Sarah Finch, a UK climate activist whose 2024 Supreme Court case required fossil fuel projects to account for emissions impact, won the Goldman Environmental Prize alongside five other women — the first all-female cohort in the award's 37-year history. The Finch ruling has already blocked or delayed multiple projects including North Sea oil concessions and the UK's first new deep coalmine in 30 years. The six winners represent major environmental victories: Nigeria's Iroro Tanshi protected endangered bats from wildfires, South Korea's Borin Kim won the continent's first youth climate litigation, and Papua New Guinea's Theonila Roka Matbob forced Rio Tinto to address mining devastation.