OSLO: US environmentalist, author and journalist Bill McKibben on Tuesday won Norway's Sophie Prize for environmental and sustainable development, the last time the award will be given due to lack of funds, organisers said.
McKibben is the author of more than a dozen books on climate change and environmental issues.
He was honoured for his "mobilising force to fight global warming", said the Sophie Foundation, which awards the $100,000 (77,500-euro) prize.
Born in 1960, McKibben set up the 350.org campaign in 2008 which led thousands of climate change demonstrations around the world.
He is also one of the leading opponents to the controversial pipeline project Keystone XL, aimed at transporting tar sands oil from the Canadian province of Alberta to refineries in Texas' Gulf of Mexico.
"This planet desperately needs a global mobiliser for change. Fighting immensely powerful interests McKibben has shown that mobilising for change is possible.
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