- List of laureates
- References
- External links
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.[1] In 2012, twenty of the Blue Planet Prize winners collaborated on a [https://www.scribd.com/doc/82268857/Blue-Planet-Synthesis-Paper-for-UNEP joint paper] that was launched at the UN Environment Programme's Governing Council meeting in Nairobi on 20 February.[2][3] 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 L. 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
References1. ^http://www.af-info.or.jp/en/blueplanet/list.html
2. ^UNEP. 2012. Blue Planet Prize winners call for transformational change to achieve sustainable development. Press release. 10 February 2011.
3. ^Pearce. F. 2012. [https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21465-earth-summit-is-doomed-to-fail-say-leading-ecologists.html Earth Summit is doomed to fail, say leading ecologists]. New Scientist website. 10 February 2012.
External links - The Asahi Glass Foundation
- [https://www.footprintnetwork.org/2017/10/31/blue-planet-prize-laureates-statement-planetary-prosperity-means-zero-carbon/ Blue Planet Prize Laureates Statement: Planetary Prosperity Means Zero Carbon] // Global Footprint Network site, 31 October 2017
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