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.

External links

• Zayed International Prize for the Environment