{
  "id": 4927015,
  "title": "Christiana Figueres & Garik Israelian on Jane Goodall’s legacy and the search for truth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/christiana-figueres-garik-israelian-on-jane-goodalls-legacy-and-the",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-01T20:06:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2026/09/christiana-figueres-garik-israelian-on-jane-goodalls-legacy-and-the-search-for-truth/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Starmus Festival has established a new award, the Jane Goodall Earth Medal, in remembrance of the late conservation pioneer Jane Goodall. Christiana Figueres, the recipient of this inaugural medal, is a former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and played a crucial role in negotiating the Paris climate agreement. Figueres expressed her admiration for Goodall, stating, \"What an absolute giant [Goodall] was to her very last day.\" Garik Israelian, co-founder of the Starmus Festival, highlighted the festival's theme, \"The Search for Truth,\" and credited his advisory board, which includes astrophysicists Brian May and Peter Gabriel, for the idea of the medal.",
  "summary": "A new award has been created in honor of late conservation icon Jane Goodall by the board of the Starmus Festival, an international gathering of scientists and artists to be held from Oct. 17-22 in Tenerife, Spain. Christiana Figueres has been selected as the recipient of this inaugural Jane Goodall Earth Medal. Figueres is the […]",
  "key_points": [
    "Jane Goodall Earth Medal inaugurated at Starmus Festival",
    "Christiana Figueres receives inaugural medal for climate work",
    "Garik Israelian credits advisory board for medal idea"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}