"The ranking of EGU awards from highest to lowest are: Union medals Union Awards Divisional Medals Divisional Awards Union Assembly Awards see http://www.egu.eu/awards-medal... The Hans Oeschger Medal is a Divisional medal, awarded by the Climate Division of the EGU. Mr Mann won his in 2012 - see http://www.egu.eu/awards-medal... To paraphrase Monty Python, what has he done lately ?" - martin english