Some of the greatest celebrities in the world joined Prince William of England in London on Sunday evening for the first “Earthshot Prize 2021“.
The award, created by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, was inspired by John F. Kennedy’s “Moonshot” commitment to take Americans to the moon. The Earthshot is also designed to inspire innovation, but not to reach the skies. The Earthshot is an attempt to keep the planet we currently inhabit liveable for future generations.
The awards bring recognition and a significant portion of funding for people working on innovative solutions to the major environmental crises facing the Earth and the stars have come out to help save the planet.
A pedal performance by Coldplay kicked off the process, with 60 riders scrambling to supply all the electricity needed.
But the Earthshot Prize’s inaugural message was anything but celebratory: the royal host warned all who were watching that we are all living in “the most consequential time in human history.”
“I want to say something to all the young people watching tonight,” said the prince. “For too long we haven’t done enough to protect the planet for your future. But Earthshot is for you. In the next 10 years, we will take action. We will find the solutions to repair our planet ”.
Five great-thinking visionaries from around the world received approximately $ 1.4 million each for finding innovative ways to protect the Earth.
The winners of the Earthshot Prize 2021
The winners of the very first edition of the Earthshot Prize are:
- there nation of Costa Rica, which won in the category “Protect and restore nature” for a politics who pays local citizens to help plant trees and preserve the rainforest of the country;
- the Indian Vidyut Mohan, which won the award “Clean our Air“For his Takachar social enterprise, a company that is helping to convert harmful pollutants produced by the agricultural sector in his country into salable biofuels and fertilizers;
- the initiative Coral Vita in the Bahamas, which won the award “Revive our Oceans”For the development of a scalable system for growing abundant new corals on land, which can be transplanted in small groups into the oceans to rejuvenate coral reefs killed by warmer waters;
- our Milan, which won the award “Build a waste-free world”For an initiative that saw the city use enormous quantities of food, which would otherwise have been discarded by grocery stores and other large entities, to feed the needy;
- the international project Enapter, which won the award “Fix our Climate” for its AEM Electrolyser, a much more efficient way to create zero-emission hydrogen gas from renewable electricity.
“What we have achieved in this small Central American country can be done anywhere”
said the president of Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado Quesada in a commentary broadcast on Sunday at the awards ceremony, among other things, to stay in line with the theme, none were actually flown to the show and no plastic was used to build the stage.
Those who attended were encouraged to “consider the environment” when deciding what to wear, with Prince William donning a green velvet jacket while his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge reused an Alexander McQueen suit. which she wore for the first time 10 years ago.
“For too long we have neglected our wilderness and are now facing a series of tipping points.”
Kate said
Next year, the ceremony will bring his attempt to save the planet to one of the most powerful countries on the planet – the United States will host the Earthshot Prize ceremony in 2022.
“The finalists and winners we recognized tonight remind us that we have an incredible ability to turn the improbable into reality if we work together,” US Presidential Special Climate Envoy John Kerry said at the ceremony. award ceremony in a comment delivered via video.
If you missed the ceremony on Sunday night, you can watch it on Discovery Plus starting October 20.
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