Prince William announces finalists for his environmental award
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The Prince of Wales has now announced the finalists of this year's Earthshot Prize, taking to social media to share the news. The environmental award was launched by Prince William to recognise projects creating solutions to climate problems.
The award falls into four categories: Protect And Restore Nature, Clean Our Air, Revive Our Oceans, Build A Waste Free World and Fix Our Climate.
This year's awards ceremony will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday 6 November. Last year, the event was hosted by Hannah Waddingham in Singapore, and was attended by a star-studded line up including Hollywood actor Cate Blanchett, as will Robert Irwin, son of the late wildlife conservationist, Steve Irwin.
The Earthshot prize is set to return once a year for a decade following the first awards, to honour the projects creating innovative solutions to climate problems.
In a YouTube video introducing the first Earthshot Award, Prince William explained that the award would decide a winner from a total of 15 nominees across five categories, with entries coming in from around the globe.
An introduction to the announcement said that we were in the midst of an “unprecedented crisis which threatens nature and every one of us" and that "we must act with urgency" to help the environment. While all the named finalists will receive "tailored support" to scale up their projects, the winners' prize is £1 million to support their work.
Earthshot Prize 2024 Finalists
See all the finalists for this year's awards across the five categories below:
Protect and Restore Nature
Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance, Ecuador
NatureMetrics, UK
Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative, Kazakhstan
Clean Our Air
GAYO, Green Africa Youth Organization, Ghana
d.light, Pan-Africa
MYCL, Indonesia
Revive Our Oceans
High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, Global
MiAlgae, UK
Coast 4C
Build a Waste-Free World
Natural Fiber Welding, USA
Ferment’Up, France
Keep IT Cool, Kenya
Fix Our Climate
Equatic, USA
Advanced Thermovoltaic Systems, USA
Build Up Nepal, Nepal
You can find out more information about all of the previous winners and former finalists' projects on the Earthshot Prize official website.
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