Award years
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
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2024(33rd)
Professor Robert Costanza 
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) -
2023(32th)
Professor Richard Thompson and Professor Penelope Lindeque, (and Professor Tamara Galloway) 
Professor Debarati Guha-Sapir Professor Galloway was unable to come to Japan.
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2022(31th)
Her Royal Highness Princess Sonam Dechan Wangchuck,
Royal Representative of His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck,
the Fourth King of Bhutan
Professor Stephen Carpenter -
2021(30th)
Prof. Veerabhadran Ramanathan 
Prof. Mohan Munasinghet This year, in light of the spread of COVID-19, we have decided to cancel our regular in-person Blue Planet Prize award ceremony and related events. In place of the in-person events, we have opened this special site, which follows the flow of the real ceremony. On this site, winners' achievements are provided; there are congratulatory messages from distinguished people from many quarters, and you can experience the atmosphere of the actual ceremony and enjoy interviews conducted with the 2021 winners.
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2020(29th)
Prof. David Tilman 
Dr. Simon Stuart This year, in light of the spread of COVID-19, we have decided to cancel our regular in-person Blue Planet Prize award ceremony and related events. In place of the in-person events, we have opened this special site, which follows the flow of the real ceremony. On this site, winners' achievements are provided; there are congratulatory messages from distinguished people from many quarters, and you can experience the atmosphere of the actual ceremony and enjoy interviews conducted with the 2020 winners.
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2019(28th)
Prof. Eric Lambin 
Prof. Jared Diamond -
2018(27th)
Prof. Brian Walker 
Prof. Malin Falkenmark -
2017(26th)
Prof. Hans J. Schellnhuber 
Prof. Gretchen C. Daily -
2016(25th)
Mr. Pavan Sukhdev 
Prof. Markus Borner -
2015(24th)
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta FBA FRS 
Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs -
2014(23rd)
Prof. Herman Daly 
Prof. Daniel H. Janzen, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio) -
2013(22nd)
Dr. Taroh Matsuno 
Professor Daniel Sperling -
2012(21st)
Professor William E. Rees, Dr. Mathis Wackernagel 
Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy -
2011(20th)
Dr. Jane Lubchenco 
Barefoot College -
2010(19th)
Dr. James Hansen 
Dr. Robert Watson -
2009(18th)
Professor Hirofumi Uzawa 
Lord (Nicholas) Stern of Brentford -
2008(17th)
Dr. Claude Lorius 
Professor José Goldemberg -
2007(16th)
Professor Joseph L. Sax 
Dr. Amory B. Lovins -
2006(15th)
Dr. Akira Miyawaki 
Dr. Emil Salim -
2005(14th)
Prof. Sir Nicholas Shackleton 
Dr. Gordon Hisashi Sato -
2004(13th)
Dr. Susan Solomon 
Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland -
2003(12th)
Dr. Gene E. Likens, Dr. F. Herbert Bormann 
Dr. Vo Quy -
2002(11th)
Professor Harold A. Mooney 
Prof. J. Gustave Speth -
2001(10th)
Lord (Robert) May of Oxford 
Dr. Norman Myers -
2000(9th)
Dr. Theo Colborn 
Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt -
1999(8th)
Dr. Paul R. Ehrlich 
Prof. Qu Geping -
1998(7th)
Prof. Mikhail I. Budyko 
Mr. David R. Brower -
1997(6th)
Dr. James E. Lovelock 
Conservation International (CI) -
1996(5th)
Dr. Wallace S. Broecker 
M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation -
1995(4th)
Dr. Bert Bolin 
Mr. Maurice F. Strong -
1994(3rd)
Prof. Dr. Eugen Seibold 
Mr. Lester R. Brown -
1993(2nd)
Dr. Charles D. Keeling 
IUCN-The World Conservation Union -
1992(1st)
Dr. Syukuro Manabe 
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)