The 15 finalists in the award scheme come from all over the world, and will compete for one of the five posts of £1 million prize money.
will this week announce the next batch of companies and inventors who will be handed £1 million each at his Earthshot Awards final in Singapore.
The Earthshot Awards – named after the Moonshot programme in the US in the 1960s – aims to come up with some key solutions to the world’s biggestcome from all over the world, and will compete for one of the five posts of £1 million prize money.There are three finalists in each of the categories: Restore Nature, Clean Air, Revive Oceans, Waste-free World and Fix the Climate.. A London company, Enzo, which makes tyres for electric cars.
With a population of 5.5 million on an island just 30 miles wide and 17 miles from top to bottom, Singapore is already one of the most sustainable cities in the world.William and Kate are greeted by Hannah Jones, CEO of the Earthshot Prize, as they arrive at last year's awards in Boston.Many of its buildings are covered in living plants - it is planting a million more trees and investing in green infrastructure to lessen the impact of the urban heat effect of the city.
She said the 10 winners from the first two awards in 2021 and 2022 are already making a huge difference and getting the support, finance and mentoring needed to massively scale up their operations.
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