af Magazine
-A Web Magazine on the Global Environment

Professor Debarati Guha-Sapir
2023 Blue Planet Prize laureates

Data Shows Increasing Climate Disasters; It's Time for Action


November 29, 2023

Professor Richard Thompson,Professor Tamara Galloway, Professor Penelope Lindeque
2023 Blue Planet Prize laureates

Microplastics are Impacting Our Planet; We Need to Re-consider the Life Cycle of Plastics and Use Them More Wisely


November 17, 2023

Professor Richard Thompson,Professor Tamara Galloway, Professor Penelope Lindeque
2023 Blue Planet Prize recipient

What would happen if discarded trash were to float in the ocean for 100 years? The truth about the microplastic problem


June 29, 2023

Professor Debarati Guha-Sapir
2023 Blue Planet Prize recipient

Why are climate-related disasters such a significant risk for Japan? She points out three issues


June 26, 2023

Her Royal Highness Princess Sonam Dechan Wangchuck
Royal Representative of His Majesty the Fourth King of Bhutan and a 2022 Blue Planet Prize laureate

Why Bhutan Has Chosen a Path Less Travelled: A Story of Transformative Change
-- From the 2022 Blue Planet Prize Commemorative Lecture

January 27, 2023

Professor Stephen Carpenter

Phosphorus and nitrogen are already at the Earth's limits. We humans must act as members of the ecosystem
-- Interview with 2022 Prize Winner Professor Stephen Carpenter: The Future of Phosphorus and Nitrogen Cycles --

November 24, 2022

Prof. Eric Lambin

Environmental problems can definitely be solved. The joint statement is a message of hope for young people.
-- Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Blue Planet Prize: special interview on the joint statement by former laureates -

September 30, 2022

Prof. David Tilman

Declining biodiversity: We must change our agricultural practices and eating habits to halt the extinction crisis
--Interview with 2020 laureate Professor David Tilman on the importance of a plant-based diet--

July 15, 2022

Prof. Brian Walker

"The world inevitably changes. Resilience, the capacity to absorb change, is the key to realize a sustainable world"
Interview with Professor Walker, 2018 Blue Planet Prize

May 20, 2022

Prof. Mohan Munasinghe

"Sustainable development that harmonizes economic, environmental, and social dimensions"
Interview with Prof. Munasinghe, Winner of the 2021 Blue Planet Prize

February 22, 2022

Prof. Veerabhadran Ramanathan

"Reducing Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) Is an Essential Action, in Addition to CO2 Reduction, for Saving the World by 2050"
Interview with Prof. Ramanathan, Winner of the 2021 Blue Planet Prize

December 21, 2021

Prof. Eric Lambin

Global environmental sustainability - Prizewinning work of Eric Lambin

January 20, 2021