DBU’s German Environmental Award for Climate Scientist and Wood Construction Pioneer / Friederike Otto and Dagmar Fritz-Kramer this year’s recipients

Osnabrück. The German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU – Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt) has chosen two women as the joint recipients of this year’s German Environmental Award – climate scientist Professor Friederike Otto and wood construction entrepreneur Dagmar Fritz-Kramer will share the prestigious accolade in its 31st year. The 500,000-euro award is one of Europe’s most highly renumerated environmental awards. The two award winners will receive the prize on 29 October in Lübeck from German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

‘Both award winners are a true inspiration and motivation’

‘With the outstanding energy they have shown in their respective fields, both award winners have demonstrated that we cannot afford to lose any more time in the fight against the climate crisis,’ says DBU Secretary General Alexander Bonde. He believes that Friederike Otto and Dagmar Fritz-Kramer are achieving something significant. He says: ‘They are a true inspiration and motivation for us to learn from the impacts of global warming, which are already evident today, and to continue implementing more and more environmental and resource protection measures so that our planet remains a habitable place.’

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