German Environment Prize shared by climate economist, metal producers


BERLIN, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Climate economist Ottmar Edenhofer, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), and the siblings Annika and Hugo Sebastian Trappmann, managing directors of sheet metal producer Blechwarenfabrik Limburg, would receive this year's German Environmental Award, the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) announced on Wednesday.

"We are presenting two awards for exceptional efforts in the fight against climate change," said DBU Secretary General Alexander Bonde in a statement. The prize is awarded annually for "outstanding, pioneering work in the field of environmental protection."

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