# German Environmental Prize
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{{Infobox award
| name = German Environmental Prize
| native_name = Deutscher Umweltpreis
| description = One of Europe's most valuable environmental awards
| presenter = [Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt](/source/Deutsche_Bundesstiftung_Umwelt) (DBU)
| country = [Germany](/source/Germany)
| reward = €500,000
| website = {{URL|https://www.dbu.de/en/environmental-prize/}}
}}
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The '''German Environmental Prize''' ({{langx|de|Deutscher Umweltpreis}}) is a government-sponsored award for protecting the environment. Worth [€](/source/Euro)500,000, it is one of the most valuable environmental awards in Europe.[{{cite web | title=Fakten zum Deutschen Umweltpreis der DBU | website=Umweltpreis DBU | date=9 September 2021 | url=https://www.dbu.de/umweltpreis-blog/hochdotiert-und-sorgfaeltig-ausgewaehlt-der-deutsche-umweltpreis-der-dbu/ | language=de | access-date=10 October 2021}}]
The sponsor German Federal Environmental Foundation ({{lang|de|{{ill|Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt|de}}}}, DBU) is based in [Osnabrück](/source/Osnabr%C3%BCck); the prize has been awarded by the [President of Germany](/source/President_of_Germany) since 1993.[{{cite web | title=www.bundespraesident.de: Der Bundespräsident / Reden / Verleihung des Deutschen Umweltpreises | website=www.bundespraesident.de | url=https://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Reden/DE/Frank-Walter-Steinmeier/Reden/2021/10/211010-Dt-Umweltpreis.html | language=de | access-date=18 October 2021}}][{{cite web | title=Deutscher Umweltpreis (German Environmental Award) – Englisch | website=DBU | date=27 October 2019 | url=https://www.dbu.de/2547.html | access-date=10 October 2021 | archive-date=8 February 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208212854/https://www.dbu.de/2547.html | url-status=dead }}]
== Winners ==
Source:[{{cite web | title=Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger des Deutschen Umweltpreises – Deutscher Umweltpreis | website=DBU | date=4 September 1911 | url=https://www.dbu.de/2418.html | language=de | access-date=10 October 2021}}]
{|class="wikitable"
!Year!!Winner!!Reason
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!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|1993[{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbu.de/586.html |title=Die Preisträger des Jahres 1993 |date=25 July 2006 |publisher=Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Umweltpreis |access-date=2008-10-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20061005094141/http://www.dbu.de/586.html |archive-date=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead }}]
|{{ill|Foron Hausgeräte GmbH|de|Foron}}
|Works on the first worldwide [refrigerator](/source/refrigerator)s without [FCKW](/source/Haloalkane) and [FKW](/source/Haloalkane)
|-
|[Wolfgang Haber](/source/Wolfgang_Haber)
|Popularisation of environmental issues
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=3|1994[{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbu.de/565.html |title=Die Preisträger des Jahres 1994 |date=25 July 2006 |publisher=Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Umweltpreis |access-date=2008-10-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20061005094056/http://www.dbu.de/565.html |archive-date=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead }}]
|[Paul Crutzen](/source/Paul_Crutzen) and Frank Arnold
|Works on [ozone depletion](/source/ozone_depletion)
|-
|[Verein Ökospeicher](/source/Verein_%C3%96kospeicher) and the city of [Wulkow](/source/Wulkow_(Lebus))
|Environmentally friendly works in non urban regions
|-
|Umweltinitiativen der Wirtschaft in [Ostwestfalen](/source/Ostwestfalen)
|Implementation of higher environment standards
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|1995[{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbu.de/589.html |title=Die Preisträger des Jahres 1995 |date=25 July 2006 |publisher=Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Umweltpreis |access-date=2008-10-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20061005094014/http://www.dbu.de/589.html |archive-date=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead }}]
|[Georg Winter](/source/Georg_Winter_(manager))
|Environmentally friendly management
|-
|[Klaus Günther](/source/Klaus_G%C3%BCnther_(German_entrepreneur))
|Environmentally friendly management
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|1996[{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbu.de/604.html |title=Die Preisträger des Jahres 1996 |date=25 July 2006 |publisher=Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Umweltpreis |access-date=2008-10-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20061005094212/http://www.dbu.de/604.html |archive-date=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead }}]
