Vishal Prasad of Fiji accepts ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ on behalf of Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change
Vishal Prasad, Director and co-founder of Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC), will accept the 2025 Right Livelihood Award in Stockholm on 2 December on behalf of the group. Since 2019, he has been at the forefront of the youth-driven campaign that united more than 130 countries behind the call for an Advisory Opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The six-year effort pushed governments to seek clarity on states’ legal duties to safeguard present and future generations from climate harms. On 23 July 2025, the ICJ issued its landmark opinion, confirming those obligations and opening the door to new avenues for climate justice worldwide. Prasad is now continuing this work to operationalise the ICJ’s ruling at PISFCC, strengthening global youth action to
hold governments accountable for the climate crisis.
The 2025 Right Livelihood Award, also known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” is being given to four Laureates: Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change and Julian Aguon (Pacific Islands and Guam), Justice For Myanmar (Myanmar), Audrey Tang (Taiwan), and Emergency Response Rooms (Sudan).
Since 1980, the Right Livelihood Award has recognised 203 Laureates from 81 countries, celebrating their courage to solve global problems
