We are pleased to announce the inaugural Project Syndicate Sustainability Book Award. Let your publishers know: submissions for 2023 are now open.
About the Award
The Project Syndicate Sustainability Book Award, presented in partnership with La Banque Postale, aims to advance the public good of informed discourse by elevating works that deepen, revise, or otherwise improve our understanding of the issues, trends, and forces that will define the twenty-first century. Each year, the award will recognize one new book that offers a uniquely valuable contribution.The winning author will receive a cash prize of €15,000; short-listed authors will receive a cash prize of €1,000. If the winning title has more than one author, the prize money will be equally divided among the co-authors. The winner will be announced at an award ceremony in Paris, France, on Wednesday, July 5, 2023.
Submission Requirements
Books must be submitted by publishers by January 31, 2023. Eligible books may be published anywhere in the world, as long as they appeared within the preceding calendar year in the English language (including in translation). For all rules, terms, and conditions, visit bookaward.project-syndicate.org.The Jury
Daron Acemoglu, Professor of Economics at MIT
Solange Bandiaky-Badji, President of the Rights and Resources Group
Philippe Heim, CEO of La Banque Postale
Ilonza Szabó, Co-Founder and President of the Igarapé Institute
Gernot Wagner, Climate Economist at Columbia Business SchoolTimeline
January 31, 2023: Submission deadline
February 15, 2023: Shortlist announced
March 30, 2023: Finalists announced
July 5, 2023: Winner announced, with award dinner hosted by La Banque Postale
Shortlisted books:
- No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies by Julian Aguon (Astra House, 2022).
- The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War: Charting the Rise and Fall of U.S. Military Emissions by Neta C. Crawford (MIT Press, 2022).
- Polar Shift: The Arctic Sustained by Joseph DiMento (Anthem Press, 2022).
- Minding the Climate: How Neuroscience Can Help Solve Our Environmental Crisis by Ann-Christine Duhaime (Harvard University Press, 2022).
- The Progress Illusion: Reclaiming Our Future from the Fairytale of Economics by Jon D. Erickson (Island Press, 2022).
- The Sustainable Business Handbook: A Guide to Becoming More Innovative, Resilient, and Successful by David Grayson, Chris Coulter, and Mark Lee (KoganPage, 2022).
- Wild by Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration by Laura J. Martin (Harvard University Press, 2022).
- Horizon Work: At the Edges of Knowledge in an Age of Runaway Climate Change by Adriana Petryna (Princeton University Press, 2022).
- How the World Really Works by Vaclav Smil (Viking, 2022).
- Growth for Good: Reshaping Capitalism to Save Humanity from Climate Catastrophe by Alessio Terzi (Harvard University Press, 2022).