The Volvo Environment Prize is an annual international

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originating in Sweden. The prize is awarded to individuals who "''explore the way to a

sustainable Specific definitions of sustainability are difficult to agree on and have varied in the literature and over time. The concept of sustainability can be used to guide decisions at the global, national, and individual levels (e.g. sustainable livi ...

world''." The prize is awarded by the independent foundation ''The

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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.

Organisation

The responsibility for selecting the

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or laureates of the annual Volvo Environment Prize for recommendation to the Board of the Foundation lies with an international Prize Jury. The Jury currently consists of Professor Will Steffen, chair (

Australia National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

), Professor Mary Scholes (

University of the Witwatersrand The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (), is a multi-campus South African public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University or Wits ( or ). The university ...

, South Africa), Professor Peijun Shi (

Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University (BNU, ), colloquially known as Beishida (), is a public research university located in Beijing, China, with a strong emphasis on humanities and sciences. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China ...

, China), Professor Kazuhiko Takeuchi (

University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project b ...

, Japan) and Dr. Sybille van den Hove (

Autonomous University of Barcelona The Autonomous University of Barcelona ( ca, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; , es, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona; UAB), is a public university mostly located in Cerdanyola del Vallès, near the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. ...

, Spain). The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg,

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has appointed a Scientific

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. 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 38 individuals. Among them are many well-known names and three

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winners. The laureates represent all fields of

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and sustainability studies and initiatives. *2021 Professo
Paul Anastas
*2020 Professor Claire Kremen *2019 Professor Terry Chapin *2018 Professor Xuemei Bai *2017 Professor

Rashid Sumaila Rashid Sumaila (born 18 December 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and he is also a member of the Ghana national team. Sumaila won the '' 2011 Ghana Best Defender Award'' at the end of the 2010–11 Glo ...

*2016 Professor Carlos Nobre *2015 *2014 Professor Eric Lambin *2013 Qin Dahe *2012 Professor Gretchen Daily *2011 Professor

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Hans Joachim "John" Schellnhuber (born 7 June 1950) is a German atmospheric physicist, climatologist and founding director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and former chair of the German Advisory Council on Global ...

*2010 Harold A. Mooney *2009 Dr.

Susan Solomon Susan Solomon (born January 19, 1956 in Chicago) is an American atmospheric chemist, working for most of her career at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In 2011, Solomon joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech ...

*2008 Professor C. S. Holling *2007

Amory Lovins Amory Bloch Lovins (born November 13, 1947) is an American writer, physicist, and former chairman/chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute. He has written on energy policy and related areas for four decades, and served on the US Nationa ...

*2006 Professor

Ray Hilborn Ray Hilborn (born 1947) 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 W ...

, Professor Daniel Pauly and Professor Carl Walters *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 Gadgil Madhav Dhananjaya Gadgil (born 24 May 1942) is an Indian ecologist, academic, writer, columnist and the founder of the ''Centre for Ecological Sciences'', a research forum under the aegis of the Indian Institute of Science. He is a former memb ...

and Professor

Muhammad Yunus Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance ...

*2002

Partha Dasgupta Sir Partha Sarathi Dasgupta (born on 17 November 1942), is an Indian-British economist who is the Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. Personal ...

and Karl-Göran Mäler *2001 Dr. George M. Woodwell *2000 Professor

José Goldemberg José Goldemberg (born in Santo Ângelo, May 27, 1928) is a Brazilian physicist, university educator, scientific leader and research scientist. He is a leading expert on energy and environment issues. Goldemberg earned his Ph.D. in physical scien ...

, Dr. Thomas B. Johansson, Professor Amulya Kumar N. Reddy and Dr. Robert H. Williams *1999 Dr.

M. S. Swaminathan Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (born 7 August 1925) is an Indian agronomist, agricultural scientist, plant geneticist, administrator and humanitarian. Swaminathan is a global leader of the green revolution. He has been called the main archit ...

, *1998 Professor

David Schindler David William Schindler, , (August 3, 1940 – March 4, 2021) was an American/Canadian limnologist. He held the Killam Memorial Chair and was Professor of Ecology in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, A ...

, Professor Malin Falkenmark *1997 Dr.

Syukuro Manabe is a Japanese-American meteorologist and climatologist who pioneered the use of computers to simulate global climate change and natural climate variations. He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Klaus Hasselmann and Gi ...

and Dr. Veerabhadran Ramanathan *1996 Dr.

James Lovelock James Ephraim Lovelock (26 July 1919 – 26 July 2022) was an English independent scientist, environmentalist and futurist. He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the Earth functions as a self-regulating sy ...

*1995 Professor Gilbert F. White *1994 Professor Gita Sen *1993 Professor Paul R. Ehrlich and Professor John P. Holdren *1992 Dr.

Norman Myers Norman Myers (24 August 1934 – 20 October 2019) was a British environmentalist specialising in biodiversity and also noted for his work on environmental refugees. Biography Myers was born in Whitewell (Lancashire, then Yorkshire) and was r ...

and Professor Peter H. Raven *1991 Professor

Paul Crutzen Paul Jozef Crutzen (; 3 December 1933 – 28 January 2021) was a Dutch meteorologist and atmospheric chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995 for his work on atmospheric chemistry and specifically for his efforts in studyin ...

*1990 Professor John V. Krutilla and Professor

Allen V. Kneese Allan Victor Kneese (5 April 1930, Fredericksburg, Texas - 14 March 2001) was a pioneer in what came to be called environmental economics. He worked at Resources for the Future from 1961 onwards. He earned a master's degree from the University of ...

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