Al Jazeera correspondent wins prestigious UN Climate Change Award

Al Jazeera’s Andrew Thomas won the Prince Albert II of Monaco and UNCA Global Prize for coverage of Climate Change during the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) Awards Gala on Monday, December 14th in New York.

The award was for four television reports Thomas made to show how a small island like Samoa was able to attract worldwide attention by organizing a summit to focus on problems that small islands and big countries need to solve to avoid the disaster of climate change.

“I’m delighted and honoured to have received such a prestigious award,” said Thomas, “It reflects Al Jazeera’s deep commitment to covering environmental issues, and its investment in stories from the most vulnerable parts of the world.”

Commenting on the win, Giles Trendle, A/ Managing Director for Al Jazeera English, said:

“We are delighted Andrew Thomas is the Gold Medal Winner for the Prince Albert II of Monaco and UNCA Global Prize for coverage of Climate Change. At Al Jazeera English we recognize the importance and urgency of covering environmental and climate change issues, and we are thrilled that Andrew’s outstanding reports have received such recognition.”

Andrew is an Asia-Pacific correspondent for Al Jazeera, based in Sydney.  He was a roving reporter for Channel 4 News in London, and trained at the BBC.

For more information:

http://unca.com/2015-unca-awards-winners/