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The Sustainability Awards 2024

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Awards to researchers from the USA, Denmark, Germany, and China


This year, the prestigious Sustainability Awards, supported by the Nobel

Sustainability Trust (NST) in cooperation with the Technical University of Munich

(TUM) were awarded to three researchers from the USA, Denmark and Germany, as

well as China. Dr. Mathis Wackernagel, Prof. Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, and Prof. Jiuhui

Qu are recognized for their leadership in implementing sustainability measures and

their outstanding contributions in the fields of agriculture and water.


The awardees will be presented at the 4th Summit of the Nobel Sustainability Trust from

November 20 to 21, 2024, in San Francisco. Eligible for the award are individuals from

science and industry, as well as organizations and companies that promote the United

Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.


About the Awardees:




Prof. Jiuhui Qu (© CMG - China Media Group)


Peter Nobel, Chairman of the Nobel Sustainability Trust, said: “Solving natural resource

scarcity, such as water, or adopting sustainable agricultural practices, involve not only

scientific breakthroughs but also requires technological innovation, political efforts, and

incentives from non-profit organizations. This is what we want to push forward through the

Sustainability Awards. The NST is therefore proud of this year's selection of the three

distinguished researchers who all - on an international scale - have addressed the current

and future environmental challenges linked to the climate crisis.”


Prof. Michael Molls, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study of the Technical University of Munich (TUM-IAS), emphasized: “It takes interdisciplinary research and staying power to

achieve sustainability. TUM focuses on interdisciplinary research and sustainability. Together

with the NST, we can recognize outstanding results and implementations in science-led

sustainability. The outstanding contributions of our three awardees in deepening research

and development on sustainability topics and in sharing knowledge beyond their community

reflect our mission.”


About the Awards:

The Sustainability Awards recognizes distinguished individuals, organizations, or companies

in different fields for their contribution to fostering, innovating, and implementing sustainable solutions for the well-being of our society, economy, and planet at present and in the future.

The Institute for Advanced Study of the Technical University of Munich (TUM-IAS) oversees

the two-stage competitive selection process. The selection committee consists of

internationally renowned experts from academia and industry. The final award committee is

composed of professors from TUM. The total prize amount is up to 1.3 million Swedish

kronor annually, provided by the Nobel Sustainability Trust.

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