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 What is the background of this award ?
❑ Every year, 7 entrepreneurs under the age of 30
win the "Young Champions of the Earth" award.
❑ These entrepreneurs should have bold ideas
about sustainable environmental change.
❑ The winners of this award will receive -----
1. Guidance
2. Seed funding
3. Communication support to expand their efforts.

What is the AIM of this awards ?

❑ The Youth Champion Award aims to encourage
more young people to get closer to -----
1. United Nations Ecosystem Recovery Decade (2021-
2030)
2. United Nations Climate Change Conference S eed financing (also known as seed capital, seed money, or
(COP26, to be held in Glasgow in November 2021) seed funding) is the earliest stage of the capital-raising
process of a startup. Seed financing is a type of equity-based
3. United Nations Conference on Biological Diversity financing. In other words, investors commit their capital in
exchange for an equity interest in a company. Generally, this is
(to be Held in Kunming in May 2021). done in a less formal approach relative to other forms of
equity-based financing such as venture capital,
 What is
? UN Declaration on Ecosystem Restoration…

2021 2030
The united nations decade
on ecosystem
restoration 2021–2030 was
conceived as a means of
highlighting the need for
greatly increased global
cooperation to restore
degraded and
destroyed ecosystems,
contributing to efforts to
combat climate change and
safeguard biodiversity, food
security, and water supply.
What is
?

• The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action

towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change.

• The UK is committed to working with all countries and joining forces

with civil society, companies and people on the frontline of climate
change to inspire climate action ahead of COP26.
Who are the winners ?
West Asia: Fatemah Alzelzela (Kuwait, 24) started Eco Star, a non-profit recycling
initiative that exchanges trees and plants for waste from homes, schools and
businesses in Kuwait. Since launching in early 2019, Eco Star has recycled over 130
tonnes of metal, paper and plastic.

North America: Niria Alicia Garcia (USA, 28), coordinates - alongside a

community of indigenous activists - the annual Run 4 Salmon event using
virtual reality to bring to life the historical journey of the Sacramento
chinook salmon along California’s largest watershed, raising awareness of
this invaluable ecosystem, the species and people it supports.

Africa: Nzambi Matee (Kenya, 29), a materials engineer and head of Gjenge
Makers, which produces sustainable low-cost construction materials made of
recycled plastic waste and sand.

Asia and the Pacific: Xiaoyuan Ren (China, 29) leads MyH2O, a data platform that
tests and records the quality of groundwater across a thousand villages in rural
China into an app so residents know where to find clean water. The platform also
educates communities about sources of contamination and connects villages with
potable water companies.
Europe: Lefteris Arapakis (Greece, 26 years) founded the start-up Enaleia,
through which the team trains, empowers and incentivises the local fishing
community to collect plastic from the sea, allowing both fish stocks and the
ecosystem to recover. Enaleia is also prototyping recycling the plastic into
fashion merchandise like socks and swimsuits.

Asia and The Pacific: Vidyut Mohan (India, 29 years) co-founded Takachar,
which builds affordable and portable biomass upgrading equipment, allowing
farmers to earn extra income and prevent open burning by converting crop
waste into fuels, fertilizers and activated carbon.

Latin America and the Caribbean: Max Hidalgo Quinto (Peru, 30) founded
Yawa, building portable wind turbines that harvest up to 300 litres of water
per day from atmospheric humidity and mist.
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