize winners during the opening ceremony of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. Photo: UAE Presidential Court
Back row, left to right: Siaosi Sovaleni, Prime Minister of Tonga, Aziz Akhannouch, Prime Minister of Morocco, Wavil Ramkalawan, President of Seychelles, Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia, Surangel Whipps, President of Palau, Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana, Kasim-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kazakhstan, Yoon Suk Yeol, President of South Korea, President Sheikh Mohamed, Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, Joao Lourenco, President of Angola, Filipe Nyusi, President of Mozambique, Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, former president of Iceland and chairman of Arctic Circle, Tiemoko Meyliet Kone, Vice President of Ivory Coast, and Dr Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, pose for a photograph with 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize winners during the opening ceremony of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. Photo: UAE Presidential Court
President Sheikh Mohamed presents the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize for Sub-Saharan Africa Global High Schools to Arusha Campus (Tanzania). Photo: UAE Presidential Court
President Sheikh Mohamed presents the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize for Sub-Saharan Africa Global High Schools to Arusha Campus (Tanzania). Photo: UAE Presidential Court
Sheikh Mohamed presents the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize for South Asia Global High Schools to a representative from Dhaka Residential Model College (Bangladesh). Photo: UAE Presidential Court
Sheikh Mohamed presents the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize for South Asia Global High Schools to a representative from Dhaka Residential Model College (Bangladesh). Photo: UAE Presidential Court
Sheikh Mohamed presents the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize for Europe & Central Asia Global High Schools to a representative from Germany's Romain-Rolland Gymnasium. Photo: UAE Presidential Court
Sheikh Mohamed presents the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize for Europe & Central Asia Global High Schools to a representative from Germany's Romain-Rolland Gymnasium. Photo: UAE Presidential Court
Sheikh Mohamed presents the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize for Food to a representative from Ynsect (France). Photo: UAE Presidential Court
Sheikh Mohamed presents the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize for Food to a representative from Ynsect (France). Photo: UAE Presidential Court
Sheikh Mohamed congratulates Abdulrahman Neshat, Zayed Sustainability Prize winner in the Global High Schools category. Photo: Twitter / MohamedBinZayed
Sheikh Mohamed congratulates Abdulrahman Neshat, Zayed Sustainability Prize winner in the Global High Schools category. Photo: Twitter / MohamedBinZayed
Nawaila Ali, Rinal Prasad and Aqeelah Ali from Dhaka Residential Model College, Bangladesh, winners in the Global High Schools category
Nawaila Ali, Rinal Prasad and Aqeelah Ali from Dhaka Residential Model College, Bangladesh, winners in the Global High Schools category
Sandy Bello and Linda Alarcon from Fundacion Bios Terrae ICAM Ubate, Colombia, winners in the Global High Schools category
Sandy Bello and Linda Alarcon from Fundacion Bios Terrae ICAM Ubate, Colombia, winners in the Global High Schools category
Ricardo Ferreira from Associacao Expedicionarios da Saude in Brazil, the Health category winner
Ricardo Ferreira from Associacao Expedicionarios da Saude in Brazil, the Health category winner
Abdulrahman Neshat and Mohammed Ali, both 16, from Gifted Students School in Iraq, winners in the Global High Schools category
Abdulrahman Neshat and Mohammed Ali, both 16, from Gifted Students School in Iraq, winners in the Global High Schools category
Heba Assad from Neurotech, the winner in the Energy category for supplying energy to Syrian refugees in Jordan
Heba Assad from Neurotech, the winner in the Energy category for supplying energy to Syrian refugees in Jordan
Mohon Mandal from Bangladeshi non-profit Ledars, winners in the Water category for integrating resource management models in disaster-prone areas
Mohon Mandal from Bangladeshi non-profit Ledars, winners in the Water category for integrating resource management models in disaster-prone areas
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