Rycroft plans to use her Climate Breakthrough award to catalyse investment in creating low-carbon, commercially viable fibre alternatives that will rapidly shift paper, packaging, and clothing production away from high carbon forests
Nicole Rycroft, founder and executive director of Canada-based environmental non-profit Canopy, is to receive a US$3m grant after being named as one of the two recipients of this year's Climate Breakthrough Award.
The accolade is given to extraordinary climate strategists to develop and implement bold new strategies to confront and mitigate the growing climate crisis.
Rycroft and fellow awardee Mohamed Adow of Power Shift Africa, will receive the grant over the next three years as well as tailored support from the Climate Breakthrough Project to bring visionary new strategies from idea to fruition.