Susan Trumbore (Germany/USA), Max Planck Institut für Biogeochemie - Jena, for Earth System Dynamics,Jean-Marie Tarascon (France), Collège de France - Paris, for Environmental Challenges: Materials Science for Renewable Energy,Joan Martinez Alier (Spain), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, for Environmental Challenges: Responses from the Social Sciences and the Humanities, Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade (Brasil), Universidade de Brasilia, for Human Rights.The amount of each prize is CHF 750,000 (approx. EUR 695,000; USD 830,000; GBP 630,000). Half of the amount must be destined by the winners to research projects.