The Blue Planet Prize recognises outstanding efforts in scientific research or applications of science that contribute to solving global environmental problems. The prize was created by the
Asahi Glass Foundation in 1992, the year of the
Rio Earth Summit, and since then the foundation has awarded the prize to two winners every year. In 2012, twenty of the Blue Planet Prize winners collaborated on
joint paperthat was launched at the
UN Environment Programme's Governing Council meeting in
Nairobi
Nairobi is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kenya. The city lies in the south-central part of Kenya, at an elevation of . The name is derived from the Maasai language, Maasai phrase , which translates to 'place of cool waters', a ...
on 20 February.
[Pearce. F. 2012]
Earth Summit is doomed to fail, say leading ecologists
New Scientist website. 10 February 2012.
List of laureates
* 1992
Dr. Syukuro Manabe and the
International Institute for Environment and Development
* 1993
Dr Charles D. Keeling and
IUCN-The World Conservation Union
* 1994 Prof. Dr.
Eugen Seibold and
Mr. Lester R. Brown
* 1995
Mr. Maurice F. Strong and
Dr. Bert Bolin
* 1996
Dr. Wallace S. Broecker and
M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
* 1997
Dr. James E. Lovelock and
Conservation International
* 1998
Prof. Mikhail I. Budyko and
Mr. David R. Brower
* 1999
Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich and Prof.
Qu Geping
* 2000
Dr. Theo Colborn and
Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt
* 2001
Lord (Robert) May of Oxford and
Dr. Norman Myers
* 2002
Professor Harold A. Mooney and
Prof. J. Gustave Speth
* 2003
Dr. Gene E. Likens /
Dr. F. Herbert Bormann and
Dr. Vo Quy
* 2004
Dr. Susan Solomon and
Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland
* 2005
Prof. Sir Nicholas Shackleton and
Dr. Gordon Hisashi Sato
* 2006
Dr. Akira Miyawaki and
Dr. Emil Salim
* 2007 Professor
Joseph Sax and
Dr. Amory B. Lovins
* 2008
Dr. Claude Lorius and
Professor José Goldemberg
* 2009
Professor Hirofumi Uzawa and
Lord (Nicholas) Stern of Brentford
* 2010
Dr. James Hansen and
Dr. Robert Watson
* 2011
Dr. Jane Lubchenco and
Barefoot College
* 2012
Professor William E. Rees /
Dr. Mathis Wackernagel and
Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy
* 2013 Dr.
Taroh Matsuno and Dr.
Daniel Sperling
* 2014
Prof. Herman Daly and
Prof. Daniel H. Janzen /
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio)
* 2015
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta FBA FRS and
Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs
* 2016 Mr.
Pavan Sukhdev and Prof.
Markus Borner
* 2017 Prof.
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber and Prof.
Gretchen C. Daily
* 2018 Prof.
Brian Walker and Prof.
Malin Falkenmark
* 2019 Prof.
Eric Lambin and Prof.
Jared Diamond
Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) is an American scientist, historian, and author. In 1985 he received a MacArthur Genius Grant, and he has written hundreds of scientific and popular articles and books. His best known is '' Guns, G ...
* 2020 Prof.
David Tilman and Dr.
Simon Stuart
* 2021 Prof.
Veerabhadran Ramanathan and Prof.
Mohan Munasinghe
* 2022 His Majesty
Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth King of Bhutan and Prof.
Stephen Carpenter
* 2023
Richard Thompson /
Tamara Galloway /
Penelope Lindeque and
Debarati Guha-Sapir
* 2024 Prof.
Robert Costanza
Robert Costanza (born September 14, 1950) is an American/Australian ecological economist and Professor at the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity, University College London. He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia a ...
an
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)* 2025 Prof. Robert B. Jackson and Dr.
Jeremy Leggett
See also
*
List of environmental awards
References
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External links
The Asahi Glass FoundationBlue Planet Prize Laureates Statement: Planetary Prosperity Means Zero Carbon//
Global Footprint Network site, 31 October 2017
Environmental awards
Japanese science and technology awards