Winning the 2022 Natural Climate Solutions Award will bring a prize of £25,000 as well as ongoing development support, from professional mentoring to pro-bono legal help.   

We put winners in front of funders, investors, policymakers, journalists and others who know the unique value of an Ashden Award and the strength of our rigorous assessment process.   

We’ll create a promotional film about your work and tell your story in mainstream and specialist media, and through our growing digital channels. We’ve helped previous winners gain coverage at Sky News, The Telegraph, Times of India, Al Jazeera, New Scientist and other leading platforms.  

As an award winner, your views, needs and insights will be at the heart of our influential reports, toolkits and events – which shape the views of key climate decision makers.  

All winners join the Ashden network – giving them the chance to connect with new partners through masterclasses, investor pitching events and introductions to influential policy makers.  

Businesses, NGOs, government organisations, and social enterprises (both for-profit and not-for-profit, including community groups) are all eligible for the 2022 Natural Climate Solutions Award.  

Each Ashden award is limited to work in certain parts of the world. The Natural Climate Solutions award focuses on (the Amazon Basin, Congo Basin and Southeast Asian rainforest.) 

See below for a list of eligible countries: 

• Amazon Basin: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname. 

• Congo Basin: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. 
• Southeast Asia: Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

See the full list of eligibility criteria here. 

The 2022 award will discover and champion innovative, community-led projects.

Rural local and indigenous communities are leading the way with ideas and solutions for nature-based sustainable development. This award looks for replicable initiatives reducing poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, supporting communities to be effective stewards of forests and protect biodiversity. 

Work eligible for the award includes inclusive and sustainable business models, finance initiatives supporting community forest enterprises, agroforestry and permaculture programmes, market creation activities for sustainable forest products, and collaborations between the food, forest-product and conservation sectors.

See the full list of criteria here. 

The deadline for applications is Friday 8 July 2022.

The application form for this award is here. You should fill this in and email it to dawn.stevenson@ashden.org 

To apply in French, Spanish or Portuguese, please use the following information and application forms:

• French
• Spanish
• Portuguese

If you would like to to discuss whether your work is relevant to the Ashden Awards, or have questions about the application process, please contact us on +44 (0) 20 7410 7023 or apply@ashden.org