Johan Rockström awarded the Tyler Prize

The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is considered to be the world's most prestigious prize for efforts in environmental science, environmental health and energy. The prize is 250,000 US dollars and is sometimes called the "Nobel Prize in the Environment". The 2024 prize is awarded to Johan Rockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, for his groundbreaking efforts in developing the Planetary Boundaries framework.

Johan Rockström is also a professor of environmental science at Stockholm Resilience Centre, at Stockholm University. Serving as the founding director of the Centre from 2007 to 2018, he has been at the forefront of pioneering research. In 2009 Johan Rockström and colleagues published a seminal study on Planetary Boundaries. It is a framework that identifies the natural systems supporting human life on Earth and the changes that can safely be made within them without seriously altering life on the planet. Stockholm Resilience Centre, under Rockström's leadership, has subsequently contributed significantly to the discourse on planetary boundaries through a series of influential studies.

Well-cited researcher and communicator

Johan Rockström is one of the world's most cited researchers. He is also well known as a communicator and debater on climate and sustainability issues. Johan Rockström is the co-author of several books such as "Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet", which became a documentary on Netflix with Sir David Attenborough. Several of Johan Rockström's lectures have also been widely spread in social media.

The prize will be awarded on 17 May at a ceremony in Potsdam.

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