|[Maciej Nowicki](/source/Maciej_Nowicki)
|Founder of the Polish Environment Foundation
|-
|[Wilkhahn Wilkening & Hahne GmbH & Co.](/source/Wilkhahn)
|Icon in environment controlling
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=3|1997[{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbu.de/594.html |title=Die Preisträger des Jahres 1997 |date=25 July 2006 |publisher=Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Umweltpreis |access-date=2008-10-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20061005094200/http://www.dbu.de/594.html |archive-date=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead }}]
|[Michael Otto](/source/Michael_Otto_(businessman))
|Environment management system by [Otto GmbH](/source/Otto_GmbH)
|-
|{{ill|Bernhard Ulrich|de|Bernhard Ulrich (Forstwissenschaftler)}}
|Material and energy flows in forests
|-
|[Integral Energietechnik GmbH](/source/Integral_Energietechnik_GmbH)
|Work on environmentally friendly [Refrigerant](/source/Refrigerant)s
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|1998[{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbu.de/579.html |title=Die Preisträger des Jahres 1998 |date=25 July 2006 |publisher=Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Umweltpreis |access-date=2008-10-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20061005094135/http://www.dbu.de/579.html |archive-date=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead }}]
|[Lennart Bengtsson](/source/Lennart_Bengtsson), [Hartmut Graßl](/source/Hartmut_Gra%C3%9Fl), [Klaus Hasselmann](/source/Klaus_Hasselmann) (Workgroup ''Klimaforschung'' by ''[Max Planck Institute for Meteorology](/source/Max_Planck_Institute_for_Meteorology)'')
|Global and regional climate modelling
|-
|{{ill|Georg Salvamoser|de}}
|Works in [Photovoltaics](/source/Photovoltaics)
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|1999[{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbu.de/575.html |title=Die Preisträger des Jahres 1999 |date=25 July 2006 |publisher=Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Umweltpreis |access-date=2008-10-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20061005094119/http://www.dbu.de/575.html |archive-date=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead }}]
|{{ill|Klaus Steilmann|de}}
|Oecology in textiles and clothing
|-
|[Wilhelm Barthlott](/source/Wilhelm_Barthlott)
|[Lotus effect](/source/Lotus_effect) by Surface
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|2000[{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbu.de/582.html |title=Die Preisträger des Jahres 2000 |date=25 July 2006 |publisher=Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Umweltpreis |access-date=2008-10-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20061005094111/http://www.dbu.de/582.html |archive-date=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead }}]
|{{ill|Franz Daschner|de}}
|Environment and material flow management in [Hospital](/source/Hospital)s
|-
|[Aloys Wobben](/source/Aloys_Wobben)
|Work on [Wind turbine](/source/Wind_turbine)s
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=3|2001[{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbu.de/571.html |title=Die Preisträger des Jahres 2001 |date=25 July 2006 |publisher=Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Umweltpreis |access-date=2008-10-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20061005094022/http://www.dbu.de/571.html |archive-date=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead }}]
|{{ill|Hermann Auernhammer|de}}
|Work on [Precision Farming](/source/Precision_Farming)
|-
|{{ill|Franz Ehrnsperger|de}}, {{ill|Neumarkter Lammsbräu|de}}
|Work on oecology management concepts for [breweries](/source/Brewery)
|-
|[Wolfgang Feist](/source/Wolfgang_Feist)
|Work on [Passivhaus](/source/Passivhaus) concepts
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|2002[{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbu.de/598.html |title=Die Preisträger des Jahres 2002 |date=28 September 2006 |publisher=Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Umweltpreis |access-date=2008-10-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20061005094036/http://www.dbu.de/598.html |archive-date=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead }}]
|[Peter Lüth](/source/Peter_L%C3%BCth)
|[Biological pest control](/source/Biological_pest_control) using microorganisms
|-
|[Klaus Töpfer](/source/Klaus_T%C3%B6pfer)
|International engagement on environmental issues
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|2003[{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbu.de/601.html |title=Die Preisträger des Jahres 2003 |date=25 July 2006 |publisher=Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Umweltpreis |access-date=2008-10-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20061005094151/http://www.dbu.de/601.html |archive-date=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead }}]
