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The Laureates
The Global Warming Mitigation Project’s (GWMP) Keeling Curve Prize works to spotlight the most promising projects that are actively reducing, removing, or replacing greenhouse gas emissions or increasing carbon capture in our atmosphere. These incredible and groundbreaking Laureates have been selected by our team of climate experts as the most effective climate solution in their respective categories. Each category addresses a specific sector of climate innovation:
"As Laureates, the Keeling Curve Prize has been instrumental for our practical work with communities to reduce food waste on farms, and has enhanced our legitimacy and credibility in our asks to policymakers and business leaders to take strong measures to reduce waste.”
— Megan Romania, Senior Researcher, Feedback
2024
Carbon Sinks: Biosorra
brings carbon removal solutions accesible to anyone, anywhere at any time.
Carbon Sinks: InPlanet GmbH
enables farmers in the tropics to remove atmospheric CO2 and move toward more sustainable agricultural practices.
Energy: Climatenza Solar
innovates solar solutions for sustainable development that contribute to social and environmental well-being.
Energy: SOLShare
provides cutting-edge technology and services and through a globally recognized service platform.
Finance: Blue Forest
brings communities, finance, and science together to restore and protect our forests and watersheds.
Finance: Climatize
transforms solar financing & investing to make it more efficient, transparent & accessible.
Social & Cultural Pathways: Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance
protects the Amazon Headwaters from further industrial-scale resource extraction.
Social & Cultural Pathways: Isla Urbana
contributes to water sustainability in Mexico through rainwater harvesting.
Transport & Mobility: Seabound
builds carbon capture equipment for large cargo ships and traps up to 95% of the CO2 from its exhaust, using patent-pending technology.
Transport & Mobility: itselectric
partners with city property owners to unlock access to untapped electricity supply while they earn passive income.
2023
Carbon Sinks: Vesta
adds a carbon-removing sand made of the natural mineral olivine to coastal systems.
Carbon Sinks: Regen Organics
decarbonizes the production of food, feed, and fuel by locally manufacturing regenerative products.
Energy: Reeddi
sustainably provides clean energy at a price point that is affordable in poor energy regions of the world.
Energy: Build Up Nepal
empowers rural entrepreneurs and communities to build safe, affordable homes and resilient incomes.
Finance: Vita
is an Irish development partner that has been supporting farmers and communities in Africa for nearly 33 years.
Finance: Stand.Earth
identifies all banks involved in oil and gas extraction in the Amazon, then secures commitments from a critical mass of those banks to stop financing forest-destroying oil and gas projects in the region.
Social & Cultural Pathways: Health in Harmony
is dedicated to reversing global heating, understanding that rainforests are essential for the survival of humanity.
Social & Cultural Pathways: Waste Warriors
An inclusive, participatory, and sustainable solution for waste management in the eco- sensitive Indian Himalayan Region.
Transport & Mobility: Zero Emission Bus Rapid-deployment Accelerator (ZEBRA)
Co-led by C40 Cities and the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), the ZEBRA partnership accelerates the deployment of zero emission buses in major Latin American cities.
Transport & Mobility: Auto Truck EA Ltd
specializes in the manufacture of electric mobility products and development of electric mobility solutions.
2022
Carbon Sinks: Air Company
transforms CO2 from the atmosphere into impurity free alcohols that are used across various consumer industries.
Carbon Sinks: Symbrosia
is working on a breakthrough solution to drastically reduce the methane produced by livestock around the world, naturally.
Energy: KOKO Networks
is an international technology company leading the way in clean ethanol cooking fuel and cooking products.
Energy: Nitricity
is commercializing a breakthrough technology that produces fertilizer using only air, water, and renewable energy.
Finance: GreenMax Capital Advisors
is a group of international clean energy investment advisory and management-consulting firms established in 1994.
Finance: MEETS Coalition
is a new approach to deep energy efficiency that harvests energy from commercial buildings.
Social & Cultural Pathways: canopy
works to transform unsustainable supply chains, catalyze innovative solutions, and keep the world's vital forests standing.
Social & Cultural Pathways: Wastezon
is envisioning a waste-free world by using a mobile app to connect recycling industries with households to transact recyclable solid wastes.
Transport & Mobility: Basigo
is looking to revolutionize the public transportation sector in Africa by providing public transport bus owners with a cost-effective electric alternative to diesel.
Transport & Mobility: EnZinc
is a zinc battery company that is making an advanced rechargeable battery for mobility and stationary uses.
2021
Carbon Sinks: Agora Energy
is developing a revolutionary carbon-negative battery for grid-scale applications that stores renewable energy by utilizing CO2.
Carbon Sinks: Oceans 2050
taps the restorative benefits of seaweed farming to improve the health of our oceans. Their Seaweed Carbon Farming Project quantifies the sequestration of macroalgal carbon below seaweed farms to create a new blue carbon market.
Energy: Village Infrastructure Angels
invests in poverty-alleviating infrastructure for rural villages in developing countries.
