The Nobel Charitable Trust does not exist anymore. Its name was changed to the Nobel Sustainability Trust (NST) in 2011 so as to more accurately represent its role and activities
12-667: The Michael Nobel Energy Award is a proposed prize announced in 2007 by some members of the Nobel family and the Nobel Charitable Trust (founded by Michael Nobel , Peter Nobel , Gustaf Nobel and Philip Nobel). It would award innovations in alternative energy technology. It has not yet been awarded. The prize would be awarded by the Nobel Charitable Trust and not by the Nobel Foundation ,
24-727: A private society administering the prizes of Alfred Nobel, and the Nobel Charitable Trust . Notably, the Director of the Nobel Foundation, Michael Sohlman, and the elected head of the Nobel family disapprove of the institution of the Nobel Charitable Trust (NCT) The Nobel family is also represented in the Nobel Prizes Award Ceremony, held in Stockholm every year. In 2007, the Nobel family archives kept in
36-790: A prosperous common future. The awardees of the second edition of the Sustainability Award 2024 are Dr. Mathis Wackernagel for his contribution to the awareness of climate change and resource constraints through his work on the Ecological Footprint and Earth Overshoot Day , Prof. Klaus Butterbach-Bahl for his research work on quantifying greenhouse emissions and his studies on the biosphere-atmosphere exchange, and Prof. Jiuhui Qu for developing technologies to ensure safe drinking water in urban and rural areas serving millions of people. President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum and former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon are
48-729: The Archives of Lund were inscribed in UNESCO 's Memory of the World Register . Nobel Charitable Trust The Nobel Sustainability Trust ( NST ), is a charity set up by some members of the Swedish Nobel family , i.e. descendants of Ludvig Nobel . Its founders are Michael Nobel , Gustaf Nobel , and Philip Nobel. The board consists of Peter Nobel, Michael Nobel , Erik Nobel, Stephanie Nobel, and Johan Nobel. The trust started to bestow awards in 2024. The selection of
60-463: The Nobel family are known not only for their interest in art but also for their inventive ability, which is sometimes referred to as a Rudbeckian trait, inherited from their ancestor Olaus Rudbeck , the elder. Immanuel Nobel pioneered the development of underwater mines, designed some of the first steam engines to power Russian ships, installed the first central heating systems in Russian homes and
72-746: The awards is coordinated by the Institute for Advanced Study of the Technical University of Munich (TUM-IAS). The former Chairman of the Nobel Sustainability Trust is Gustaf Nobel. The mission of the Nobel Sustainability Trust Foundation (NST) is to promote sustainable economic growth that preserves and ultimately enhances the living systems on the planet, creates opportunities for people, and harnesses human ingenuity in support of
84-522: The development of the armament industry and the oil industry . Some of its foremost members are Immanuel Nobel the Younger, the engineer, developer of underwater naval mines and inventor of the rotary lathe used to produce plywood , Ludvig Nobel , the founder of Branobel and one of the richest and the most important men in Russia at his time, and Alfred Nobel , the inventor of dynamite who left
96-483: The elected head of the Nobel family disapproved to the institution of the so-called 'Dr. Michael Nobel Award' as well as the Nobel Charitable Trust (NCT) and Nobel Family Benevolent society. Nobel family The Nobel family ( / n oʊ ˈ b ɛ l / noh- BEL ), is a prominent Swedish family closely related to the history both of Sweden and of Russia in the 19th and 20th centuries. Its legacy includes its outstanding contributions to philanthropy and to
108-541: The first European pipeline . Alfred Nobel , who died childless, was the inventor of dynamite and the founder of the Nobel Prizes , to the creation of which he left the bulk of his estate. The Nobel family has created several societies, including the Nobel Family Society, a private society of which only the descendants of Immanuel Nobel, the younger, are eligible as members, the Nobel Foundation ,
120-553: The major part of his estate to the creation of the Nobel Prizes . The Nobel family originated from the Scanian village of Östra Nöbbelöv , hence their surname. The first member was Petrus Olai Nobelius (1655–1707) who married Wendela Rudbeck (1668–1710), sister of Olof Rudbeck the Younger , daughter of the famous Swedish scientist Olaus Rudbeck the Elder and granddaughter of Johannes Rudbeck , Bishop of Västerås . Members of
132-532: The organization that awards the Nobel Prizes . The plan was announced at nanoTX 07. The Nobel Foundation quickly reacted by threatening legal action for "clear misuse of the reputation and goodwill of the Nobel Prize and the associations of integrity and eminence that has been created over time and through the efforts of the Nobel Committees". Michael Sohlman, Director of the Nobel Foundation and
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#1732776680174144-402: Was the first to develop modern plywood (cut with a rotary lathe). One of his sons, Ludvig Nobel, was the founder of The Machine-Building Factory Ludvig Nobel , a great armaments concern and the inventor of the Nobel wheel. Ludvig was also the founder of Branobel , the foremost Russian oil industry of its time, and launched the world's first diesel-driven tugs and tankers , besides building
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