I decided to set up a Foundation whose purpose is to protect the environment and to encourage sustainable development (...). By definition, this is a common global challenge that requires urgent and concrete action in response to three major environmental issues: climate change, biodiversity and water.
President: John B. Kelly Vice-President: Maguy Maccario Doyle Treasurer: Nancy Bugos Advisor: Lionel Schutz
During the reception organised for the launch of the American branch of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation in New York, Jeffrey Sachs, eminent professor of economics at the Columbia University declared: “you’ve got it right, it is urgent that we all work together”, in reference to H.S.H. Prince Albert II’s commitment and the international action of his Foundation for environmental protection.
Contact : Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation (USA) Inc 565 Fifth Avenue-23rd Floor New York, NY 10017 Tel: +1 (212) 286 0500 www.visitmonaco.com/pa2f
20/04/2010 : The Principality of Monaco Proudly Supports the World’s Premiere of Disneynature’s Oceans
As 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Monaco’s world-renowned Oceanographic Museum and Aquarium, it is especially fitting that the Principality, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the Oceanographic Institute Foundation Albert I, Prince of Monaco – all proud, longtime supporters of OCEANS – joined to celebrate the world premiere of this extraordinary motion picture.
10/10/2009 : The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Celebrates Awards Recipients for Their Extraordinary Efforts Dedicated to Preserve Planet Earth
Today in the Principality of Monaco, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation held its illustrious second annual awards ceremony at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco. HSH Prince Albert recognized three leading international figures, including Boston’s Professor Edward Osborne Wilson, for their lifelong efforts to preserve the planet, specific to his eponymous Foundation’s three focus areas: climate change, biodiversity and water.
30/09/2009 : The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Helps Fund Field Museum Conservation Efforts in Amazonian Peru
CHICAGO – The Field Museum announced today that it has received 409,416 euro (approximately $537,344 US dollars) from The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation for a three-year project: Establishing new conservation landscapes in Amazonian Peru.
15/07/2009 : LAUNCH OF €10,000 PRINCE ALBERT II OF MONACO FOUNDATION/UNCA PRIZE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM
For the first time an international journalism prize - valued at 10,000 euros - will be awarded for the best coverage of climate change issues.
At a ceremony at the United Nations in New York on June 18, Monaco's UN Ambassador Gilles Noghes announced the €10,000 joint Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation/UNCA (United Nations Correspondents Association) Global Prize, which will be awarded by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on October 30 at the annual UNCA Gala Dinner.
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