Prince William’s Earthshot Prize
These are the projects of the 15 finalists
Prince William at the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit on September 19th.
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15 projects were presented around the Prince William Earthshot Prize. Five of them will receive high prize money in November.
15 Earthshot finalists in five categories
The awards are presented in five categories related to oceans, nature conservation, sustainability, climate and clean air. The individual projects were selected from more than 1,300 nominees and represent efforts on six continents. Abalobi wants to promote sustainable fishing, Acción Andina works to preserve ecosystems in forests and Aquacycl deals with the treatment of contaminated wastewater.
Belterra, meanwhile, relies on regenerative agriculture to promote biodiversity, among other things. Boomitra focuses on reducing CO2 emissions and Circ has developed a process to recycle polycotton. Coastal 500 is committed to protecting coastlines, Colorfix produces more sustainable textile dyes and Enso develops more efficient tires for electric cars.
Freetown the Treetown, among other things, takes care of reforestation, GRST, meanwhile, produces batteries with components that can be more easily recycled and Polish Smog Alert wants to improve air quality in Poland. S4S Technologies fights food waste, Sea Forest makes a feed supplement for cattle and sheep from algae and the Wildaid Marine Program aims to create lasting benefits for endangered wildlife, ecosystems or even coastal communities.
There is a detailed overview of the projects and the people behind them on the Earthshot Prize homepage. A clip on the Instagram channel of William and Princess Kate, 41, who did not travel to the USA with her husband, also briefly introduces the finalists. Support at the summit William got it for it, according to People including New York’s former mayor Michael Bloomberg, 81, former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, 43, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, 67.
The Earthshot Prize, established by William in 2020, aims to support potential solutions to environmental problems. Every year, five projects are honored at an award ceremony, each of which is supported with prize money of one million pounds. The Earthshot Prize is considered one of the prince’s favorite environmental projects. He is also expected to attend the award ceremony in Singapore. It is currently unclear whether Kate will travel to Asia with them.