Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has been awarded the Pico della Mirandola Prize in its international category for his work on climate change and sustainability challenges with the IPCC, the Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) and other national and international organizations.
Past winners in the prize’s international category include former International Monetary Fund Managing Director Michel Camdessus; former European Commission President Jacques Delors; Nobel Economics Laureate (2006) Edmund Phelps; and Colombian artist and sculptor Fernando Botero.
The prize is named after Italian Renaissance philosopher Giovanni Pico who wrote a defining text of Renaissance humanism, the Oration on the Dignity of Man, which is known as the ‘Manifesto of the Renaissance’. The award recognizes personalities who contribute a humanistic approach to knowledge in the spirit of Pico’s work. A biennial event, the prestigious Italian prize is awarded across artistic, cultural, social, economic, financial and entrepreneurial categories and is presented in international, national and local sections.