Tyler Prize State of the Environment address with Toby Kiers, 2026 Laureate

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Join world-leading sustainability icons, business leaders, and decision makers, at the 2026 Tyler Prize 'State of the Environment' address, delivered by this year's winner, Dr. Toby Kiers.

With 90% of our most diverse underground fungal systems unprotected, urgent action is needed to incorporate fungal data into global conservation plans.

The State of the Environment address is part of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, spotlighting the most transformative ideas in environmental science today. Recognised globally for her pioneering research on mycorrhizal fungal networks and their hidden role in ecosystem health, climate regulation, and biodiversity, Dr. Kiers will challenge audiences to rethink the foundations of how life on Earth is sustained.

Beneath our feet, fungal networks that have already solved problems of supply chains, trust, and resilience at planetary scale. Dr. Kiers will urge decision-makers and the private sector to recognize fungi as a “library of solutions” for planetary crises by using the high-resolution digital Underground Atlas, created by her organization, SPUN.

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ABOUT TOBY KIERS

Dr. Kiers is the co-founder of SPUN (Society for the Protection of Underground Networks), who are revealing, mapping and protecting the hidden fungal networks beneath our feet — and elevating them as a crucial part of global environmental conservation and climate solutions.

Learn more about her work at spun.earth

LOCATION

The event will take place at the Planerarium, ARTIS.

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