/24-7PressRelease/ - AZERBAIJAN, BAKU, May 27, 2008 - On 25 April, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at President Palace received the delegation headed by Dr. Michael Nobel, Chairman of the Nobel Charitable Trust
President Aliyev noted that the visit of this delegation led by Mr. Michael Nobel to Azerbaijan shows close relations between the country and the Nobel Charitable Trust. Recapitulating his first visit with Michael Nobel, Azerbaijani President said that during that meeting they discussed the history and future cooperation. Nobel family is quite respected in the country; the Head of State expressed his confidence that the current visit of the Nobel Charitable Trust would also be successful.
Dr. Michael Nobel with great pleasure recalled his previous meetings with the Azerbaijani President and expressed his gratitude to President Aliyev for rendering his support to the reconstruction works of the Nobel brothers' historical residence in Baku - the Villa Petrolea. He expressed his hope that opening of the Villa Petrolea would strengthen the relations between Sweden and Azerbaijan in a positive way.
About Us
The economic and social health of our civilization as a whole directly depends on availability and consumption of freely available energy.
A great deal of this use today is met by fossil fuels, with a strong probability of an increase in the years to come.
Alternative renewable energy sources on the other hand count for but a few percentages of the worldwide energy consumption, both today and for the foreseeable future.
Unless we assert a new course starting now.
MISSION
We, Michael Nobel, Gustaf Nobel, Philip Nobel and Peter Nobel, members of the Nobel Family, have with great concern observed the rapid depletion of oil and gas sources accompanied by increases in global temperature and pollution of land, water and air.
It is a serious crisis in the making.
We deem it our mission to help stimulate and encourage positive change so as to remedy this crisis. Thus, we have formed the Nobel Charitable Trust.
Cornerstone to our purpose is the establishment of a prestigious international award honoring individuals, organizations or companies who have contributed significantly to improving the conditions that threaten our global habitat.
No award we are aware of serves a higher purpose that of sustaining our planet and our species.
The Michael Nobel Energy Award
The Michael Nobel Energy Award will be given to individuals and organizations that deserve distinction in the following four categories:
Scientists and/or institutions who have made important discoveries in the renewable energy field or whose discoveries could lead to reduction in pollution and global warming.
Corporate leaders or companies who have demonstrated successful efforts in finding new solutions in the energy field in order to reduce consumption of nonrenewable energy and its resulting side effects.
Policy makers who have distinguished themselves by implementing policy actions in order to reduce non-renewable energy consumption, pollution and warming of the earth and its atmosphere.
Public Advocacy Representatives who, by using their position as public figures and opinion leaders, substantially helped influence the public regarding the need for alternative and renewable energy sources as well as encouraged efforts in reducing global warming.
The award will be presented annually or bi-annually in the form of a medal, a diploma and a symbolic sum. The winners will be presented at a televised gala dinner
The Ludwig Nobel Energy Conference
The Ludwig Nobel Energy Conference is another major initiative of the NCT, taking place bi-annually with a focus on renewable energy sources and ways of combating pollution and global warming. It will include participants from major suppliers and consumers of such energy sources as well as scientists and legislators. We hope to make this conference a centerpiece in the ever-growing dialog of change.
Scholarships. Part of funds collected will be used for scholarships to young scientists who have, within the fields of renewable energy, and reduction of pollution and global warming, made significant discoveries yet lack the resources to develop their innovations.
By doing this, the founders of the NCT hope to help solve some of the most urgent and important problems of the energy crisis facing mankind in the decades and centuries to come.
We firmly believe it behooves each of us to make a contribution to alleviate the problems that threaten all of us now. It is our hope and belief that our efforts will contribute to promising new solutions to the issues of decreasing energy supplies, global warming and pollution of the earth.
Support
The Nobel Charitable Trust was created to affect change beginning in our own lifetimes through our activities, grants and awards.
By participating in, and supporting the Nobel Charitable Trust, you are taking a stand for our future as a species, as a life-sustaining planet. It is our position that nothing is more important than this.
We welcome your support.
Founders
Michael Nobel
Gustaf Nobel
Philip Nobel
Peter Nobel
Board of Trustees Switzerland
Michael Nobel
Gustaf Nobel
Philip Nobel
Peter Nobel
David Lee
David Matsumoto
Board of governors
Switzerland
Kazumi Mori
Gene Maillard
Chief Executive Officer, United States
Eugene Maillard -
Chief Executive Officer, Japan
David Matsumoto
Offices
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
Japan
Korea (in progress)
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