Submit your nominations for the Nature and Environment Prize

05.02.15 | News
Reykjavík kommun
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Who deserves recognition for reducing climate emissions in the Nordic Region? Anybody can nominate potential winners of the Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize 2015. The winner will be announced at a gala in Reykjavik.

The 21st Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize will be handed over during a prize gala in Reykjavik's iconic concert venue Harpa on 27 October.

The theme is climate emissions and the prize will go to a company, organisation or person, which, in an exemplary way, has developed a product or invention, or through other creative efforts has contributed to the future reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases in the Nordic Region.

Nominate your candidate here.

The deadline is 13 April. 

The names of the nominees will be announced in June. 

Reykjavik last year

The winner of the DKK 350,000 Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize 2014 was the City of Reykjavik.

Last year the theme was work by local authorities and communities but this year individuals are also eligible.

Previous winners

The Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize has been awarded since 1995. Previous winners include Selina Juul for her work on food waste, the well known Norwegian environmental organisation Bellona, the Inuit Circumpolar Conference from Greenland, Ålands Agenda 21 Office, environmentalist Bogi Hansen from the Faroe Islands, Albertslund Council from Danmark, three Nordic banks and the Scandic hotels.