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Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

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The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is an annual award for environmental science, environmental health, and energy. Tyler Laureates receive a $250,000 cash prize and a medallion. The prize is administered by the University of Southern California and was established by John and Alice Tyler in 1973. It is regarded as the "Nobel for environment".

History

Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement was founded in 1973 by John and Alice Tyler and was launched by Ronald Reagan while serving as Governor of California. It was funded with a gift of $5 million by Jack Tyler and was initially administered by Pepperdine University.

Laureates

2026: Toby Kiers
2025: Sandra Díaz and Eduardo Brondízio
2024: Johan Rockström
2023: Daniel Pauly and Ussif Rashid Sumaila
2022: Sir Andrew Haines
2020: Gretchen Daily and Pavan Sukhdev
2019: Michael E. Mann and Warren M. Washington
2018: Paul Falkowski and James J. McCarthy
2017: José Sarukhán Kermez
2016: Sir Partha S. Dasgupta
2015: Madhav Gadgil and Jane Lubchenco
2014: Simon A. Levin
2013: Diana Wall
2012: John H. Seinfeld and Kirk R. Smith
2011: May R. Berenbaum
2010: Laurie Marker and Stuart Pimm
2009: Richard B. Alley and Veerabhadran Ramanathan
2008: and Harold Mooney
2007: Gatze Lettinga
2006: David W. Schindler and Igor A. Shiklomanov
2005: Charles D. Keeling and Lonnie G. Thompson
2004: Barefoot College and Red Latinoamericana de Botanica
2003: Hans Herren, Yoel Margalith and Sir Richard Doll who established the link between lung cancer and cigarette smoking.
2002: Wallace S. Broecker and Tungsheng Liu
2001: Jared M. Diamond and Thomas E. Lovejoy
2000: John P. Holdren
1999: Te-Tzu Chang and Joel E. Cohen
1998: Anne H. Ehrlich and Paul R. Ehrlich
1997: Jane Goodall, Biruté Galdikas and George Schaller
1996: Willi Dansgaard, Hans Oeschger and Claude Lorius
1995: Clair C. Patterson
1994: Arturo Gomez-Pompa and Peter H. Raven
1993: F. Herbert Bormann and Gene E. Likens
1992: Perry McCarty and Robert M. White
1991: C. Everett Koop and M. S. Swaminathan
1990: Thomas Eisner and Jerrold Meinwald
1989: Paul J. Crutzen and Edward D. Goldberg
1988: Bert R. J. Bolin
1987: Richard E. Schultes and Gilbert F. White
1986: Werner Stumm and Richard Vollenweider
1985: Bruce N. Ames and the Organization for Tropical Studies
1984: Roger R. Revelle and Edward O. Wilson
1983: Harold S. Johnston, Mario J. Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland
1982: Carroll L. Wilson and the Southern California Edison Company
1978: Russell E. Train
1977: Eugene P. Odum
1976: Abel Wolman, Charles S. Elton and Rene Dubos
1975: Ruth Patrick
1974: Arie Jan Haagen-Smit, G. Evelyn Hutchinson and Maurice Strong

Executive committee

The Executive Committee oversees the activities of the Tyler Prize, including the selection of Tyler Prize Laureates. Members of this international Committee are selected for their experience in the fields of relevance to the Tyler Prize and are assisted by the Tyler Prize Administrator, based at the University of Southern California. The current committee consists of:

Julia Marton-Lefèvre
Rosina M. Bierbaum
Julia Carabias Lillo
Margaret Catley-Carlson
Alan Covich
Exequiel Ezcurra
Kelly Sims Gallagher
Judith E. McDowell
Kenneth Nealson
Jonathan Patz
Jim Watson

References

"Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement".
"Alice and Jack Tyler: America’s first environmental power couple".
Bhowmick, Nilanjana. "‘Nobel for environment’: India’s Pavan Sukhdev wins Tyler Prize".
Toplensky, Rochelle. (February 29, 2024). "Johan Rockström Wins 'Environmental Nobel Prize' for Identifying the Boundaries of Earth's Life-Support". News Corp.
(28 April 2006). "Schindler earns Tyler Award: Renowned ecologist credits inspirational mentors". University of Alberta.

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