|{{ill|Claus Mattheck|de}}
|Work on Bionik
|-
|[Hermann Josef Schulte](/source/Hermann_Josef_Schulte)
|Work on environmentally friendly exhaust gas technology for automotive engineering
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=3|2004[{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbu.de/560.html |title=Die Preisträger des Jahres 2004 |date=28 September 2006 |publisher=Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Umweltpreis |access-date=2008-10-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20061005094046/http://www.dbu.de/560.html |archive-date=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead }}]
|{{ill|Alfred Heinrich Jung|de}}
|Work on a new [Gasket](/source/Gasket) principle for the chemistry industry
|-
|{{ill|Garabed Antranikian|de}}
|Pioneer of white biotechnology
|-
|[Hannelore Schmidt](/source/Hannelore_Schmidt)
|Life Work
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=3|2005[{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbu.de/690.html |title=Die Preisträger des Jahres 2005 |date=4 September 2006 |publisher=Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Umweltpreis |access-date=2008-10-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20061005094004/http://www.dbu.de/690.html |archive-date=2006-10-05 |url-status=dead }}]
|{{ill|Berndt Heydemann|de}}
|Founder of {{ill|Zukunftszentrum Mensch-Natur-Technik-Wissenschaft|de}} in Nieklitz
|-
|[Joachim Luther](/source/Joachim_Luther)
|Use of [Solar energy](/source/Solar_energy)
|-
|[Heinz Sielmann](/source/Heinz_Sielmann)
|Life's Work
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!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|2006[{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbu.de/759.html |title=Die Preisträger des Jahres 2006 |date=17 August 2013 |publisher=Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Deutscher Umweltpreis |access-date=2008-10-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070512214909/http://www.dbu.de/759.html |archive-date=2007-05-12 |url-status=dead }}]
|{{ill|Hans Georg Huber|de}}
|Technology transfer for water cleaning in developing countries
|-
|{{ill|Ernst-Detlef Schulze|de}}
|Work on [Global warming](/source/Global_warming)
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=3|2007[{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbu.de/1145.html |title=Die Preisträger des Jahres 2007 |date=17 August 2013 |publisher=Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt |access-date=2008-10-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090317083235/http://www.dbu.de/1145.html |archive-date=2009-03-17 |url-status=dead }}]
|{{ill|Beate Weber|de|Beate Weber-Schuerholz}}
|Engagement for environment and climate
|-
|Carl Schmitt and Jürgen Köhler (both {{ill|Konvekta AG|de|Konvekta}})
|Work on Environmentally friendly refrigerants
|-
|[Hans Joachim Schellnhuber](/source/Hans_Joachim_Schellnhuber)
|Work on climate
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|2008[{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbu.de/123artikel28139_335.html |title=Preisträger als Pioniere nachhaltigen Wirtschaftens: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker und Holger Zinke |date=30 September 2008 |publisher=Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt |access-date=2008-10-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724001359/http://www.dbu.de/123artikel28139_335.html |archive-date=2012-07-24 |url-status=live}}]
|[Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker](/source/Ernst_Ulrich_von_Weizs%C3%A4cker)
|Environmental politician and counsellor for UNO
|-
|{{ill|Holger Zinke|de}}
|Work on [Biocatalysis](/source/Biocatalysis) by ground organisms
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=4|2009
|[Carsten Bührer](/source/Carsten_B%C3%BChrer)||
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|{{ill|Petra Bültmann-Steffin|de}}||
|-
|[Bo Barker Jørgensen](/source/Bo_Barker_J%C3%B8rgensen)||
|-
|{{ill|Angelika Zahrnt|de}}||
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=3|2010
|{{ill|Winfried Barkhausen|de}}/{{ill|Edwin Büchter|de}}||
|-
|[Mikhail Gorbachev](/source/Mikhail_Gorbachev)||
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|{{ill|Rainer Griesshammer|de}}||
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|2011
|Jürgen Schmidt||
|-
|[Joachim Alfred](/source/Joachim_Alfred) and [Joachim Georg Wünning](/source/Joachim_Georg_W%C3%BCnning)||
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!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|2012
|{{ill|Andreas Bett|de}} and [Hansjörg Lerchenmüller](/source/Hansj%C3%B6rg_Lerchenm%C3%BCller)||
|-
|[Günther Kramer](/source/G%C3%BCnther_Kramer)||
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|2013
|{{ill|Carmen Hock-Heyl|de}}||
|-
|[Ursula Sladek](/source/Ursula_Sladek)||
