Climate Change
Inuit leader Sheila Watt-Cloutier is one of three winners of the 2015 Right Livelihood Awards for her work on climate change in the Arctic. The awards, dubbed the ‘alternative Nobels,’ include a $475,000 cash prize that Watt-Cloutier will share with the two other recipients. The other two recipients of the prize are Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera of Uganda, who was recognized for her work on gay rights and sexual minorities in Uganda, and Italian surgeon Gino Strada for providing medical assistance to victims of war.