Zayed Sustainability Prize Honours Global Pioneers Advancing Progress - CleanTechnica

The Zayed Sustainability Prize, a UAE-based award recognizing innovative solutions to global challenges, announced its 2026 winners during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, awarding a total of US$5.9 million to 11 organizations and high schools from countries including the UAE, Brazil, Canada, Nepal, Switzerland, and Uganda. Celebrating 18 years of impact, the Prize supports innovations across six categories: Health, Food, Energy, Water, Climate Action, and Global High Schools. Since its inception in 2008, it has recognized 128 winners whose solutions have reached over 411 million people worldwide. This year’s winners were selected from a record 7,761 submissions spanning 173 countries, evaluated by experts and a jury chaired by former Icelandic President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson. The Prize highlights practical, scalable innovations that address critical social and environmental challenges. For example, in the Health category, Jade, a UAE SME, was honored for its AI-enabled neurodevelopmental screening platform that