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One has contributed to the federal government’s climate package, the other two show how sustainable production works: Climate economist Edenhofer and entrepreneurial brothers Trappmann from Hesse share this year’s environmental award.
For their particularly economical use of energy and resources, a couple of entrepreneurs from Limburg received the German Prize for the Environment this year. Brothers Annika and Hugo Sebastian Trappmann share the award with the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Ottmar Edenhofer, as announced by the German Federal Foundation for the Environment (DBU) in Osnabrück.
“This means that the outstanding commitment to climate protection is awarded twice,” said DBU Secretary General Alexander Bonde. The winners share the most valuable independent environmental award in Europe, which is 500,000 euros.
The foundation’s honorary prize, worth 10,000 euros, goes to insect scientist Martin Sorg, who coordinates research at the Krefeld Entomological Association.
CO2 prices anchored in the climate package
Climate economist Edenhofer had with his scientific approach to demanding a price for the emission of carbon dioxide, the German climate policy, Bonde said. It provided decisive impulses in the discourse on financial incentives for greater protection of the climate and nature.
The scientist received the award, among other things, because as an advisor, with his CO2 price proposal, he had made a significant contribution to the German government agreement on the climate package. “He is one of the world’s most influential pioneers in the economics of climate change.”
Less carbon dioxide, less tinplate
The Trappmann brothers demonstrated how a medium-sized company can transform upside down using high-tech digitization in a climate-friendly way and also benefit from it, said the Secretary-General.
Limburger Blechwarenfabrik, with its 320 employees, has been one of the nation’s leading sustainability companies for more than ten years. “The company sets standards in energy and resource efficiency.” The company emits around 2,600 tons less carbon dioxide each year and saves around 100 tons of tinplate.
Citizens go mobile thanks to research
Research by insect scientist Sorg had shown, among other things, in the “Krefeld Study” that the total number of flying insects in the surveyed areas has decreased by 76 percent in recent years, Bonde said.
The results provoked a great response in the media and academia and promoted the foundation of citizen movements. “The findings have shaken society, politics and science, and even shaken it.”
The award will be presented on October 25 by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Hannover.
