2026 Climate Leader Awardees
April 29, 2026
Yesterday, Mayor Michelle Wu and the City of Boston’s Environment Department hosted the second annual Boston Climate Leader Awards at The Prudential Center’s View Boston, hosted by BXP, honoring the local leaders making extraordinary contributions to the city’s ambitious climate action goals.
We were excited to celebrate all of the awardees, especially A Better City's own Yve Torrie, Director of Climate, Energy & Resilience, who received the Emerald Skyline Award for her leadership in decarbonizing Boston's large new and existing buildings. Yve was specifically recognized for her role in helping to establish the PowerCorpsBOS building operations training program, as well as ongoing efforts to amplify the voices of the business community in the development and implementation of building decarbonization policies.
The following A Better City members and partners were also recognized for their outstanding leadership: Bob Biggio, Boston Medical Center; Norman B. Leventhal Honoree Mela Bush; Dr. Patricia Fabian, Boston University; PowerCorpsBOS partner Franklin Cummings Tech; Mass General Brigham; Museum of Science; New England Aquarium; Katie Dafforn, Stone Living Lab & UMass Boston; and Wharf District Council.
Additionally, Mayor Wu honored Amos Hostetter Jr. with the Climate Catalyst Legacy Award, recognizing his years of cultivating lasting public-private partnerships to drive climate action as the co-founder of both the Barr Foundation and Green Ribbon Commission.
To see the complete slate of awardees, check out the press release and event photos.
