Earth Partner, Art Partner s sustainability division, in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) announced the winners of the 2025 Earth Partner Prize, the contest that invited artists aged 14-30 to submit artwork investigating climate and the environment from different perspectives to create awareness and action ahead the the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2025 (UNFCCC COP 30) that took place from November 10 to November 21, 2025.
The artists who submitted their works, coming from over 110 countries, sparked conversations spanning from eco-anxiety to community transformation, from rethinking waste to the juxtaposition of devastation and hope. The body of work, collected in a virtual exhibition powered by Voyager360, showcases various works mirroring Earth Partner s focus on global voices, often missing or being underrepresented from both artistic and climatic conversations, showcasing imaginative voices from communities whose experiences are vital to understanding and addressing environmental challenges, as underlined by GEF CEO and Chairperson Carlos Manuel Rodríguez.
This edition s winner are Apah Benson, Abandokht Tohidi Moghadam, Kyaw Zay Yar Lin, Yi Song, Ruby Okoro, Igor Furtado and Labō Young, Andreu Esteban Sebastiá, and Tianxiao Wang. This year, thanks to the partnership with the Global Environment Facility (GEF), a selection of their works was showcased at the Climate Funds pavilion at the COP in Belém, Brazil.
1st Place ($10k)
Apah Benson (Nigeria), THE LAST OF US
2nd Place ($5k)
Abandokht Tohidi Moghadam (Iran), SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS
Kyaw Zay Yar Lin (Myanmar), FISHERMEN OF INLE LAKE
Igor Furtado and Labō Young, ISLAND TIME FORGOT (Brazil)
Andreu Esteban Sebastiá, WITHOUT WARNING (Spain)
Tianxiao Wang, THE SEA SUSTAINS US (China UK)
The artists were selected by an esteemed jury including Hans Ulrich Obrist (Artistic Director of The Serpentine and President of the Jury of the Architecture Biennale in Venice), Carlos Manuel Rodríguez (CEO and Chairperson of GEF), Ferdinando Verderi (Creative Director), Marina Testino (Director of Strategic Partnerships, Earth Partner), Orsola de Castro (Co-Founder of the Fashion Revolution), Zhuo Tan (Event Director of Design Shanghai and Design China Beijing), and Giovanni Testino (Founder of Art Partner).
The jurors also awarded 20 Honourable Mentions and the inaugural Earth Partner Impact Award ($2.5K), given to the project that best showcases the power of environmental art within communities, to the Instituto Afro-Aurora Dance (Brazil) for the project DANÇA PAJÉ: FAVELA ANCESTRAL.
