Blue Planet Prize Winners Announced

[havelock]

Awarded to

Dr. James Hansen (U.S.A), Director at Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA), Adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University

for

"Having predicted global warming in the early stage and warned that it would very probably cause destructive results for life on Earth, he called on the governments and the public to take immediate action to reduce and mitigate the impact of climate change."

and

Dr. Robert Watson (U.K.), Chief Scientific Adviser of the U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Chair of Environmental Science and Science Director at Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, the University of East Anglia

for

"Having organized the famous scientific project to derive scientific evidence of the depletion of the Ozone Layer, he eventually endorsed the Montreal Protocol. Later as Chair of IPCC, he played a significant role in coordinating and bridging science and policy for protecting the world environment."

More information can be found at www.af-info.or.jp/en/blueplanet/introduction.html

[havelock]

[ignoring the graph above as I believe it to be a 'glitch']

from www.af-info.or.jp/en/blueplanet/list.html

"A total of 800 nominators from Japan and 1,200 nominators from other countries recommended 105 candidates. The fields represented by the candidates, in order of number, were ecology (29), environmental economics and policy making (19), atmospheric and earth sciences (18)and Compound area (10).
The candidates represented 23 countries; 13 persons, 12 percent of the total, were from developing countries.
After individual evaluation of the 105 candidates by each Selection Committee member, the committee was convened to narrow down the field. The results of their deliberation were examined by the Presentation Committee, which forwarded its recommendations to the Board of Directors and Councillors. The Board formally resolved to award the Prize to Dr. James Hansen and Dr. Robert Watson."

Seems like they have apretty robust system. I'm pleased to see that there were several candidates from developing countries.

I believe the prize winners make a presentation/speech when they attend the prize giving ceremony. They should be interesting.

[havelock]

Not sure of the relevance of this graph to the thread - perhaps you could explain?