The winners of Europe’s biggest environmental prize, the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt’s German Environmental Award 2015, have been announced.
Climate and ocean researcher Prof. Dr. Mojib Latif and global sustainability and climate scientist Prof. Dr. Johan Rockström will both receive the environmental prize in Essen on November 8, whilst international prestigious environmentalist Prof. Dr. Michael Succow will be awarded with the Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award.
With the presentation of its German Environmental Award, the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) is appealing “to the international community to set a course to ensure the future of humanity by safeguarding the planet, at the upcoming conferences in New York and Paris in 2015,” DBU Secretary General Dr. Heinrich Bottermann stressed today.
“The pace of global change towards sustainable development is much too slow. The facts are there before us. Our planet will be in serious danger if resolute action is not taken,” Bottermann said.
The independent award is worth altogether 500,000 euros.
Detailed text, individual commendations of the award winners and photos available at www.dbu.de
22 September 2015
