Download our 2024 Impact Report and dive into the details of what our global community has achieved to date.
Funding catalysed by The Earthshot Prize and our network in addition to Prize Money
People reached on average each year on social media by The Earthshot Prize since 2021
Tonnes of C02e emissions reduced, avoided or captured by Earthshot Prize Finalists
By 2030, the world must reduce CO2 emissions by over 40% and protect 30% of nature, fresh water, and oceans.
Recognising this need, Prince William founded The Earthshot Prize in 2020. In just three years, we’re emerging as a global platform for finding innovators, unlocking funding, accelerating solutions and inspiring optimism.
Our 2024 Impact Report sets out where we are on our decade-long journey.
The success of finding potentially world-changing solutions depends on the quality and quantity of the nominations we receive. In 2021, our first year, we received 750 nominations, increasing to 994 in 2022 and 1,160 in 2023, a 55 per cent uplift.
During this time our global representation has increased year on year, and we have received nominations from 125 countries in total.
To date we have awarded £15m of Prize money to our first three cohorts of Winners. This funding is being used to expand and evolve their existing solutions and fund vital R&D work.
In addition to the annual prize money, we work with our Global Alliance and others to help catalyse funding. Alongside the £15m prize money, The Earthshot Prize and its network has catalysed an additional £50m of funding.
The Earthshot Prize exists to scale innovative solutions that seek to repair and restore the planet.
Many of our Finalists have seen their impact accelerate since receiving support from The Earthshot Prize and its partners, whether it is reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, waste, green jobs created or oceans, rivers and land protected.
The stories of our Finalists, the challenges they face, and their innovative solutions have power beyond the direct impact of these solutions on the climate crisis.
These stories allow us to engage people, in particular young people, and start a movement to change the global narrative to one of hope, of possibility and of urgent optimism across the decade.
Read more about the impact our Protect and Restore Nature Finalists from 2021 and 2022 have had so far.
Discover Costa Rica’s mission to create new marine protected areas, Restor’s collaboration with the UN and Kheyti’s exponential growth.
See the Impact in this EarthshotRead more about the impact our Clean our Air Finalists from 2021 and 2022 have had so far.
Discover Mukuru and Takachar’s international expansion, Mukurus’s malaria research project, and the launch of the Roam Rapid, in Nairobi.
See the Impact in this EarthshotRead more about the impact our Revive our Oceans Finalists from 2021 and 2022 have had so far.
Discover Coral Vita’s work on the world’s largest coral restoration project, Living Seawalls expansion to multiple continents, and Pristine Seas new global expedition.
See the Impact in this EarthshotRead more about the impact our Build a Waste-Free World Finalists from 2021 and 2022 have had so far.
Discover the City of Milan’s new food waste hubs, Notpla’s replacement of 4.4m units of plastic, and WOTA and Phool’s expansion.
See the Impact in this EarthshotRead more about the impact our Fix our Climate Finalists from 2021 and 2022 have had so far.
Discover Enapter’s expansion, 44.01’s role in the first ever carbon capture project in the UAE and LanzaTech becoming the first Earthshot Prize Finalist to go public.
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Download our 2024 Impact Report and dive into the details of what our global community has achieved to date.
