Indigenous activists among Goldman environmental prize winners

Alex Lucitante and Alexandra Narvaez, who led an Indigenous movement to protect the Cofán people’s ancestral territory from goldmining. Photograph: Goldman Prize

Indigenous activists and lawyers who took on transnational corporations and their own governments to force climate action are among the 2022 winners of the world’s pre-eminent environmental award.

Taking on powerful vested interests is a risky business, and the recipients of this year’s Goldman prize demonstrate the power of unified community action, perseverance and the courts in the battle to save the planet from environmental collapse.