DBU Appeal: "Set a Course in New York and Paris to Ensure the Future of Humanity on a Stable Planet"

OSNABRÜCK, Germany, September 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

The global sustainability and climate scientists Prof. Johan Rockström (Stockholm) and Prof. Mojib Latif (Kiel) to receive German Environmental Award - Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award: Prof. Michael Succow 

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Sending a signal for the protection of the Earth to enable future world development: with the presentation of its German Environmental Award, the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) is appealing "to the international community to set a course to ensure the future of humanity by safeguarding the planet at the upcoming conferences in New York and Paris in 2015," DBU Secretary General Dr. Heinrich Bottermann stressed today. The internationally active global sustainability scientist Prof. Johan Rockström (49, Stockholm) and the climate and ocean researcher Prof. Mojib Latif (60, Kiel) will receive the biggest European environmental prize in Essen on November 8. "The pace of global change towards sustainable development is much too slow. The facts are there before us. Our planet will be in serious danger if resolute action is not taken," Bottermann said. The independent award is worth 500,000 euros altogether. The Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Prof. em. Dr. Michael Succow, an international prestigious environmentalist.

Detailed text, individual commendations of the award winners and photos are available at http://www.dbu.de.

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