In the article “Forbes Sustainability Leaders 2025,” Forbes released its second annual Sustainability Leaders list that honors 50 individuals working to combat the climate crisis across the globe. Among them is GW Engineering alumna Anousheh Ansari who was the first Iranian to go to space, which she feels was her call to action to help protect the planet.
Here is an excerpt from the article: “Anousheh Ansari is the CEO of XPRIZE Foundation, a nonprofit that runs competitions with $500 million in prizes designed to spur new ideas on how to tackle environmental challenges. Under her leadership, the Elon Musk-backed foundation awarded the $100 million Carbon Removal prize in April 2025, the largest incentive competition in climate tech history with 1,300 teams across 80 countries.”
Read the full article on Forbes.