10 Winners of the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize Honoured for Impactful Solutions in Health, Food, Energy, and Water

The Zayed Sustainability Prize, a global award established by the United Arab Emirates, has honoured 10 winners for their impactful, innovative, and inspiring solutions in health, food, energy, and water. The award ceremony was held during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week and was attended by President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, as well as various heads of state, ministers, and other senior-level dignitaries from the UAE and abroad. The prize, which awards $600,000 to each winner in the health, food, energy, and water categories and $100,000 to each winner in the global high schools category, has transformed the lives of more than 378 million people around the world since 2008.

The recipients of the 2023 Global High School awards are Fundacion Bios Terrae – ICAM Ubate (Colombia), representing the Americas; Romain-Rolland-Gymnasium (Germany), representing Europe & Central Asia; the Gifted Students School (Iraq), representing the Middle East & North Africa region; UWC East Africa – Arusha Campus (Tanzania), representing Sub-Saharan Africa; Dhaka Residential Model College (Bangladesh), representing South Asia, and finally, Kamil Muslim College (Fiji) from the East Asia & Pacific region.

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The Zayed Sustainability Prize, with its $3 million award, is a key initiative that helps to recognise and reward small and medium-sized enterprises, non-profit organisations, and high schools that are delivering impactful, innovative and inspiring solutions in health, food, energy, and water. This prize plays an important role in promoting sustainability and helping to mitigate and adapt to climate change, with the goal of creating a better future for all. With the prize’s emphasis on health, food, energy, and water, it will help to promote sustainable practices and technologies in these critical sectors. Additionally, the prize has helped to mobilise innovators, social entrepreneurs, and young people to accelerate positive change for our planet and all people.