The Volvo Environment Prize event 2023 starts soon.
The 2025 Volvo Environment Prize celebration on December 11 coincided with the Stockholm Science Week, when the Nobel Prizes are awarded. Science historian Naomi Oreskes, a Harvard Professor, was given her award by Martin Lundstedt, Chairman of the Volvo Environment Prize Foundation and President and CEO of Volvo Group.
” Science – and this scientific award – is more important than ever, said Martin Lundstedt at the prize ceremony, ” because at the end of the day, science isn’t just about discoveries in a lab – it’s about making a real sustainability difference in the world.”
A film about the work of Naomi Oreskes premiered at the prize event, titled ”Why Should We Trust Science?”
Professor Mary Scholes, chair of the Prize Jury, read the Jury Citation for the 2025 laureate, underlining the pioneering work of Naomi Oreskes in “shaping our understanding of how scientific knowledge is collectively built, and the challenges of misinformation in public discourse”.
After the award ceremony, Professor Naomi Oreskes participated in a scientific seminar titled “Science as a Collective Process in Turbulent Times, organised by the Beijer Institute, Stockholm Resilience Centre, and the Volvo Environment Prize Foundation.
The award day finished with a dinner for the laureate and her husband together with members of the Prize Jury, the Scientific Committee, and the Steering Committee of the Volvo Environment Prize Foundation.
Professor Naomi Oreskes with members of the Prize Jury and the Scientific Committee of the Volvo Environment Prize Foundation at the award event in Stockholm.
Naomi Oreskes is the first science historian to receive the Volvo Environment Prize.
Professor Mary Scholes, Chair of the Prize Jury, is reading the Jury Citation. To the right, Niklas Gustafsson, Secretary of the Volvo Environment Prize Foundation.
The Volvo Environment Prize award consists of a glass sculpture by designer Erika Lagerbielke, a handmade diploma by artist Göran Dalhov, and 1,5 million Swedish Kronor.
Professor Deliang Chen, who will take over as the Chair of the Prize Jury in 2026, explains what qualities to look for in breakthrough research or initiatives nominated for the prize. To the right, Professor Carl Folke, Chair of the Scientific Committee.
Martin Lundstedt, CEO and President of the Volvo Group, is greeting Professor Johan Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and a member of the Volvo Environment Prize Jury.
The scientific seminar following the award ceremony filled the conference room at the Tändstickspalatset venue in Stockholm, Sweden.
The panel at the seminar ”Science as a Collective Process in Turbulent Times”, from left, moderator Professor Thomas Elmquist, Professor Sverker Sörlin, Professor Katherine Richardson, Professor Norichika Kanie, and the 2025 laureate, Professor Naomi Oreskes.
