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Ellie Goulding Awarded MBE in 2026 New Year Honours for Climate and Biodiversity Work

The award cites her long-running climate and biodiversity work as a UN ambassador.

Overview

  • The New Year Honours list, published Dec 29–30, recognises the singer’s services to biodiversity and the climate.
  • She has served as a UN Environment Programme goodwill ambassador since 2017, later acting as a global environmental ambassador.
  • She helped pioneer a Nature-as-artist initiative on streaming services, issuing a Brightest Blue remix built from Colombian rainforest sounds to route royalties to conservation.
  • Her advocacy reached mass audiences through the 2019 Our Planet series, for which she contributed the song In This Together alongside Sir David Attenborough.
  • Her public work includes roles as a WWF ambassador and patron of The Marylebone Project, complementing a chart-topping music career.