This interview was conducted on January 18, prior to the military coup d’état in Myanmar* on February 1, 2021. Since then, we have been in contact with the three Burmese Prize winners—Ka Hsaw Wa (1999), Myint Zaw (2015), and Paul Sein Twa (2020)—and are monitoring their safety. Meting Ka Hsaw Wa Smiling and exuding boundless…
Congratulations to Andrew Simmons (St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 1994) on the publication of his new book, Impacts of Climate Change on Young People in Small Island Communities. The book is an expansion of Andrew’s PhD thesis and argues that youths are generally excluded from research, studies, and planning on climate change but face the…
Happy New Year! 2021 brings new possibilities for hope, self-examination, and continued action for our planet and its defenders. Reflecting on the extraordinary and challenging year that just concluded, one particular word rises above the many for me: resilience. While it would be easy to enumerate our myriad weaknesses as a species, Homo sapiens at…
The following is a statement by 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Nemonte Nenquimo. Read the Spanish translation. By Nemonte Nenquimo When I was a little girl I used to swing in the hammock at night by the fire and listen to my elders sing. Imagine all of us kids, barefoot, piled into a hammock beneath a…
La siguiente es una declaración de la ganadora del Premio Ambiental Goldman 2020, Nemonte Nenquimo. Lea la traducción al inglés. By Nemonte Nenquimo De niña, me mecía en la hamaca por la noche junto a la fogata y escuchaba cantar a los mayores. Imagínense— todos nosotros, los niños, descalzos y amontonados en la hamaca, bajo el…
Ce qui suit est une déclaration de Lucie Pinson, lauréate du prix Goldman pour l’environnement 2020. Lisez la traduction en anglais. Par Lucie Pinson Nous pouvons gagner la guerre climatique. Les événements climatiques extrêmes s’accélèrent et s’intensifient, paupérisant encore plus les moins responsables de la catastrophe écologique et attisant les tensions sociales sur fond de…
The following is a statement by 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Lucie Pinson. Read the French translation. By Lucie Pinson We can win the climate war. Extreme weather events are accelerating and intensifying, further impoverishing those least responsible for global ecological disaster and fueling social tensions amid rising nationalism. The Arctic is melting, California and…
The following is a statement by 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Kristal Ambrose. By Kristal Ambrose The gravity of receiving the Goldman Environmental Prize has yet to resonate with me, mainly because I am still in disbelief. As a young, Black Caribbean woman, I know that the Prize will allow me to open doors that…
The following is a statement by 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Leydy Pech. By Leydy Pech Today is a historic day for the Maya people. My name is Leydy Aracely Pech Martín. I am from the community of Ich-ek, municipality of Hopelchén, State of Campeche. I am grateful to the Goldman Foundation for recognizing the…
The following is a statement by 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Paul Sein Twa. By Paul Sein Twa Thank you for this award that recognizes the efforts of indigenous Karen communities and local leaders to protect their territories of life and their culture, and to bring about real peace after a war that has afflicted…