Nobel Prize for Special Contribution to Sustainable Development, On February 2 1 local time in Caixin.com, Peter Nobel, chairman of the Nobel Foundation for Sustainable Development, announced that he would award his first special contribution award to Xie Zhenhua, the special envoy of China on climate change, in recognition of his great contribution to the global response to climate change and sustainable development. The prize money is 500,000 Swedish kronor (about RMB332,800).

The Nobel Prize has set up five prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace, while the Nobel Prize for Sustainable Development has only set up one prize.