Overview

• Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change and attorney Julian Aguon are recognized for driving the UN process that brought climate obligations before the International Court of Justice.
• July’s ICJ advisory opinion deemed climate change an existential threat and clarified that states carry legal duties to curb warming and remedy harm, bolstering the laureates’ strategy.
• Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms are honored for decentralized, community-led relief reaching millions where formal aid falters, with volunteers facing arrests, torture and killings; the network also recently received the Rafto Prize.
• Justice for Myanmar is cited for investigations exposing foreign financing of the junta, work that helped prompt actions including Swiss sanctions on Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise and Airbus ending cooperation with AviChina.
• The 2025 laureates will be celebrated in Stockholm on December 2, with grants intended to support their work; the selection came from 159 nominees across 67 countries.