4 Nov 2026
The Earthshot Prize, the world’s most prestigious environmental award founded by Prince William, today reveals the final details of its celebration of environmental progress culminating in Awards Night in Mumbai.
The Earthshot Prize is coming to India to spotlight environmental leadership and spark fresh global action. From clean energy and new technology to nature restoration, The Prize is announcing major breakthroughs in air quality, waste reduction, ocean and nature restoration.
A record 5,000 people from The Earthshot Prize’s unique global community including Heads of State, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, young people, academics, scientists, businesses, innovators and philanthropists are uniting in Mumbai, ahead of the Awards on Tuesday 17 November.
The events in Mumbai will break new ground for The Earthshot Prize, celebrating environmental progress in all forms with the first ever Children’s Awards alongside five new Winners announced on stage on Tuesday evening, 17 November who will win £1m. Selected from nearly 7,000 nominations across 169 countries, the 2026 Finalists are the most diverse yet including businesses, policy makers, community leaders.
The 2026 Finalists include Argentinian AI-powered wildfire detection and alert platform Satellites on Fire, spotting and tracking wildfires faster than NASA, Yellowstone to Yukon, one of the largest conservation collaborations in history, reconnecting a vast mountain landscape across Canada and the US, and Mahindra Last Mile Mobility, one of India’s biggest electric three-wheeler manufacturers.
The biggest story in the world is not just the challenges our planet faces, but the growing movement of people rising to meet them. Mumbai will be our biggest stage yet to tell that story, showing the world India’s environmental leadership, creativity and culture. With Earthshot projections across Mumbai, our largest ever schools programme and the biggest ever Awards Night, The Prize will be an incredible celebration of environmental progress.
Bringing together 130 outstanding young leaders aged 18–30 for the largest Generation Earthshot, including 100 young grassroots trailblazers from across India, the programme will build on their leadership skills, explore environmental innovation first-hand, and work directly with Earthshot Finalists, members of the Earthshot Prize global community and leaders from around the world.
The flagship Earthshot Impact Assembly will unveil new breakthrough partnerships, that will benefit hundreds of millions of people around the world. With business leaders, philanthropists, investors and government in one room, ground-breaking announcements will be made on oceans and nature, air quality, waste and climate. It will be one of the biggest ever gatherings yet of environmental leaders, innovators and experts India has seen.
Hosted by Earthshot Ambassadors Robert Irwin and Nomzamo Mbatha, and engaging nearly one million school children across 15,000 schools in 24 states in India, I CAN Earthshot Challenge will celebrate young climate innovation. Fifteen Finalists join a two-day tailored programme in Mumbai culminating in the Awards Ceremony where each winning team will receive a US$2,000 grant to help further develop its solution.
The Earthshot Prize Awards Night will see Earthshot’s biggest-edition yet where global stars from sports, film, entertainment and conservation will unite to reveal and celebrate the 2026 Winners – five environmental solutions demonstrating that meaningful progress is possible when innovation, investment and determination come together.
The evening will open with the Earthshot Orchestra, led by Mumbai composer and pianist Merlin D’Souza, performing The Chemical Brothers’ “Galvanize”. They will be joined on stage by Wild Wild Women, India’s first all-female hip hop collective, for a high-energy rap performance.
Award-winning Indian singer Shreya Ghoshal, one of the country’s most celebrated playback singers, will take to the Awards Night stage alongside British chart stars Take That who will perform in India for the first time. They will be joined by a host of Indian and global stars across music, film, and sport. Sachin Tendulkar, Alia Bhatt, Rami Malek, Sonam Kapoor, and Simone Ashley will join the Awards Night,and Traitors India, host Karan Johar, and Earthshot Ambassadors Robert Irwin and Nomzamo Mbatha.
For the first time, the Awards Night will reach an unprecedented global audience across more than 240 countries and territories in over 40 languages on Prime Video, the exclusive streaming partner.
