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Our planet, our future
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Nobel Laureates aim for a more sustainable future
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In the first ever Nobel Prize Summit, a virtual event held in April 2021, the future of our planet was up for discussion. Laureates, scientists and policy makers came together to explore the question: What can be achieved in this decade to put the world on a path to a more sustainable, more prosperous future for all of humanity?
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“It took three disciplines working together. It also took three countries.”
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Chemist Stanley Whittingham, awarded the Nobel Prize for developing the lithium-ion battery, was one of the participating laureates. During the summit he spoke about how global challenges cannot be solved alone. Watch Stanley Whittingham’s speech |
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“A lot of advances in science build on decades of curiosity-driven experimentation by people that just have a passion for understanding nature.”
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“I hope everyone thinks about what is happening in the world around them.”
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Steven Chu. Photo: P. Frisk.
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Steven Chu was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on laser cooling but today spends much of his time working on new solutions to tackle climate change - and tries to encourage other scientists to do the same. Read the interview with Steven Chu |
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“I wasn't all that interested in science as a kid.”
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Peter Doherty was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1996 for his research on cell mediated immune defense. Here he talks about the path that led him onto immunology research and about his engagement in environmental issues. Watch the interview with Peter Doherty |
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“There was a black cloud, and hard rain.”
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Svetlana Alexievich.
Photo: A. Mahmoud.
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In 1986 the world's worst nuclear accident occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine. Over ten years Literature Laureate Svetlana Alexievich spoke with survivors from the disaster, recording their testimonies on her Dictaphone. Her subsequent book Voices from Chernobyl contained words of thousands of witnesses who, without her, may never have been heard.
Read an excerpt from the book Voices from Chernobyl |
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Alfred Nobel and his interests
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Alfred Nobel was an inventor, entrepreneur and scientist and the man behind the Nobel Prize. Although he belonged to the realm of his work and inventions, he had another great interest that was vital to him. Which one? Make a guess and click to submit your answer.
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