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!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=3|2014[{{cite news|title=Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)|url=http://www.presseportal.de/pm/6908/2860754/bundespraesident-gauck-uebergibt-22-deutschen-umweltpreis-in-kassel-foto|agency=News Aktuell|date=October 22, 2014|location=Germany|quote=Kassel (ots) – Sonntag Festakt der DBU für Wissenschaftler Hennicke und Unternehmer Krieg – Ehrenpreis für Weinzierl}}]
|{{ill|Peter Hennicke|de}}
|Energy efficiency expert
|-
|[Gunther Krieg](/source/Gunther_Krieg)
|Scientist and founder of UNISENSOR
|-
|{{ill|Hubert Weinzierl|de}}
|Honorary award
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=3|2015[{{cite web | title=Mojib Latif und Johan Rockström erhalten Deutschen Umweltpreis | website=[Der Spiegel](/source/Der_Spiegel) | date=22 September 2015 | url=https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/deutscher-umweltpreis-an-latif-und-rockstroem-a-1054117.html | language=de | access-date=10 October 2021}}]
|[Mojib Latif](/source/Mojib_Latif)
|Outstanding research communication (climate researcher)
|-
|[Johan Rockström](/source/Johan_Rockstr%C3%B6m)
|Founding director of the [Stockholm Resilience Centre](/source/Stockholm_Resilience_Centre)
|-
|[Michael Succow](/source/Michael_Succow)
|Honorary award for exceptional personality in nature conservation
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!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|2016[{{cite web | title=Creative Minds Lead the Way in the Global Resources Transition | website=DBU | date= | url=https://www.dbu.de/123artikel36917_2539.html | access-date=10 October 2021}}]
|[Bas van Abel](/source/Bas_van_Abel)[{{cite web | title=Wegweisende Umwelt-Vision für faire Smartphones - Deutscher Umweltpreis | website=DBU | url=https://www.dbu.de/123artikel36907_2418.html | language=de | access-date=10 October 2021 | archive-date=25 April 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425214342/https://www.dbu.de/123artikel36907_2418.html | url-status=dead }}]
|Founder and CEO of company [Fairphone](/source/Fairphone) for being a pioneer for more resource efficiency in the smartphone industry[{{cite web | title=CEO Bas van Abel wins prestigious German Environmental Award | website=Fairphone | date=12 October 2016 | url=https://www.fairphone.com/en/author/daria/ | access-date=10 October 2021}}]
|-
|{{ill|Angelika Mettke|de}} and {{ill|Walter Feess|de}}
|Betonrecycling
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=3|2017[{{cite web | title=Deutscher Umweltpreis 2017 geht an Naturschützer-Trio, Technik-Pioniere und engagierten Klimaschützer – Newsletter | website=DBU | url=https://www.dbu.de/708artikel37321_2486.html | language=de | access-date=10 October 2021 | archive-date=10 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010171031/https://www.dbu.de/708artikel37321_2486.html | url-status=dead }}]
|[German Green Belt](/source/German_Green_Belt)
|
|-
|[Johannes Oswald](/source/Johannes_Oswald) and {{ill|Bernhard Oswald|de}}
|
|-
|[Tony de Brum](/source/Tony_de_Brum)
|Honorary award
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!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|2018[{{cite web|title=German Environmental Prize goes to Marine Biologist Boetius and Leipzig Waste Water Experts|url=https://www.dbu.de/2547.html|website=DBU – Deutscher Umweltpreis|publisher=German Federal Environmental Foundation|accessdate=29 October 2018|archive-date=8 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208212854/https://www.dbu.de/2547.html|url-status=dead}}]
|[Antje Boetius](/source/Antje_Boetius)
|
|-
|[Leipzig Waste Water Experts](/source/Leipzig_Waste_Water_Experts)
|
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!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|2019[{{cite web | title=Deutscher Umweltpreis 2019: "Schrittmacher im Umweltschutz" – 27.10.2019 | website=DW.COM | url=https://www.dw.com/de/deutscher-umweltpreis-2019-schrittmacher-im-umweltschutz/a-50966986 | language=de | access-date=10 October 2021}}]
|[Ingrid Kögel-Knabner](/source/Ingrid_K%C3%B6gel-Knabner)
|
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|[Reinhard Schneider](/source/Reinhard_Schneider)
|
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!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=3|2020[{{cite web | title=Deutscher Umweltpreis: Fabrikanten, Insektenkundler und Klimaökonom ausgezeichnet | website=[FAZ.NET](/source/FAZ.NET) | date=2 September 2020 | url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/klima-nachhaltigkeit/deutscher-umweltpreis-fuer-klimaoekonom-edenhofer-16933991.html | language=de | access-date=10 October 2021}}][{{cite web | title=Deutscher Umweltpreis wird verliehen | website=[Berliner Morgenpost](/source/Berliner_Morgenpost) | date=25 October 2020 | url=https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article230751276/Deutscher-Umweltpreis-wird-verliehen.html | access-date=10 October 2021}}]
