German Environmental Prize
The German Environmental Prize (German: Deutscher Umweltpreis) is a government-sponsored award for protecting the environment. Worth €500,000, it is one of the most valuable environmental awards in Europe.[1]
The sponsor German Federal Environmental Foundation (, DBU) is based in Osnabrück; the prize has been awarded by the President of Germany since 1993.[2][3] The prize is awarded for "commitment and achievements that make a decisive and exemplary contribution to the protection and preservation of our environment now and in the future".[4]
Winners[]
Source:[5]
Year | Winner | Reason |
---|---|---|
1993[6] | Works on the first worldwide refrigerators without FCKW and FKW | |
Wolfgang Haber | Popularisation of environmental issues | |
1994[7] | Paul Crutzen and Frank Arnold | Works on ozone depletion |
and the city of | Environmentally friendly works in non urban regions | |
Umweltinitiativen der Wirtschaft in Ostwestfalen | Implementation of higher environment standards | |
1995[8] | Georg Winter | Environmentally friendly management |
Environmentally friendly management | ||
1996[9] | Maciej Nowicki | Founder of the Polish Environment Foundation |
Wilkhahn Wilkening & Hahne GmbH & Co. | Icon in environment controlling | |
1997[10] | Michael Otto | Environment management system by Otto GmbH |
Material and energy flows in forests | ||
Work on environmentally friendly Refrigerants | ||
1998[11] | Lennart Bengtsson, Hartmut Graßl, Klaus Hasselmann (Workgroup Klimaforschung by Max Planck Institute for Meteorology) | Global and regional climate modelling |
Works in Photovoltaics | ||
1999[12] | Oecology in textiles and clothing | |
Wilhelm Barthlott | Lotus effect by Surface | |
2000[13] | Environment and material flow management in Hospitals | |
Aloys Wobben | Work on Wind turbines | |
2001[14] | Work on Precision Farming | |
, | Work on oecology management concepts for breweries | |
Wolfgang Feist | Work on Passivhaus concepts | |
2002[15] | Biological pest control using microorganisms | |
Klaus Töpfer | International engagement on environmental issues | |
2003[16] | Work on Bionik | |
Work on environmentally friendly exhaust gas technology for automotive engineering | ||
2004[17] | Work on a new Gasket principle for the chemistry industry | |
Pioneer of white biotechnology | ||
Hannelore Schmidt | Life Work | |
2005[18] | Founder of | in Nieklitz|
Joachim Luther | Use of Solar energy | |
Heinz Sielmann | Life's Work | |
2006[19] | Technology transfer for water cleaning in developing countries | |
Work on Global warming | ||
2007[20] | Engagement for environment and climate | |
Carl Schmitt and Jürgen Köhler (both | )Work on Environmentally friendly refrigerants | |
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber | Work on climate | |
2008[21] | Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker | Environmental politician and counsellor for UNO |
Work on Biocatalysis by ground organisms | ||
2009 | ||
2010 | / | |
Mikhail Gorbachev | ||
2011 | Jürgen Schmidt | |
and | ||
2012 | and | |
2013 | ||
Ursula Sladek | ||
2014[22] | Energy efficiency expert | |
Scientist and founder of UNISENSOR | ||
Honorary award | ||
2015[23] | Mojib Latif | Outstanding research communication (climate researcher) |
Johan Rockström | Founding director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre | |
Michael Succow | Honorary award for exceptional personality in nature conservation | |
2016[24] | [25] | Founder and CEO of company Fairphone for being a pioneer for more resource efficiency in the smartphone industry[26] |
and | Betonrecycling | |
2017[27] | German Green Belt | |
and | ||
Tony de Brum | Honorary award | |
2018[28] | Antje Boetius | |
2019[29] | ||
Reinhard Schneider | ||
2020[30][31] | Ottmar Edenhofer | |
[32] | (née Trappmann) and||
Martin Sorg | Honorary award for biodiversity | |
2021[33][3] | Katrin Böhning-Gaese[34][35] | |
See also[]
- List of environmental awards
- List of prizes named after people
References[]
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Kassel (ots) – Sonntag Festakt der DBU für Wissenschaftler Hennicke und Unternehmer Krieg – Ehrenpreis für Weinzierl
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Categories:
- Environmental awards
- German awards
- Awards established in 1993