2024 Blue Planet Prize: Announcement of Prize Laureates
2024年6月19日 - 11:00AM
ビジネスワイヤ(英語)
This year marks the 33rd awarding of the Blue Planet Prize, the
international environmental award sponsored by the Asahi Glass
Foundation, chaired by Takuya Shimamura. Every year, the Foundation
selects two recipients, individuals or organizations who have made
significant contributions to the resolution of global environmental
problems. The Board of Directors has selected the following 2024
Blue Planet Prize laureates.
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1.
Professor Robert Costanza (USA &
Australia) born on September 14, 1950, in the United States
Ecological Economics at the Institute for Global Prosperity,
University College London
In a groundbreaking 1997 paper, Professor
Costanza and colleagues demonstrated, for the first time, that the
ecosystem services provided by nature to humans far exceed the
economic value of the world's GDP at that time. This work brought
global attention to the previously understated importance of
ecosystem services. As a co-founder of ecological economics, a new
field of study that recognizes that the economy is embedded in
society and a finite biosphere, Professor Costanza actively
advocates for an ecologically sustainable, wellbeing society.
2.
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform
on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Established on April
21, 2012, IPBES secretariat: Bonn (Germany)
IPBES is the leading global authority on
the state of knowledge and science about biodiversity, ecosystem
services and nature’s contributions to people. Their landmark
Reports facilitate better science-informed policy and action across
scales, sectors, and knowledge systems. As growing numbers of
companies also start to evaluate, disclose and improve their impact
on the environment, businesses are also using the IPBES Reports to
help shape their corporate sustainability strategies and ESG
(environmental, social, and governance) activities.
Each recipient is presented with a certificate of merit, a
commemorative trophy, and 500,000 US dollars in prize money.
• The Award Ceremony is scheduled on Wednesday, October 23,
2024, at Tokyo Kaikan. Commemorative lectures will be given on
October 24 and 26, 2024, at the University of Tokyo and at Kyoto
University, respectively.
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