This year, moor researcher Dr. Franziska Tanneberger and electrical engineer Thomas Speidel were awarded the DBU’s German Environmental Award. They share the prize of 500,000 euros, which is one of the most highly endowed environmental awards in Europe. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier presented the prizes on October 27 in the Rheingoldhalle in Mainz.
🎥 Recording of the award ceremony
📷 Photos of the award ceremony
The symposium “How do we finance the transformation?” was held on the day before the environmental award ceremony.
🎥 Recording of the symposium
📷 Photos of the symposium
You can read and listen to the latest information, portraits, interviews, sound bites and background texts in our Environmental Award blog at www.dbu.de/umweltpreis-blog.
In accordance with the foundation’s mission and guiding principles, the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) promotes innovative, exemplary and solution-oriented projects for the protection of the environment with a special focus on small and medium-sized enterprises. It is one of the largest foundations in Europe; since it began its work in 1991 (founded in 1990), it has supported more than 11,100 projects with a funding volume of around 2.08 billion euros.