Volvo Environment Prize
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Volvo Environment Prize is
an annual international award
originating in Sweden. The prize is awarded to individuals who explore the way to a sustainable world. The prize is awarded by the independent foundation The Volvo Environment Prize Foundation instituted 1989.
A recipient of the Volvo Environment Prize receives an original diploma by Swedish artist Göran Dahlbom, a glass sculpture and a cash award for SEK 1.5 million (approximately EUR 140 000 or USD 190 000).
or laureates of the annual Volvo Environment Prize for recommendation to the Board of the Foundation lies with an international Prize Jury.
The Jury consists of Professor Gita Sen, Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore; Professor Roger Kaspersen,The George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark University
; Professor Jacqueline McGlade
; Julia Marton-Lefevre, International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg, Sweden
has appointed a Scientific Committee
. The Scientific Committee makes the initial screening and evaluation of candidates which are presented to the Prize Jury.
winners. The laureates represent all fields of environmental
and sustainability studies and initiatives.
an annual international award
Award
An award is something given to a person or a group of people to recognize excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signifiedby trophies, titles, certificates, commemorative plaques, medals, badges, pins, or ribbons...
originating in Sweden. The prize is awarded to individuals who explore the way to a sustainable world. The prize is awarded by the independent foundation The Volvo Environment Prize Foundation instituted 1989.
A recipient of the Volvo Environment Prize receives an original diploma by Swedish artist Göran Dahlbom, a glass sculpture and a cash award for SEK 1.5 million (approximately EUR 140 000 or USD 190 000).
Organisation
The responsibility for selecting the laureateLaureate
In English, the word laureate has come to signify eminence or association with literary or military glory. It is also used for winners of the Nobel Prize.-History:...
or laureates of the annual Volvo Environment Prize for recommendation to the Board of the Foundation lies with an international Prize Jury.
The Jury consists of Professor Gita Sen, Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore; Professor Roger Kaspersen,The George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark University
Clark University
Clark University is a private research university and liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts.Founded in 1887, it is the oldest educational institution founded as an all-graduate university. Clark now also educates undergraduates...
; Professor Jacqueline McGlade
Jacqueline McGlade
Jacqueline M. McGlade is a leading marine biologist and environmental informatics professor. Her research focusses on the spatial and nonlinear dynamics of ecosystems, climate change and scenario development....
; Julia Marton-Lefevre, International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
has appointed a Scientific Committee
Committee
A committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is usually intended to remain subordinate to another, larger deliberative assembly—which when organized so that action on committee requires a vote by all its entitled members, is called the "Committee of the Whole"...
. The Scientific Committee makes the initial screening and evaluation of candidates which are presented to the Prize Jury.
Laureates
Since the first award in 1990, the prize has gone to 36 individuals . Among them are many well-known names and three Nobel PrizeNobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winners. The laureates represent all fields of environmental
Natural environment
The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. It is an environment that encompasses the interaction of all living species....
and sustainability studies and initiatives.
- 2011 Professor Hans Joachim SchellnhuberHans Joachim SchellnhuberHans Joachim "John" Schellnhuber is the founding Director of Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Chair of the German Advisory Council on Global Change. He is also providing advice to the President of the European Union Commission, José Manuel Barroso....
- 2010 Harold A. MooneyHarold A. MooneyHarold A. "Hal" Mooney is an American ecologists and professor from Stanford University. He earned his Ph.D. at Duke University in 1960 and was employed by University of California-Los Angeles the same year. He joined the staff at Stanford University in 1968...
- 2009 Dr Susan SolomonSusan SolomonSusan Solomon is an atmospheric chemist working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Solomon was one of the first to propose chlorofluorocarbons as the cause of the Antarctic ozone hole.Solomon is a member of the U.S...
- 2008 Professor C S Holling
- 2007 Amory LovinsAmory LovinsAmory Bloch Lovins is an American environmental scientist and writer, Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute. He has worked in the field of energy policy and related areas for four decades...
