The annual Piers Sellers Prize-giving event, at which we present prizes in the name of climate scientist, astronaut, and Leeds alumnus Piers Sellers, took place on Monday 24 June 2019. This year’s two winners were Petra Tschakert, for her world leading contribution to solution focused climate research, and Tom Slater, a final year PhD student working in the NERC-funded Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling in the School of Earth and Environment, for exceptional research to address climate change. The prize-giving included a short address from Tom, as well as lecture from Petra.