International
July 31, 2025
June 19, 2025
$500,000 USD
In 1992, the year of the Earth Summit, the Asahi Glass Foundation established the Blue Planet Prize, an award presented to individuals or organizations from around the world in recognition of outstanding achievements in scientific research and its application that have helped provide solutions to global environmental problems. The Prize is offered in the hope of encouraging efforts to bring about the healing of the Earth's fragile environment. The award's name was inspired by the remark "the Earth is blue," uttered by the first human in space, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, upon viewing our planet. The Blue Planet Prize was so named in the hope that our blue planet will be a shared asset capable of sustaining human life far into the future.
The award is open to individuals, groups of individuals, and non-profit organizations. Living citizens, if individuals, of all nations, irrespective of gender or religion, are eligible for the Blue Planet Prize.
Certificate of merit A commemorative trophy
