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ABOUT THE BRIGHT AWARD
This annual $100,000 award, Stanford’s largest environmental prize, recognizes exceptional contributions to global sustainability and is given to an organization in one of 10 rotating regions each year. The prize was made possible by a gift to Stanford Law School from Ray Bright, Stanford Law School class of 1959, a lifelong conservationist, and his wife, Marcelle. This is the seventh year the prize has been awarded. To learn more about The Bright Award, click here.

2019 WINNER
This year’s recipient is Aisha Khan, who has led and coordinated multiple efforts to restore and preserve the high mountain regions of Pakistan in ways that benefit local economies and empower the residents of Pakistan’s high mountain regions. To learn more about the winner, click here.

Aisha Khan Founder and Chief Executive of Mountain and Glacier Protection Organization Founder and Executive Director of the Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change

PANEL DISCUSSION: CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES
The panel will focus on the challenge of enlisting developing nations in the fight against climate change, as well as on the particular impact climate change has on the vulnerable communities and ecosystems in high mountain regions, like those in Pakistan.

	Marshall Burke Assistant Professor of Earth System Science, Stanford University Center Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment To view Marshall Burke’s full bio, click here.
	Greg Dalton Founder and Host, Climate One To view Greg Dalton’s full bio, click here.
	Aisha Khan Founder and Chief Executive, Mountain and Glacier Protection Organization Founder and Executive Director, Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change
	Gabrielle Wong-Parodi Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University Center Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment To view Gabrielle Wong-Parodi’s full bio, click here.