The Ashden Awards 2021: Online ceremony live from COP26

To succeed under extreme circumstances, on the frontline of climate change, requires a special kind of person.

Be the first to hear about nine climate pioneers from across the globe taking on that challenge, live from COP26 in Glasgow at the 2021 Ashden Awards.

These are the people with the solutions our planet urgently needs - delivering climate justice, creating good jobs, training people in green skills, and cutting emissions. Theirs are the proven innovations our leaders must get behind.

Discover their ground-breaking initiatives in the forests of Africa and India, among refugee camps brimming with entrepreneurship, and in towns and cities up and down the UK.

See who wins. Hear their stories.

Save your seat online COP26 now and be part of the pivotal climate summit.

Rainforests to renewables: The 2021 Ashden Awards

• Humanitarian Energy, supported by Linbury Trust; Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund and a public appeal
• Natural Climate Solutions, supported by the UK Government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Energy Access Innovation, supported by the UK Government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Cooling in Informal Settlements, supported by Clean Cooling Collaborative/ClimateWorks Foundation
• Energy Access Skills, supported by The Ashden Trust
• Regenerative Agriculture, supported by The DOEN Foundation
• UK Climate Innovation, supported by Impax Asset Management
• UK Green Skills, supported by Garfield Weston Foundation
• UK green communities, supported by Esmee Fairbairn Foundation