{"id":2285888,"date":"2026-02-17T16:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2285888"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:24:22","slug":"prince-williams-earthshot-environment-awards-to-be-held-in-pollution-hotspot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/prince-williams-earthshot-environment-awards-to-be-held-in-pollution-hotspot\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William\u2019s Earthshot environment awards to be held in pollution hotspot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-test=\"article-body-text\">\n<p>The Prince has also <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2023\/11\/12\/prince-william-earthshot-prize-china-worlds-worst-polluter\/\">earmarked China as a future host country<\/a> for the awards.<\/p>\n<p>He has previously engaged with the country over the ivory trade, discussing a ban on the trade during his 2015 meeting with President Xi Jinping and speaking about the illegal wildlife business on Chinese TV.<\/p>\n<p>The Earthshot Prize aims to find ways to protect and repair the environment with innovative solutions.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a350m global initiative, launched in 2020, awards five \u00a31m prizes annually across the themes of clean air, oceans, waste-reduction, climate change and restoring nature.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few years, the finalists have captured 4.8 million tonnes of CO2, stopped 250,000 tons of waste reaching landfill and restored more than one million square kilometres of land and oceans.<\/p>\n<p>Kensington Palace has not yet confirmed which members of the Royal family will be attending this year\u2019s awards, scheduled for November, but the Prince is all but guaranteed to attend. The Princess of Wales has remained at home with their three children for the last four ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>After the announcement of Mumbai as host city, Devendra Fadnavis, the chief minister of Maharashtra state, said: \u201cThe Earthshot Prize is the world\u2019s most prestigious environmental award and I\u2019m proud to announce that it will be hosted in Mumbai in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSustainability and climate action remain top priorities for Maharashtra, and the Earthshot Prize will create global attention for India\u2019s leadership and commitment to turning our goals into meaningful action on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.telegraph.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prince has also earmarked China as a future host country for the awards. He has previously engaged with the country over the ivory trade, discussing a ban on the trade during his 2015 meeting with President Xi Jinping and speaking about the illegal wildlife business on Chinese TV. 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