|[Ottmar Edenhofer](/source/Ottmar_Edenhofer)
|
|-
|{{ill|Annika Roth|de|Annika und Hugo Sebastian Trappmann}} (née Trappmann) and {{ill|Hugo Trappmann|de|Annika und Hugo Sebastian Trappmann}}[{{cite web | title=Deutscher Umweltpreis 2020: "Träumereien funktionieren" – 24.10.2020 | website=DW.COM | url=https://www.dw.com/de/deutscher-umweltpreis-2020-dub-klimaschutz-co2-blechwarenfabrik-limburg-annika-trappmann-ressourcen/a-55370333 | language=de | access-date=10 October 2021}}]
|
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|[Martin Sorg](/source/Martin_Sorg)
|Honorary award for biodiversity
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|2021[{{cite web | title="Die Ausgezeichneten machen Mut" – Deutscher Umweltpreis | website=DBU | url=https://www.dbu.de/123artikel39182_2416.html | language=de | access-date=10 October 2021}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/klimaschutz/deutscher-umweltpreis-2021-1965416|title=Umweltpreis für Artenvielfalt, Moor- und Klimaschutz|website=Bundesregierung|date=10 October 2021 |accessdate=10 October 2021}}]
|[Katrin Böhning-Gaese](/source/Katrin_B%C3%B6hning-Gaese)[{{cite web | last=Schleidt | first=Daniel | title=Mit 500.000 Euro dotiert: Frankfurter Forscherin erhält Deutschen Umweltpreis | website=[FAZ.NET](/source/FAZ.NET) | date=27 August 2021 | url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/wissenschaft-frankfurter-forscherin-erhaelt-deutschen-umweltpreis-17503987.html | language=de | access-date=10 October 2021}}][{{cite web | title=Katrin Böhning-Gaese mit dem Deutschen Umweltpreis 2021 ausgezeichnet | website=Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina | date=25 September 2021 | url=https://www.leopoldina.org/mitglieder/mitglieder-im-fokus/katrin-boehning-gaese-mit-dem-deutschen-umweltpreis-2021-ausgezeichnet/ | language=de | access-date=10 October 2021}}]
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|{{ill|Hans Joosten|de}}
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!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=3|2022[{{cite web | title="Preisträger des Deutschen Umweltpreises 2022 | website=DBU | url=https://www.dbu.de/umweltpreis-blog/nano-spezial-sendung-zum-deutschen-umweltpreis-2022/ | language=de | access-date=1 November 2021}}][{{cite web | title=Rede: Verleihung des Deutschen Umweltpreises | website=[Der Bundespräsident](/source/Der_Bundespr%C3%A4sident) | date=22 October 2022 | url=https://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Reden/DE/Frank-Walter-Steinmeier/Reden/2022/10/221030-Deutscher-Umweltpreis.html | language=de | access-date=1 December 2022}}]
|Friedrich Mewis und Dirk Lehmann
|[Becker Mewis Duct](/source/Becker_Mewis_Duct)
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|Christof Schenck
|Engagement for biodiversity and rainforests
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|{{ill|Myriam Rapior|de}} and {{ill|Kathrin Muus|de}}
|Honorary awards
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!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|2023[{{cite web | title=Rede: Verleihung des Deutschen Umweltpreises 2023 | website=[Der Bundespräsident](/source/Der_Bundespr%C3%A4sident) | date=23 October 2023 | url=https://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Reden/DE/Frank-Walter-Steinmeier/Reden/2023/10/231029-Dt-Umweltpreis-Luebeck.html | language=de | access-date=29 October 2023}}]
|[Friederike Otto](/source/Friederike_Otto)
|climate scientist
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|{{ill|Dagmar Fritz-Kramer|de}}
|wood construction pioneer
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!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|2024[{{cite web | title=Rheinland-Pfalz Baden-Württemberg: Deutscher Umweltpreis geht an Moorforscherin und Elektrotechnik-Ingenieur | website=tagesschau.de | date=27 October 2024 | url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/rheinlandpfalz/swr-deutscher-umweltpreis-geht-an-moorforscherin-und-elektrotechnik-ingenieur-100.html | language=de | access-date=27 October 2024}}]
|{{ill|Franziska Tanneberger|de}}
|moor researcher
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|Thomas Speidel
|e-mobility pioneer
|-
!style="vertical-align:top" rowspan=2|2025
| [Sonia I. Seneviratne](/source/Sonia_I._Seneviratne)
| climate scientist
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| Birgitt Bendiek and Lars Baumgürtel
| {{ill|ZINQ|de}}
|-
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==See also==
*[List of environmental awards](/source/List_of_environmental_awards)
*[List of prizes named after people](/source/List_of_prizes_named_after_people)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{official|https://www.dbu.de/2416.html}} {{in lang|de|en}}
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Category:Environmental awards
Category:German awards
Category:Awards established in 1993
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