Presenting the award, Parliament's President Pöttering said that "EU and the EP have a leading role...but we have to cooperate with the US, India and China - we must work together".
Pasniedzot balvu, EP priekšsēdētājs Hans -Gerts Poterings teica, ka ES un Eiropas Parlamentam cīņā pret klimata pārmaiņām ir vadoša loma, taču ka jāsadarbojas ar ASV, Indiju un Ķīnu.