The Projects will support conservation and education projects in Taiwan, Malaysia, and India, including the following: (1) establish the Jane Goodall Sustainability Academy, Asia’s first experimental elementary school that focuses on conservation and sustainability issues; (2) implement Project Monyet in the Malaysia peninsular to educate people about the importance of primates; (3) run the Hope Project in India to connect young people with nature.

With this grant, Dr. Hansen, the 2018 laureate, will be able to finish Sophie’s Planet, a book written for younger generations in which he chronicles his own struggle to become a scientist and learn the scientist method.

In view of the climate stress driven by extreme weathers and related natural disasters, 2018 laureate Professor Ramanthan’s first research proposal focuses on 100 families living in climate stressed zones in California, and is intended to document the mental health impact climate change has exerted on this population.