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Ramanathan Wins Crafoord Climate Prize
Coverage from KnowESG, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and others
Veerabhadran Ramanathan has been selected for the 2026 Crafoord Prize in Geosciences for research showing how chlorofluorocarbons, other greenhouse gases, and aerosol particles alter Earth’s energy balance, climate, and air quality.
His work broadened climate science beyond carbon dioxide, linked pollution to regional effects such as glacier melt and altered hydrological cycles, and informed international efforts to reduce ozone-depleting and short-lived climate pollutants. The prize is scheduled to be presented in Lund and Stockholm in May 2026.
The story has shifted from broad coverage of Ramanathan’s climate influence to a more concrete award announcement, with added details on the prize citation and ceremony timing. The current version also more explicitly frames his work as connecting climate science to air quality and international mitigation efforts.
The framing has narrowed from a broad climate-policy story around the Crafoord Prize to a more specific emphasis on Ramanathan’s work on non-CO2 pollutants and the policy case for cutting short-lived climate pollutants. The updated version also foregrounds the empirical basis of that research, especially Indian Ocean field campaigns and satellite measurements.