Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the City is excited to host the Prince of Wales for The Earthshot Prize Awards, set to take place during Earthshot Week on 6 November 2024. The Earthshot Prize is an ambitious global environmental prize which aims to discover, spotlight and scale the world’s most innovative climate and environmental solutions:
This is the first time The Earthshot Prize annual celebration will be held in South Africa, following events in London in 2021, Boston in 2022, and Singapore in 2023. A five-week countdown was posted on Kensington Palace’s social media accounts this week:
‘We look forward to welcoming the Prince of Wales to Cape Town for this prestigious global prize-giving ceremony. The Earthshot Prize is all about innovation on the biggest environmental and climate issues of our time. We are proud to be associated with such an event as a leading city for environmental protection and innovation on the African continent,’ said Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis.
- The 15 Earthshot Prize Finalists hail from six continents, including three African finalists representing Kenya and Ghana. The five winners will be awarded a £1 million (R23 800 000,00) prize each to scale their solutions, during the ceremony in Cape Town.
Nearly 400 nominees for this year’s Prize were Africa-based, highlighting the trailblazing creativity and innovation across the continent with the potential to inspire optimism and provide pathways to transformative change around the world. One of The Prize’s inspiring 2023 finalists was Cape Town’s ABALOBI, a non-profit partnership between fishers and scientists aimed at protecting small-scale fishing communities while arming their customers with better information about the origin of their seafood.
The Prize’s first three cohorts of 45 Finalists from Earthshot editions 2021 – 2023 have already driven incredible impact to repair and regenerate the planet with more than 1,5 million people benefiting directly from their solutions. Over 7,000 hectares of land and almost 2,1 million hectares of ocean have been protected or restored, while over 35,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions have been reduced, avoided or sequestered. In addition to the £15 million of prize money awarded, a further £75 million of direct and indirect funding has been catalysed through The Earthshot Prize network. The Prize’s 2023 Finalists are well on their way to creating a similar impact.
WHAT: The Earthshot Prize Awards
WHERE: Cape Town
WHEN: 6 November 2024
See also Cape Town Green Map
