The five winners of the annual Earthshot Prize 2024 were announced at a glittering ceremony in Cape Town on Wednesday evening.
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Each winner claimed a £1 million (R22.6 million) prize to help support their projects and cause.
There were three finalists in each of the five categories, making it a total of 15 nominees for the Earthshot Prize 2024.
The five categories for the Earthshot Prize 2024 were:
Fix Our Climate, Revive Our Oceans, Build a Waste-free World, Protect & Restore Nature and Clean Our Air.
As reported by The South African website, the ceremony was co-hosted by Award-winning American actor and singer Billy Porter and South African TV presenter Bonang Matheba.
It also showcased musical performances by, among others, Diamond Platnumz, Uncle Waffles and the Ndlovu Youth Choir.
Earthshot Prize 2024 – Full list of winners
Fix Our Climate: Advanced Thermovoltaic Systems, an American company that convert excess heat, produced during the making of steel or cement, into electricity
Revive Our Oceans: High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People, an alliance of at least 119 countries with the ambitious goal to protect 30% of land and oceans by 2030
Build a Waste-free World: Keep IT Cool, a Kenyan-based company using solar powered refrigeration to help cut harvest waste for farmers
Protect and Restore Nature: Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative, a project that has saved thecritically endangered Saiga antelope from extinction in Kazakhstan
Clean Our Air: Green Africa Youth Organization, who use behavioural change to help communities clean up waste and build circular waste management infrastructure across Africa
Prince William closed the awards ceremony in Cape Town by calling for people around the world to join the “movement for change”.
Watch the entire ceremony below:
