Siya an resipiyente kan prestihiyosong gawad kan 2016 na Dangal ng Haraya Patron of Arts and Culture.[2] Siya man tinawan oran bilang Chevalier kan France[3][4] asin Cavaliere kan Italy.[5] Pinangaranan man siya kan United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change bilang National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Champion kan 2017.[6] Kan 2018, si Legarda naging Commissioner kan bagong buong internasyonal na organisasyon na, Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA).[7]