2021
Prof. Mgr. Ing. Miroslav Trnka, Ph.D.
senior researcher at the Global Change Research Institute CAS (CzechGlobe), professor at the Institute of Agrosystems and Bioclimatology, Mendel University, Brno
As a leading Czech scientist, he is researching meteorological and agricultural drought and other impacts of climate change. He is the leader of the teams running the intersucho.cz, klimatickazmena.cz, firerisk.cz and most recently agrorisk.cz portals, which are updated on a daily basis, provide free valuable information on climate change to the general public and serve as early warning systems for farmers and other groups of the Czech population.
Dr. Trnka is the author of a number of studies in prestigious international journals such as Nature Climate Change and International Journal of Climatology. He has long been involved in communicating bioclimatology and climate change issues in the media and public forums. His insightful commentaries enable readers and listeners to understand that global change affects all of us.
Prof. RNDr. Bedřich Moldan, CSc., dr.h.c.
founder and deputy director of the Environment Centre, Charles University, geochemist, ecologist, publicist, politician
Professor Bedřich Moldan was awarded the Honorary Climate Change Communication Prize for his lifelong efforts to improve the quality of the environment, nature and human relationships with nature and with each other. In addition, for his long-standing efforts to highlight climate change issues in the fields of research and expertise, journalism, politics – at all levels of politics in the Czech Republic and internationally – and for his climate change-related activities in the civic and educational fields.
2020
Mgr. Ondráš Přibyla
theoretical physicist, lecturer, mediator and consultant
founder and leader of “Fakta o klimatu” (The Climate Facts) project
Ondráš Přibyla and the team of “Fakta o klimatu” (The Facts on Climate)[1] project present scientific knowledge about climate change in a comprehensible and clear way. They collect data from professional and scientific institutions (IPCC, CHMI, NASA, Eurostat, WMO) and process attractive visual outputs: graphs, tables, maps and other overviews explaining key phenomena. Infographics can be freely used in the education system, the media, civil society organizations, companies or in political work. In this way, they make a significant contribution to education and cultivation of a reliable, factual and current knowledge-based debate on climate change.
[1] Ondráš Přibyla, Tomáš Protivínský, Martin Ukrop, Jan Krčál, Kristýna Zákopčanová, Oldřich Sklenář, Kateřina Kolouchová, Matěj Grabovský, Martin Křivánek, Ondřej Pechník, Marek Lahoda, Eliška Vlčková.
2019
RNDr. Radim Tolasz, Ph.D.
climatologist, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Representative of the Czech Republic in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), expert of the World Meteorological Organization
Dr. Radim Tolasz has long strived to popularize climate change in terms of scientific knowledge, especially climatology and meteorology. He writes a regular blog, appears in the media and in public forums, communicates on social networks about the causes and possible effects of climate change, explains complex climate phenomena including activities of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in simple language. He publicly communicates his views on possible adaptation and emission reduction solutions. As the representative of the Czech Republic in the IPCC, he has played an important role in presenting the Reports of this international scientific panel to the Czech public since 2014. Through his activities in the field of public awareness, dr. Tolasz is an example of a scientist who understands the correlation between science, politics and public life.