- 2006 Professor Ray HilbornRay HilbornRay Hilborn is a marine biologist and fisheries scientist, known for his work on conservation and natural resource management in the context of fisheries.He is currently professor of aquatic and fishery science at the University of Washington...
, Professor Daniel PaulyDaniel PaulyDaniel Pauly is a French-born marine biologist, well-known for his work in studying human impacts on global fisheries. He is a professor and the project leader of the Sea Around Us Project at the Fisheries Centre at the University of British Columbia. He also served as Director of the Fisheries...
and Professor Carl WaltersCarl WaltersCarl Walters is an American born biologist known for his work involving fisheries stock assessments, the adaptive management concept, and ecosystem modeling. Walters has been a professor of Zoology and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia since 1969... - 2005 Dr Mary T Kalin Arroyo and Professor Aila Inkeri Keto
- 2004 Dr David Satterthwaite, Jamie Lerner, Dr Luisa Molina and Dr Mario Molina
- 2003 Professor Madhav GadgilMadhav GadgilMadhav Gadgil is an Indian ecologist.-Biography:He was born in Maharashtra studied biology at University of Poona and University of Bombay before doing a Ph.D. thesis in the area of mathematical ecology at Harvard University...
and Professor Muhammad YunusMuhammad YunusMuhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and founder of the Grameen Bank, an institution that provides microcredit to help its clients establish creditworthiness and financial self-sufficiency. In 2006 Yunus and Grameen received the Nobel Peace Prize... - 2002 Partha DasguptaPartha DasguptaProfessor Sir Partha Sarathi Dasgupta, FRS, FBA , is the Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge; Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; and Professor of Environmental and Development Economics at the...
and Karl-Göran Mäler - 2001 Dr. George M. WoodwellGeorge M. WoodwellGeorge M. Woodwell born October 23, 1930 Woodwell has been an environmentalist for many year and is an ecologist. He is an alumnus of Dartmouth College, class of 1950....
- 2000 Professor José GoldembergJosé GoldembergJosé Goldemberg , a Brazilian physicist, university educator, scientific leader and research scientist, is a leading expert on energy end environment issues....
, Dr. Thomas B. Johansson, Professor Amulya K. Reddy and Dr Robert H. Williams - 1999 Dr. M S Swaminathan,
- 1998 Professor David SchindlerDavid SchindlerDavid William Schindler OC, D.Phil., FRSC, FRS is an American/Canadian limnologist. He holds the Killam Memorial Chair and is Professor of Ecology in the at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada...
, Professor Malin Falkenmark - 1997 Dr Veerabhadran RamanathanVeerabhadran RamanathanVeerabhadran Ramanathan is Victor Alderson Professor of Applied Ocean Sciences and director of the Center for Atmospheric Sciences at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. He has contributed to many areas of the atmospheric sciences including developments to...
- 1996 Dr. James LovelockJames LovelockJames Lovelock, CH, CBE, FRS is an independent scientist, environmentalist and futurologist who lives in Devon, England. He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the biosphere is a self-regulating entity with the capacity to keep our planet healthy by controlling...
- 1995 Professor Gilberg White
- 1994 Professor Gita Sen
- 1993 Professor Paul R. EhrlichPaul R. EhrlichPaul Ralph Ehrlich is an American biologist and educator who is the Bing Professor of Population Studies in the department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University and president of Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology. By training he is an entomologist specializing in Lepidoptera , but...
and Professor John P. Holdren - 1992 Dr. Norman MyersNorman MyersNorman Myers BA PhD , is a British environmentalist specialisting in biodiversity. He is an influential figure among policy and institutional circles, although much of his more prominent work - such as on environmental refugees' - is widely viewed as lacking academic credibility...
and Professor Peter H. RavenPeter H. RavenPeter Hamilton Raven is a botanist and environmentalist, notable as the longtime director, now President Emeritus, of the Missouri Botanical Garden.-Early life:... - 1991 Professor Paul Crutzen
- 1990 Professor John V. Krutilla and Professor Allen V. Kneese