The Duke of Cambridge's environmental award will give one million pounds to five winning innovators each year from now until 2030 telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2…
The prince has called the award “the most prestigious environmental prize in history” 👑🌎
“I felt very much that there’s a lot of people wanting to do many good things for the environment and what they need is a bit of a catalyst, a bit of hope, a bit of positivity that we can actually fix what’s being presented" - Prince William
The Duke has spent two years consulting leading experts in the field, including those at the @NobelPrize, to develop the format of the award
The #EarthshotPrize takes its inspiration from the Apollo moon landings, nicknamed Moonshot, which helped advance mankind's technological achievements
The project, launched with #DavidAttenborough, is expected to be seen as the duke's career-defining project, like his father's @PrincesTrust
or grandfather's @DofE Award
Nominations for the prize open on November 1 with an annual global awards ceremony to be held in a different city each year, starting with London in autumn 2021.
Who will you be nominating?
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2️⃣ Brainy 🧠
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