Blue Planet awards
3 of my heroes have been awarded the Blue Planet prize.
1997 James Lovelock
2006 Akira Miyawaki
2010 James Hansen
I’m not so sure about Jared Diamond and Paul Ehrlich.
Here’s the full list:
List of laureates
1992 Dr. Syukuro Manabe and the International Institute for Environment and Development
1993 Dr Charles D. Keeling and IUCN-The World Conservation Union
1994 Prof. Dr. Eugen Seibold and Mr. Lester R. Brown
1995 Mr. Maurice F. Strong and Dr. Bert Bolin
1996 Dr. Wallace S. Broecker and M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
1999 Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich and Prof. Qu Geping
2000 Dr. Theo Colborn and Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt
2003 Dr. Gene E. Likens / Dr. F. Herbert Bormann and Dr. Vo Quy
2005 Prof. Sir Nicholas Shackleton and Dr. Gordon Hisashi Sato
2006 Dr. Akira Miyawaki and Dr. Emil Salim
2007 Professor Joseph Sax and Dr. Amory B. Lovins
2009 Professor Hirofumi Uzawa and Lord (Nicholas) Stern of Brentford
2010 Dr. James Hansen and Dr. Robert Watson
2011 Dr. Jane Lubchenco and Barefoot College
2012 Professor William E. Rees / Dr. Mathis Wackernagel and Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy
2013 Dr. Taroh Matsuno and Dr. Daniel Sperling
2014 Prof. Herman Daly and Prof. Daniel H. Janzen / Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio)
2015 Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta FBA FRS and Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs
2016 Mr. Pavan Sukhdev and Prof. Markus Borner
2017 Prof. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber and Prof. Gretchen C. Daily
2018 Prof. Brian Walker and Prof. Malin Falkenmark
2019 Prof. Eric Lambin and Prof. Jared Diamond
2020 Prof. David Tilman and Dr. Simon Stuart
2021 Prof. Veerabhadran Ramanathan and Prof. Mohan Munasinghe
2022 His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth King of Bhutan and Prof. Stephen Carpenter
2023 Richard Thompson / Tamara Galloway / Penelope Lindeque and Debarati Guha-Sapir