The Duke of Cambridge will become the charity’s president after establishing the wildly successful prize in 2020. The Earthshot Prize is a global environmental award for “discovering, accelerating and scaling breakthrough solutions to restore and regenerate the planet”.
Prince William will also be joined by four trustees: M Sanjayan, Jason Knauf, Zoe Ware and Jean Christophe Gray.
Together, the trustees will provide different perspectives to move the price forward as it seeks to restore the planet.
Lord Hague, President of the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridgesaid: “It is with great pride that we see the Earthshot Prize become an independent charity today.
“It is the most ambitious project Prince William and The Royal Foundation have delivered to date and it is a shining example of what can be achieved when leaders, businesses and people work together to tackle one of society’s greatest challenges. to grab.”
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He added: “The award has already made an extraordinary impact and we look forward to working closely with the team over the next decade, who we know are crucial in the mission to restore our planet.”
The Earthshot Prize was launched in October 2020 by the Duke and The Royal Foundation, inspired by President John F Kennedy’s ‘Moonshot’ program in the 1960s, which urged millions to support the US space program.
It is based on five ‘Earthshot’ objectives: to protect and restore nature; Fix our climate; Clean our air; Relive our oceans; Build a world without waste.
Five prizes of £1 million will be awarded each year for the next ten years, providing at least 50 solutions to the world’s biggest environmental problems by 2030.
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Following last year’s star-studded inaugural ceremony at London’s Alexandra Palace, the 2022 awards ceremony will take place in Australia later this year.
Christina Figueres, Chair of The Earthshot Prize, said: “This is a hugely exciting step for The Earthshot Prize and we are delighted to welcome the new Trustees to our Board.
“This year the award will deliver its most significant work to date as we continue to accelerate and scale the groundbreaking work of our 2021 finalists as we look for this year’s winners.
“We are immensely grateful for the years of thought leadership, bold creativity and ambitious design of the team at The Royal Foundation in creating The Earthshot Prize, and look forward to years of continued collaboration.”