# Zayed International Prize for the Environment

The Zayed International Prize for the Environment is a prize awarded by the Zayed International Foundation for the Environment.
The Zayed Prize, worth 1 million US dollars is awarded every two years, in the name of the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, based on stringent selection criteria.
The Zayed Prize is classified into four award categories. The recipient of the Global Leadership on the Environment component receives $USD 500,000, the recipient of the Scientific and Technological Achievement component receives $USD 250,000, and the recipient of the Environmental Action Leading to Positive Change in Society component receives $USD 200,000 and Young Scientists Award for Environmental Sustainability $USD 50,000 The value of the prize is the highest of any environmental prize.
The prize was established in 1999 by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and was first awarded in 2001. The prize was named after Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

## Award Criteria

The nomination for the Zayed International Prize for the Environment is open to all individuals, groups, companies, institutions, bodies, governmental and non-governmental organizations who meet the conditions and specifications mentioned below. The award is eligible for anyone who succeeds in achieving one or more of the following:
* Highlighting the environmental approach and its contribution to achieving sustainable development
* Activating the mechanism of joint work regionally and internationally in resolving environmental issues.
* Successfully addressing and permanently resolving a specific environmental issue.
* Successfully bringing important environmental issues to the attention of the public and authorities, and mobilizing and mobilizing local, regional or international efforts to work on resolving these issues and addressing them successfully
* Effective participation in developing theoretical or practical concepts and methods related to environmental affairs and concerns.
* Implementing initiatives or activities that lead to positive change in society and serve as a model for other societies.
The achievement nominated for the award must be pioneering and distinguished by creativity, and the role of the nominated person or entity in it must be direct and clear.

## Winners
### Global Leadership on the Environment

| 2001 | Jimmy Carter |
| 2003 | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| 2005 | Kofi Annan |
| 2008 | Gro Harlem Brundtland |
| 2011 | Lee Myung-bak |
| 2014 | Albert II of Monaco |

### Scientific and Technological Achievement

| 2001 | Mohamed El-Kassas | World Commission on Dams | |
| 2003 | Godwin Obasi | Mostafa Tolba | Bert Bolin |
| 2005 | Millennium Ecosystem Assessment | | |
| 2008 | Jane Lubchenco | V. Ramanathan | |
| 2011 | Partha Dasgupta | | |
| 2014 | Ashok Khosla | Zakri Abdul Hamid | |

### Environmental Action Leading to Positive Change in Society

| 2001 | Yolanda Kakabadse | Stephan Schmidheiny |
| 2003 | Badria Al Awadhi | Jamal Mohamed Safi |
| 2005 | Angela Cropper | Emil Salim |
| 2008 | Environment Development Action in the Third World | Tierramérica |
| 2011 | Mathis Wackernagel | Najib Saab |
| 2014 | Luc Hoffmann | Paula Caballero Gómez |