Masson-Delmotte won the Martha T. Muse prize for contribution to Antarctic science in 2015.[8] She also won the French-Austrian Prize Amédée in 2014[9] and the Irène Joliot-Curie prize for the woman scientist of the year in 2013.[10] She won the prize of scientific excellence UVSQ in 2011,[9] and the Descartes Prize of the European Commission for transnational collaborative research: EPICA in 2008.[11] She was associated with the Nobel Peace Prize 2007 awarded to Al Gore and the IPCC.[12] She was co-awarded the Grand Prix Etienne Roth du CEA from the French Academy of Sciences in 2002.[6] In 2019 she was awarded the 2020 Milutin Milankovic Medal by the European Geosciences Union.[13]