Blue Planet Prize

{{for|the Blue Planet Award|Ethecon Foundation}}

{{Infobox award

|name=Blue Planet Prize

|image=

|caption=

|country=Japan

|firstawarded=

|presenter=Asahi Glass Foundation

|location=

|website={{URL|https://www.af-info.or.jp/en/blueplanet/}}

|reward=

|established=1992

|image2=

|caption2=

|status=}}

The Blue Planet Prize recognises outstanding efforts in scientific research or applications of science that contribute to solving global environmental problems. The prize was created by the Asahi Glass Foundation in 1992, the year of the Rio Earth Summit, and since then the foundation has awarded the prize to two winners every year.{{Cite web|url=http://www.af-info.or.jp/en/blueplanet/list.html|title=About the Blue Planet Prize.|website=af-info.or.jp}} In 2012, twenty of the Blue Planet Prize winners collaborated on a [https://www.scribd.com/doc/82268857/Blue-Planet-Synthesis-Paper-for-UNEP joint paper] that was launched at the UN Environment Programme's Governing Council meeting in Nairobi on 20 February.UNEP. 2012. [http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2667&ArticleID=9026&l=en Blue Planet Prize winners call for transformational change to achieve sustainable development] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072640/http://www.unep.org/newscentre/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2667&ArticleID=9026&l=en |date=2016-03-04 }}. Press release. 10 February 2011.Pearce. F. 2012. [https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21465-earth-summit-is-doomed-to-fail-say-leading-ecologists.html Earth Summit is doomed to fail, say leading ecologists]. New Scientist website. 10 February 2012.