COMUNICADO: Steinmeier: We cannot lose sight of the other major challenges facing mankind

Publicado: lunes, 26 octubre 2020 9:52

German President recognises German Environmental Award as a particularly important message

Hannover/Osnabrück (News Aktuell). German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier recognised the German Federal Environmental Foundations German Environmental Award as a particularly important message for us not to lose sight of other major challenges facing mankind in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The award, which comes with a remuneration of EUR 500,000, is one of Europes most prestigious environmental awards. This year it was split equally between climate economist Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer and the siblings Annika and Hugo Sebastian Trappmann, Managing Directors of Blechwarenfabrik Limburg. Entomologist Dr Martin Sorg received an Honorary Award, which comes with EUR 10,000 in prize money.

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