KIT Climate Researcher Receives Award

Klaus Butterbach-Bahl receives Sustainability Award of the Nobel Sustainability Trust
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl NST / TUM
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl received the Nobel Sustainability Trust Prize for his research into quantifying the environmental impact of agriculture.

The Nobel Sustainability Trust honored Professor Klaus Butterbach-Bahl from KIT with the Sustainability Award 2024 in San Francisco on Thursday, November 21, 2024. The climate scientist received the award for his research on the environmental impact of global agriculture, especially with regard to land management as a source of greenhouse gases.

Quantifying climate impact

“My goal is to develop robust data and models to quantify the environmental impacts of land management on greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and nitrate pollution in groundwater, and to develop concepts to minimize these impacts,” says Butterbach-Bahl. “The fact that my work has now been rewarded with the Sustainability Award confirms my team and me in our efforts to provide clarity in this area.”

As a senior scientist at the Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research Atmospheric Environmental Research, KIT Alpine Campus in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and as Director of the Danish Pioneer Centre for Landscape Research in Sustainable Agricultural Futures at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, Butterbach-Bahl has made a significant contribution to quantifying the environmental impacts of agriculture, particularly in relation to greenhouse gases and nitrogen pollution.

About the Sustainability Prize

Each year, the Nobel Sustainability Trust presents the Sustainability Award to outstanding individuals, organizations, or companies in various fields for their contribution to promoting, innovating and implementing sustainable solutions. The winners are selected by a committee at the Technical University of Munich.

mhe, November 26, 2024