Janaína A. Junkes got the Innovation in Circular Economy Award by the Brazilian Institute of Development and Sustainability and focuses on supporting projects and actions that bring solutions based on circular economy principles (article in 6 languages available).

Alanna Rebelo is awarded a 3-month TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visit to the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology from July to September 2020. The topic of the research is 'the hydrological benefits of investing in ecological infrastructure for erosion mitigation'.

Chukwuebuka is one of thirty-one early-career scientists from 14 developing countries who will receive research awards to boost their scientific capability in the third round of the GRA and CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security joint CLIFF-GRADS initiative for 2020.

Zhu Liu has been named as one of 35 innovators by MIT Technology Review, for his contribution of the study on carbon budget and the anthropogenic carbon sink.

Enayat A. Moallemi recently edited a book for Routledge on the topic of sustainability transitions. The book collects state-of-the-art research from European and Australian-based researchers, including multiple chapters with contributions from world-leading scholars from Germany.

Becky Nancy Achieng' Aloo is one of 20 Young Talent Sub-Saharan Africa 2019 L'Oréal-UNESCO awardees in Biological Sciences with her research project "Identifying novel species of Irish potato to enhance yields".

Feemena Valappil was selected for UNLEASH Innovation Lab in Shenzhen, China, and worked to help people affected by lead contaminated water in Flint, Michigan, USA, by developing an integrated water treatment, testing and reporting system.

Attila Tóth received the Science and Technology Award in the category Personality of Science and Technology under 35 Years for an outstanding contribution to the development of science in landscape architecture.