18:00 / Welcome remarks
António Feijó – President of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
18:15 / Jury Testimonial
Angela Merkel – President of the Jury of the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity
18:30 / Winner’s Announcement and awarding of the medals
19:05 / Closing
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa – President of the Republic of Portugal
19:15 / Concert with Gulbenkian Orchestra
José Eduardo Gomes – Conductor
Bedřich Smetana
The Moldau
Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird
ABOUT THE AWARD
With a cash award of €1 million, the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity was introduced by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in 2020 to recognise people, groups of people or organisations from across the globe that make outstanding, innovative and impactful contributions to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
The Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity was awarded for the first time in 2020 to the young Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who, through the Greta Thunberg Foundation, distributed the prize money among several environmental and humanitarian projects in the ‘Global South’.
In 2021 the Prize was awarded to the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, the largest global alliance for climate leadership in cities, comprising more than 10,600 cities and local governments from 140 countries, including Portugal. The amount awarded by the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity was channelled towards energy transition and climate resilience in Africa, with large-scale projects being funded in five cities in Senegal (supply of drinking water) and in one city in Cameroon (development of energy efficiency solutions).
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