The Prince and Princess of Wales are in Boston for the first time in eight years. William established the Earthshot Prize in 2020 to support entrepreneurs that are developing breakthrough climate solutions.
The name of the prize is a nod to President John F. Kennedy's 1962 "moonshot" speech.
The term has been used as a metaphor for goals that require a lot of money and brain power. The urgent nature of the climate challenge has led to some questioning whether a climate change "moonshot" could be used to avert catastrophe in the future.
A pool of nearly $60 million will be disbursed by the end of the decade thanks to the Earthshot Prize.
The Earthshot Prize, an independent charity that was recently broken off from William and Catherine's Royal Foundation, gives 1 million British pounds, or about $1.2 million, to each of five winners, one in each of the prize categories.
The Saudi plan. Despite the scientific consensus that the world must move away from fossil fuels to avoid the worst consequences of global warming, Saudi Arabia is using lobbying, research funding and diplomatic activity to keep oil at the center of the world economy.
The people are being tracked. Climate TRACE uses data from satellites to track emissions from power plants, oil fields and cargo ships. A hyperlocal Atlas of the human activities that are altering the planet's chemistry has been created by the group.
Climate threats in the U.S. The effects of climate change are already far-reaching and worsening throughout the United States, posing risks to virtually every aspect of society. The United States has warmed more quickly than the rest of the world over the past 50 years.
There were more than 1000 nominations this year. According to the organization's website, submissions were reviewed by an expert panel.
Sign up for the Climate Forward newsletter Your must-read guide to the climate crisis.A group of judges, led by William, pick the winners from a group of three people. Queen Rania of Jordan and the businessman Jack Ma are two of the people that are on that panel
The awards ceremony, which will take place on Friday in Boston at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway, will feature performances by Annie Lennox.
The United States, Britain, the Netherlands, China, and Kenya are some of the countries that will compete for the right to host the world's tallest building.
Local knowledge and education are emphasized by a few grass roots groups. In the Kinabatangan floodplain in Malaysian Borneo, a wildlife research group is working with the Orang Sungai Indigenous community. There is a group in Australia that trains Indigenous women.
A greenhouse-in-a-box kit for small farmers in India, an all-electric battery system designed to replace diesel generators on construction sites, and a low-pollution stove that is already in use by 200,000 people are just some of the sustainable technologies developed by the final four
One of the two finalist uses seaweed to make sustainable containers to replace single-use plastic, and the other uses seaweed to seed underwater environments.
The idea of designing products with reuse in mind was one of the main themes of the year. Phool, a start-up based in India, uses the flowers from temples that are cast into the Ganga River into incense sticks and leather substitute. One of the world's most polluted rivers is polluted by pesticides coating the flowers.
Costa Rica won in the protecting and restoring nature category last year for a nationwide system that paid people to nurture forests. Efforts to curb the global collapse of biodiversity are highlighted.
Takachar, a company based in India, won top honors for its efforts to combat air pollution from agricultural burning. Crop waste can be turned into fuel andfertilizer by attaching a portable technology to a tractor.
CoralVita, a company that works to restore our world's dying and damaged reef, won the award for ocean revival. Warming ocean temperatures and pollution are addressed in the category.
Milan won the waste-free living category for its Food Waste Hubs, which recover unsold food from supermarkets and businesses and distribute it through charities and food banks. Food waste accounts for up to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
The climate category highlights efforts to lower emissions and Enapter, a German energy technology company, won for a compact electrolyzer that produces hydrogen fuel from water.
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