Energy: Ignite Power
is bridging infrastructure gaps and providing basic services such as internet access, electricity, and healthcare in order to lead Africa into a more sustainable, inclusive future.
Finance: BASE
is providing financial instruments for clean cooling to overcome key market barriers through the Caas (Cooling as a Service) initiative.
Finance: Energise Africa
is a sustainable and ethical investment platform that allows investors to support small solar businesses that operate throughout Sub- Saharan Africa.
Social & Cultural Pathways: Educated Choices Program
educates students about the impacts of their food choices, inspiring them to make decisions that are consistent with their own values.
Social & Cultural Pathways: Solar Cookers International
is improving human and environmental health by supporting the expansion of effective carbon-free solar cooking in world regions of greatest need.
Transport & Mobility: CLIP
has developed a portable consumer device designed to instantly upgrade any bike to a pedal-assist e-bike at a fraction of the cost.
Transport & Mobility: Solar E- Cycles Kenya
provides affordable solar-powered mobility and power for homes or small businesses in Africa.
2020
Carbon Sinks: Borneo Nature Foundation
protects the peat-swamp forests of southern Borneo, some of the largest terrestrial carbon stores on the planet.
Carbon Sinks: Carbfix
captures CO2 and turns it into stone underground in less than two years through proprietary technology.
Energy: Oorja Development Solutions
deploys community solar irrigation pumps for farmers in rural India.
Finance: Odyssey Energy Solutions
facilitates financing and development of off-grid distributed energy projects that address rural energy poverty in developing countries.
Finance: The Generation Forest
is a cooperative that enables finance and climate action to work together through impact investment for retail investors.
Social & Cultural Pathways: Citizen's Climate Lobby
is focused on the advancement of bipartisan climate change mitigation policies, such as national dividend and carbon fee policies.
Social & Cultural Pathways: Feedback
is an evidence-based environmental campaign charity working to regenerate nature by transforming the food system.
Transport & Mobility: Bridges to Prosperity
provides economic mobility to communities in developing countries while reducing the need for vehicle infrastructure by building pedestrian footbridges for 'last mile' connections.
Transport & Mobility: EVmatch
aims to revolutionize electric vehicle (EV) charging through a peer-to-peer charging network.
2019
Carbon Sinks: twelve
is developing a device that recycles carbon dioxide into cost-competitive chemicals and fuels via electrochemical conversion.
Carbon Sinks: WILDCOAST
is working to secure a resilient coastline to help protect communities, economies and ecosystems from climate change.
Energy: Solar Sister
is delivering sustainable energy access and building climate resilience in underserved communities.
Energy: African Clean Energy
is producing an advanced cookstove which reduces smoke to negligible levels while offering solar energy.
Finance: New Energy Nexus
allows developers to improve economics and to deploy resources to higher-risk projects in clean energy.
Finance: Clean Energy Works
accelerates investments in distributed clean energy through inclusive investments, or Pay-As- You-Save (PAYS).
Social & Cultural Pathways: Science Based Targets Initiative
provides companies with a defined pathway to future-proof growth by specifying how much and how quickly they need to reduce their GHG emissions.
Social & Cultural Pathways: World Council of Churches
has worldwide partnerships supporting adolescents engaging in climate justice through church-run schools, Sunday schools and summer camps.
Transport & Mobility: Jetty
establishes and enforces improved reliability, safety, and security in mass transit systems to mitigate congestion and waste caused by transit options.
Transport & Mobility: Three Wheels United
is using technology and finance to decarbonize the rickshaw market by empowering drivers to own and operate electric vehicles and to integrate with public transport.
2018
Social & Cultural Pathways: Our Climate
has launched a national grassroots campaign to advance state and national legislative efforts to put a price on carbon.
Finance: Pollinate Group
gives India's urban poor access to sustainable products, such as solar lamps and fuel-efficient cookstoves, by a micro- distribution payment plan.
Energy: Chemolex
produces bio-fuel for cooking and lighting from invasive water hyacinth for low-income households in the Western Part of Kenya.
Energy: WattTime
is a nonprofit that helps institutions and organizations automatically reduce emissions by shifting usage to the times that are less polluting.
Energy: Natel Energy
manufactures a patented hydropower turbine to make lower-impact hydropower projects easier to design, permit, finance and develop.
Carbon Sinks: Savory Institute
is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that trains farmers to create a large-scale restoration of the world's grasslands and sequester CO2.
Carbon Sinks: Takachar
is a C corporation that focuses on small-scale, low-cost, and village-based technology that allows local farmers access to low-cost, high-performance fertilizers.
Carbon Sinks: SRI-Rice
improves soil health and ecosystem services and reduces net greenhouse gas emissions from flooded rice paddies.
Carbon Sinks: Lanzatech
is a carbon recycling company that uses microbes to convert waste into products, including jet fuel and over 30 different chemicals.
Carbon Sinks: Bolder Industries
is a certified B Corporation that recycles end-of-life tires to create a low carbon alternative to carbon black.
*In 2018, our prize categories were different. We've organized our 2018 laureates on this page based on which of our current categories their project area fits best.
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