Mobilizing science
for a global green renaissance

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Three prizes of 1 million USD awarded annually

We are confronted with an environmental crisis on a planetary scale, creating a threat for humanity. Even though human activity that is destabilizing the global ecosystem is a more serious threat to life on the planet and a far more challenging problem to solve than the COVID-19 pandemic, we should learn from how hard the world fought the pandemic - successfully align on declaring a global state of emergency, triggering a race for technological solutions, and implement science-based global policies that bring about the needed behavioral changes.

Launched by the Frontiers Research Foundation in 2022, The ambition of the Frontiers Planet Prize is to directly address the planetary crisis, by mobilizing scientists engaged in breakthrough research, with the greatest potential to stabilize the planet’s ecosystem.

Each annual edition recognizes a National Champion in each participating country and awards three prizes of 1 million US dollars each of the three International Champions, selected by an independent Jury of 100 led by Professor Johan Rockstrom. The prize money is used to accelerate the award-winning research, expanding and elevating its impact on a global scale. 

Only inspired science, technological breakthroughs and widespread global action can spark off a green renaissance at the scale required.

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Overcoming academic challenges to leverage transformational science at the SRI Congress 2024
Overcoming academic challenges to leverage transformational science at the SRI Congress 2024

At the 2024 Sustainability Research and Innovation (SRI) Congress in Finland, the Frontiers Planet Prize led a key panel on overcoming academic challenges to advance transformational science. Moderated by Dr Gilbert De Gregorio, associate director of the Prize, the discussion emphasized the need for flexible funding, multidisciplinary collaboration, and innovative frameworks. Expert panelists, including Finland's National Champion Dr Olga Tammeorg, stressed the importance of breaking academic silos and supporting bold, cross-sectoral research to drive impactful solutions.

No time to waste: Integrating planetary boundary science into policy and practice with the Frontiers Planet Prize
No time to waste: Integrating planetary boundary science into policy and practice with the Frontiers Planet Prize

Following the announcement of the 2024 International Champions, a panel session titled “No time to waste,” was held to initiate discussions on how this research can be shaped and amplified to influence policy, the private sector, and civil society for a sustainable future. This article is a summary of the expertise showcased during the panel session, highlighting the need for systemic change for a just transition within the Earth’s ecological boundaries.


Transforming our planet through science: Takeaways from the 2024 Frontiers Planet Prize Award Ceremony
Transforming our planet through science: Takeaways from the 2024 Frontiers Planet Prize Award Ceremony

In June 2024, the second edition of the Frontiers Planet Prize Award Ceremony took place in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland. This three-day event brought together 100 leading academics, policymakers, philanthropists, and public and private sector representatives to celebrate the transformational science of this year’s Frontiers Planet Prize National and International Champions. The article summarizes key activities and takeaways from this celebratory event.

How will this initiative help to ensure we live healthy lives on a healthy planet? 

In order to mobilize nations and the global community of scientists conducting research on the planetary boundaries, the Frontiers Research Foundation, created the Frontiers Planet Prize on Earth Day, 2022– a global competition for scientists and research institutions to propose solutions to help the planet remain within the safe operating space of any one or more of the 9 planetary boundaries. Each annual edition awards three prizes of one million US dollars to three International Champions, to recognize, accelerate, and scale up their research

Our ambition

To develop an international competition to mobilize the global scientific community, make it compete at the highest level of excellence, and contribute to the acceleration of concrete solutions to the challenges defined by the 9 planetary boundaries.

Mission

Vision

A world where scientists, institutions, and nations race to find scientific solutions that keep us within the boundaries of the planet's ecosystem.

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