Environmental Photographer of the Year winners revealed

8 November 2021

The winners of the Environmental Photographer of the Year 2021 competition were recently announced at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.

© Antonio Aragon Renuncio. Environmental Photographer of the Year. The rising tide sons. A child sleeps inside his house destroyed by coastal erosion on Afiadenyigba beach. Sea-levels in West-African countries continue to rise and thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes.
© Antonio Aragon Renuncio. Environmental Photographer of the Year. The rising tide sons. A child sleeps inside his house destroyed by coastal erosion on Afiadenyigba beach. Sea-levels in West-African countries continue to rise and thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes.

Now in its 14th year, the competitionshowcases some of the world’s most inspirational environmental photography and provides an international platform to raise awareness for the environmental issues that put our planet at risk. 

© Michele Lapini. Environments of the Future. Flood. A house is submerged by the flooding of the River Panaro in the Po Valley due to heavy rainfall and melting snow.
© Michele Lapini. Environments of the Future. Flood. A house is submerged by the flooding of the
River Panaro in the Po Valley due to heavy rainfall and melting snow.

Spanish photographer Antonio Aragón Renuncio was named Environmental Photographer of the Year 2021 for his photo, The rising tide sons, which shows a child sleeping inside his house destroyed by coastal erosion on Afiadenyigba beach in Ghana. The image shines a spotlight on the rising sea-levels in West-African countries, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes.

© Ashraful Islam. The Resilient Award. Survive for alive. Flocks of sheep search for grass amongst the cracked soil. Extreme droughts in Bangladesh have created hardships for all living beings.
© Ashraful Islam. The Resilient Award. Survive for alive. Flocks of sheep search for grass amongst the cracked soil. Extreme droughts in Bangladesh have created hardships for all living beings.

2021 winners

  • Environmental Photographer of the Year: The rising tide sons, Antonio Aragon Renuncio, 2019.
  • Young Environmental Photographer of the Year - Nikon Award: Inferno, Amaan Ali, 2021.
  • Environments of the Future: Flood, Michele Lapini, 2020.
  • Sustainable Cities: Net-zero transition - Photobioreactor, Simone Tramonte, 2020.
  • Climate Action: The Last Breath, Kevin Ochieng Onyango, 2021.
  • Water and Security: Green barrier, Sandipani Chattopadhyay, 2021.
  • The Resilient Award: Survive for alive, Ashraful Islam, 2021.

The voting for the People’s Choice Award is now open to the public at this link.

The 2021 competition was organised by environmental and water management charity CIWEM and WaterBear, a free streaming platform dedicated to the future of our planet.

© Kevin Ochieng Onyango. Climate Action. The Last Breath. A boy takes in air from the plant, with a sand storm brewing in the background. This is an impression of the changes to come.
© Kevin Ochieng Onyango. Climate Action. The Last Breath. A boy takes in air from the plant, with a sand storm brewing in the background. This is an impression of the changes to come.
© Amaan Ali. Young Environmental Photographer of the Year. Inferno. A boy fighting surface fires in a forest near his home in Yamuna Ghat, New Delhi, India. According to locals, forest fires caused by human activity in the area are a common occurrence due to adverse living conditions.
© Amaan Ali. Young Environmental Photographer of the Year. Inferno. A boy fighting surface fires in a forest near his home in Yamuna Ghat, New Delhi, India. According to locals, forest fires caused by human activity in the area are a common occurrence due to adverse living conditions.
© Simone Tramonte. Sustainable Cities. Net-zero transition - Photobioreactor. A photobioreactor at Algalif’s facilities in Reykjanesbaer, Iceland, produces sustainable astaxanthin using clean geothermal energy. Iceland has shifted from fossil fuels to 100% of electricity and heat from renewable sources.
© Simone Tramonte. Sustainable Cities. Net-zero transition - Photobioreactor. A photobioreactor at Algalif’s facilities in Reykjanesbaer, Iceland, produces sustainable astaxanthin using clean geothermal energy. Iceland has shifted from fossil fuels to 100% of electricity and heat from renewable sources.
© Sandipani Chattopadhyay. Water and Security. Green barrier. Irregular monsoon seasons and droughts cause algal bloom on the Damodar river. Algal blooms prevent light from penetrating the surface and prevent oxygen absorbtion by the organisms beneath, impacting human health and habitats in the area.
© Sandipani Chattopadhyay. Water and Security. Green barrier. Irregular monsoon seasons and droughts cause algal bloom on the Damodar river. Algal blooms prevent light from penetrating the surface and prevent oxygen absorbtion by the organisms beneath, impacting human health and habitats in the area.

 

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