What is Prince William's Earthshot Prize?
The charity will award $6 million to five entrepreneurs around the world working on game-changing climate solutions.
William and Catherine, the Prince and Princess of Wales, arrived in Boston on Wednesday for their first visit to the United States in eight years. At the center of their journey is the Earthshot Prize, founded by William in 2020 to support entrepreneurs developing game-changing climate solutions.
The name of the prize is a wink. look at President John F. Kennedy's 1962 "moonshot" speech rallying public support for the effort to land American astronauts on the moon within the decade.
The term has endured as a metaphor for goals so ambitious that they require colossal commitments of intelligence and money. In recent years, the urgency of the climate challenge has led some to wonder whether a "moonshot" of climate change might be what it takes to avert catastrophe in the future.
The Earthshot Prize answers that question with an emphatic yes and brings in a pool of nearly $60 million to be disbursed by the end of the decade.
What are the five categories ?The Earthshot Prize, an independent charity recently split from the William and Catherine's Royal Foundation, awards £1 million, or approximately $1.2 million, to each of the five winners, one in each of the award categories: Nature Conservation and Protection, Clean Air, Ocean Rebirth, Litter-Free Living, and Climate Action.
This year there were over 1,000 nominations from 80 countries. Submissions were reviewed by a panel of experts made up of scientists, policymakers and academics, according to the organization's website.
A panel of judges high level, led by William, selects the winners from a group of three finalists in each category. This panel includes naturalist David Attenborough, actress Cate Blanchett, singer Shakira, Queen Rania of Jordan and businessman Jack Ma.
The ceremony The awards show, which takes place Friday in Boston at MGM Music Hall at Fenway, will feature performances by Annie Lennox, Billie Eilish, Ellie Goulding and R&B duo Chloe x Halle.
Who are the finalists?The 15 finalists for 2022 come from more than ten countries, including the United States, Great Britain, the Netherlands, China and Kenya.
Some are grassroots groups that emphasize local knowledge and education. In the floodplain forests of Kinabatangan in Malaysia's Borneo, a wildlife research group is working with the indigenous Orang Sungai community to monitor biodiversity. In Queensland, Australia, another group is training indigenous women to become forest rangers.
Other finalists have developed sustainable technologies, including a battery system fully electric designed to replace diesel generators on construction sites, a "greenhouse-in-a-box" kit for smallholder farmers in India, and low-emission stoves that are alr...
The charity will award $6 million to five entrepreneurs around the world working on game-changing climate solutions.
William and Catherine, the Prince and Princess of Wales, arrived in Boston on Wednesday for their first visit to the United States in eight years. At the center of their journey is the Earthshot Prize, founded by William in 2020 to support entrepreneurs developing game-changing climate solutions.
The name of the prize is a wink. look at President John F. Kennedy's 1962 "moonshot" speech rallying public support for the effort to land American astronauts on the moon within the decade.
The term has endured as a metaphor for goals so ambitious that they require colossal commitments of intelligence and money. In recent years, the urgency of the climate challenge has led some to wonder whether a "moonshot" of climate change might be what it takes to avert catastrophe in the future.
The Earthshot Prize answers that question with an emphatic yes and brings in a pool of nearly $60 million to be disbursed by the end of the decade.
What are the five categories ?The Earthshot Prize, an independent charity recently split from the William and Catherine's Royal Foundation, awards £1 million, or approximately $1.2 million, to each of the five winners, one in each of the award categories: Nature Conservation and Protection, Clean Air, Ocean Rebirth, Litter-Free Living, and Climate Action.
This year there were over 1,000 nominations from 80 countries. Submissions were reviewed by a panel of experts made up of scientists, policymakers and academics, according to the organization's website.
A panel of judges high level, led by William, selects the winners from a group of three finalists in each category. This panel includes naturalist David Attenborough, actress Cate Blanchett, singer Shakira, Queen Rania of Jordan and businessman Jack Ma.
The ceremony The awards show, which takes place Friday in Boston at MGM Music Hall at Fenway, will feature performances by Annie Lennox, Billie Eilish, Ellie Goulding and R&B duo Chloe x Halle.
Who are the finalists?The 15 finalists for 2022 come from more than ten countries, including the United States, Great Britain, the Netherlands, China and Kenya.
Some are grassroots groups that emphasize local knowledge and education. In the floodplain forests of Kinabatangan in Malaysia's Borneo, a wildlife research group is working with the indigenous Orang Sungai community to monitor biodiversity. In Queensland, Australia, another group is training indigenous women to become forest rangers.
Other finalists have developed sustainable technologies, including a battery system fully electric designed to replace diesel generators on construction sites, a "greenhouse-in-a-box" kit for smallholder farmers in India, and low-emission stoves that are alr...
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