A hotel in the Caribbean, the first in the world to be certified as carbon neutral.
A Brazilian company that has found a technological way to reuse residual cooking fats to produce biodiesel.
Dallas Fort Worth Airport, North America's first zero-emission airport, is currently implementing a renewable natural gas initiative.
The first all-female solar-powered team in Lebanon to challenge gender stereotypes in the male-dominated construction industry.
An architect who develops innovative solutions for the landscape, making Bangkok more resistant to climate change.
Finally, in India one of the first organizations in the world to use the power of tourism coupled with technology to bring solar energy to remote communities.
These are some of the thirteen initiatives that have won the United Nations Global Climate Action Award 2020.
The award recognizes the best examples of what citizens around the world do to combat climate change.
"The past eight months have been a nightmare for many people around the world," said Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
'' COVID-19 has changed life on every continent, from the largest cities to the smallest villages - he added - This is the most urgent threat that humanity faces today, but we cannot forget that climate change is the most great long-term danger facing humanity ". According to Espinosa '' the convergence of these two crises has created the opportunity to move forward to build safe, healthy, green and sustainable cities and communities. '' For the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, "the winners of the Global Climate Action Award 2020 are tangible proof that climate action is underway around the world", and that the solutions proposed "reinforce my call for a leadership committed to working on climate change and for a green recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic ''.
'' We continue to move forward to build a more sustainable and equitable future for all, "concluded Guterres. (ANSA).
