Created in 2021, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Environmental Photography Award serves a dual purpose: to celebrate the extraordinary beauty of our planet and to raise awareness of the major challenges we face in protecting it. Professional or amateur photographers can compete in five categories: Change Makers: Reasons for Hope; Humanity versus Nature; Polar Wonders, Into the Forest and Marine Worlds. These photographers take us on a pictorial journey from the polar ice caps to the secret canopies, showing both the devasteting effects of human activity and the courage of communities working for a sustainable world. Each photograph is accompanied by the photographers' personal accounts, providing inspiration for establishing a more harmonious relationship with nature.