UNEP opens 2021 nominations for prestigious Champions of the Earth Award
Nominations for this year’s awards are being accepted from 28 January – 12 February 2021.
Nairobi, 28 January 2021 – The United Nations (UN) today called for nominees for its Champions of the Earth award – the world body’s highest honour for individuals and organizations that are safeguarding our environment and transforming societies.
The call for nominations comes a month after UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that humanity is waging war on nature with biodiversity collapsing, ecosystems disappearing, air and water pollution killing millions of people and climate change worsening with apocalyptic fires and floods.
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Robert D. Bullard, a distinguished professor in the department of urban planning and environmental policy at Texas Southern University in Houston, received the 2020 Champions of the Earth Lifetime Achievement award from the United Nations Environment Programme. Dr. Bullard was honored for his commitment and service to environmental justice.
The Lifetime Achievement award recognizes decades of consistent action on behalf of the planet and its inhabitants. Since its inception in 2005, the annual Champions of the Earth honor has brought visibility and validation to some of the world’s most dynamic environmental leaders, from pioneering scientists and captains of industry to heads of state and community activists.
Robert Bullard Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award by the United Nations
Robert Bullard, distinguished professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy at Texas Southern University and author of the seminal book Dumping in Dixie, has been awared the United Nation s highest environmental honor. December 16, 2020, 7am PST | James Brasuell |
Dr. Robert Bullard, distinguished professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy at Texas Southern University and author of the seminal book
Dumping in Dixie, has been recognized by the UN Environment Programme with a Champions of the Earth Lifetime Achievement Award.
Bullard authored
Dumping in Dixie, a book cited in Planetizen articles and around the Internet to this day, in 1990, earning Bullard the unofficial nickname of the Father of Environmental Justice.
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