Zayed International Prize for the Environment

The Zayed International Prize for the Environment is a prize awarded by the Zayed International Foundation for the Environment.

The prize consists of one million American dollars, divided among three recipients. The recipient of the Global Leadership on the Environment component receives $USD 500 000, the recipient of the Scientific and Technological Achievement component receives $USD 300 000, and the recipient of the Environmental Action Leading to Positive Change in Society component receives $USD 200 000.[1] The value of the prize is the highest of any environmental prize.[2]

The prize was established in 1999, by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and were first awarded in 2001.[3] The prize was named after Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan.[4]

Winners

Global Leadership on the Environment

2001 Jimmy Carter
2003 British Broadcasting Company
2005 Kofi Anan
2008 Gro Harlem Brundtland
2011 Lee Myung-bak
2014 Albert II of Monaco

Scientific and Technological Achievement

2001 Mohamed El-Kassas World Commission on Dams
2003 Godwin Obasi Mostafa Tolba Bert Bolin
2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
2008 Jane Lubchenco V. Ramanathan
2011 Partha Dasgupta
2014 Ashok Khosla Zakri Abdul Hamid

Environmental Action Leading to Positive Change in Society

2001 Yolanda Kakabadse Stephan Schmidheiny
2003 Badria Al Awadhi Jamal Mohamed Safi
2005 Angela Cropper Emil Salim
2008 Environment Development Action in the Third World Tierramérica
2011 Mathis Wackernagel Najib Saab
2014 Luc Hoffmann Paula Caballero Gómez

References

  1. ↑ "Environmental prize for UN chief". British Broadcasting Company. 19 December 2005.
  2. ↑ "Sir Partha Dasgupta Awarded US$300K Zayed Prize". APN News. 16 March 2011.
  3. ↑ Nadeem Hanif (7 May 2014). "Sustainability efforts recognised by Zayed environmental awards". The National.
  4. ↑ "Zakri awarded prestigious environment prize". MalayMail Online. 3 February 2014.

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