The RK Pachauri Award is aimed at young people who have the love and passion to make this world a better place and become the great generators and transformers of change.

The award was won by a team of 18-year-old high-school students including Stephanie Evans, Melissa Chen, Gloria Thomas, and Thilara De Mel for Seas of Change, a project that aims to raise funds and awareness for conservation efforts for dugongs, sea turtles, climate change, and plastic pollution. Seas of Change also runs school talks, fundraisers, and events within the Sydney community focusing on educating and empowering youth to take a stand for their environment, thus realising the power of their voice and aspirations.

This RK Pachauri award recognizes the actions and leadership of youth inspired by knowledge. The other projects contending for this award were The Color Book, Blue Warriors, POP Nigeria Initiative, and POP Ocean Initiative.

Seas of Change: https://www.seasofchange.com.au

Stephanie Evans, POP Ocean Ambassador: https://thepopmovement.org/team/stephanie-evans/