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2022 (31st)
Blue Planet Prize Laureates

The laureates of 2022(31st)

His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth King of Bhutan

His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth King of Bhutan
The Kingdom of Bhutan

Professor Stephen Carpenter

Professor Stephen Carpenter
USA

His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth King of Bhutan

Born in 1955

His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth King of Bhutan, is the visionary leader who introduced the development philosophy of Gross National Happiness (GNH) which places the well being of the people at the heart of development activities and programmes. GNH gives importance to environmental conservation, sustainable and equitable development, and promotion of culture and social values which contribute to collective happiness. Using happiness as a social indicator was taken on by the United Nations and OECD also employed it in their reports, giving inspiration for an alternative paradigm to modern society.

His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth King of Bhutan
youtube2022(31st)His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth King of Bhutan

Mini-biography video of His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth King of Bhutan

youtube【2022 HM Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth King of Bhutan (Tokyo)】Title: The Path Less Travelled: A Story of Transformative Change
by the Royal Representative of HRH Princess Sonam Dechan Wangchuck

Lecture-Tokyo The Path Less Travelled: A Story of Transformative Change by the Royal Representative of HRH Princess Sonam Dechan Wangchuck

youtube【2022 HM Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth King of Bhutan  (Kyoto)】Title: The Path Less Travelled: A Story of Transformative Change
by the Royal Representative of HRH Princess Sonam Dechan Wangchuck

Lecture-Kyoto The Path Less Travelled: A Story of Transformative Change by the Royal Representative of HRH Princess Sonam Dechan Wangchuck

the Royal Representative of HRH Princess Sonam Dechan Wangchuck

Why Bhutan Has Chosen a Path Less Travelled: A Story of Transformative Change by Her Royal Highness Princess Sonam Dechan Wangchuck

Kingdom of Bhutan's Fun School

(Comic) Kingdom of Bhutan's Fun School

Professor Stephen Carpenter (USA)

Born in 1952
Emeritus Director of the Center for Limnology,
Stephen Alfred Forbes Professor Emeritus of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Professor Stephen Carpenter has conducted research on lake ecosystems for more than 40 years. Through his research on lake eutrophication, from nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen, he studied the resilience of lakes using mathematical models, providing a new perspective on social-ecological systems. He also worked on the environmental pollution from phosphorus and nitrogen through land use, showing the critical state of the global phosphorus cycle and the need to review human activity from a broad geochemical viewpoint.

Professor Stephen Carpenter
youtube2022(31st)Professor Stephen Carpenter

Mini-biography video of Professor Stephen Carpenter

youtube【2022 Professor Stephen Carpenter (Tokyo)】Restoring the Phosphorus Cycle

Lecture-Tokyo Restoring the Phosphorus Cycle

youtube【2022 Professor Stephen Carpenter (Kyoto)】Restoring the Phosphorus Cycle

Lecture-Kyoto Restoring the Phosphorus Cycle

Professor Stephen Carpenter

Phosphorus and nitrogen are already at the Earth's limits. We humans must act as members of the ecosystem

Prof. Carpenter's Fun School

(Comic) Prof. Carpenter's Fun School

  • Information on past Blue Planet Prize laureates corresponds to their titles and positions at the time Prize was awarded.
  • Each year the prize winners give lectures at the "Blue Planet Prize Commemorative Lecture".
  • Every five years, lectures together with essays are compiled and published in a periodical book titled "A Better Future for the Planet Earth".
  • The video of the lectures are available only from 2009.

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