Olga Alexandrovna Speranskaya

Olga Alexandrowna Speranskaja ( Russian Ольга Александровна Сперанская ) is a Russian environmental scientist. She did a great job identifying and removing toxic chemicals from the environment of the former Soviet states.

Life

Speranskaya, a granddaughter of Alexei Speransky , received her PhD in physics from the Russian Academy of Sciences. She worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Oceanology. She headed the chemical safety program at the Eco-Accord Center for Environment and Sustainable Development, where she had worked since 1997. From 2010 to 2018 she was one of the chairs of the International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN).

Act

Speranskaya formed a civil society network made up of government and non-governmental organizations and academics from eleven former Soviet states. The aim was to remove toxic chemicals from the market and to reduce the harmful effects on human health and the environment. It is also attributed to their work that several states have signed the Stockholm Convention . Today she is also committed to reducing plastic.

Awards

In 1992, Speranskaya was awarded the Financial Times David Thomas Prize for her essay "What Will the Collapse of Communism Do to the Environment?" (“What impact will the collapse of communism have on the environment?”). In 2009 she was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize . In 2011 she was named Champion of the Earth by the United Nations Environment Program .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} The Goldman Environmental Prize (2009): Olga Speranskaya. 2009 Goldman Prize Recipient Europe .
2. ↑ ipen.org
3. ↑ Olga Speranskaya: Your submission to proposed mandatory phase out of single-use plastic shopping bags , mfe.govt.nz (Ministry for the Environment, Ministry of Environment, New Zealand)
4. ↑ Dr. Olga Speranskaya, Russia, 2011 Champion of the Earth Science and Innovation , unenvironment.org