The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is an annual award for environmental science, environmental health, and energy. Tyler Laureates receive a $200,000 cash prize and a medallion. The prize is administered by the University of Southern California and was established by John and Alice Tyler in 1973. It is regarded as the "Nobel for environment". History Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement was founded in 1973 by John and Alice Tyler and was launched by Ronald Reagan. It was funded with a gift of $5 million by Jack Tyler and was initially administered by Pepperdine University. Laureates 2023: Daniel Pauly and Ussif Rashid Sumaila 2022: Sir Andrew Haines 2020: Gretchen Daily and Pavan Sukhdev 2019: Michael E. Mann and Warren M. Washington 2018: Paul Falkowski and James J. McCarthy 2017: José Sarukhán Kermez 2016: Sir Partha S. Dasgupta 2015: Madhav Gadgil and Jane Lubchenco 2014: Simon A. Levin 2013: Diana Wall 2012: John H. Seinfeld and Kirk R. Smith 2011: May R. Berenbaum 2010: Laurie Marker and Stuart Pimm 2009: Richard B. Alley and Veerabhadran Ramanathan 2008: James N. Galloway and Harold Mooney 2007: Gatze Lettinga 2006: David W. Schindler and Igor A. Shiklomanov 2005: Charles D. Keeling and Lonnie G. Thompson 2004: Barefoot College and Red Latinoamericana de Botanica 2003: Hans Herren, Yoel Margalith and Sir Richard Doll who established the link between lung cancer and cigarette smoking. 2002: Wallace S. Broecker and Tungsheng Liu 2001: Jared M. Diamond and Thomas E. Lovejoy 2000: John P. Holdren 1999: Te-Tzu Chang and Joel E. Cohen 1998: Anne H. Ehrlich and Paul R. Ehrlich 1997: Jane Goodall, Biruté Galdikas and George Schaller 1996: Willi Dansgaard, Hans Oeschger and Claude Lorius 1995: Clair C. Patterson 1994: and Peter H. Raven 1993: F. Herbert Bormann and Gene E. Likens 1992: Perry McCarty and Robert M. White 1991: C. Everett Koop and M. S. Swaminathan 1990: Thomas Eisner and Jerrold Meinwald 1989: Paul J. Crutzen and Edward D. Goldberg 1988: Bert R. J. Bolin 1987: Richard E. Schultes and Gilbert F. White 1986: Werner Stumm and Richard Vollenweider 1985: Bruce N. Ames and the Organization for Tropical Studies 1984: Roger R. Revelle and Edward O. Wilson 1983: Harold S. Johnston, Mario J. Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland 1982: Carroll L. Wilson and the Southern California Edison Company 1978: Russell E. Train 1977: Eugene P. Odum 1976: Abel Wolman, Charles S. Elton and Rene Dubos 1975: