Prince William to travel to Brazil for awards ceremony

The Wales prince called those who are engaged in the fact that his prize of the ecological land is the “heroes of our time”.

Prince William will go to Rio -de -Zhanero next month to the ceremony -for the first time, when the awards were organized in Latin America. The prize created by the prince five years ago awards 1 million pounds for sterling every year five projects for their environmental innovations.

This year there were almost 2500 candidates from 72 countries – the winners of this year will be chosen by Prince William and his prize advice Earthshot, which includes an actor, Kate Blanchett and Queen Jordan.

The list of finalists of this year varies from the Caribbean to small starting enterprises.

A Earthshot prize This is a 10-year project with past ceremonies held in London, Boston, Singapore and Cape Town.

The Kensington Palace confirmed earlier this year that the main award ceremony will take place in Rio de -Zhanero Museum of tomorrow November 5.

Barbados was nominated for its global climate leadership with an island on the way to become without fossils by 2030.

The Chinese city of Guangzhou is included in the short -range shorts in the “Cleaning our air” category to electrify its public transport system.

Prince William previously said that he would like to get an Earthshot Award to China.

Finally, what was declared as the world's first inverted skyscraper is also a final list.

The Sydney quarter of the embankment was one of the thousands of towers of the 20th century, which now reaches the end of its life.

Instead of demolition, which allocates a huge amount of carbon and waste, the coalition of architects, engineers, contractors and developers under construction contractors effectively “emphasizes” the original structure.

“Matter” is a single British finalist in the composition.

Based on Bristol, the business has developed a filter for washing machines that remove the greatest cause of microplastics in our oceans.

“I feel that winning a prize for the Earth for me will look like a victory about the Olympic gold medal,” said Adam Ruth, founder of matter.

In a video message released to note the announcement of the finalists of this year, he reflected on the last five years.

“Then a decade was felt for a long time. George was seven years old, Charlotte, five years, and Louis two; The thought of them in 2030 felt all her life, ”said Prince William.

“But today, when we are halfway through this critical decade, 2030 feels very real.

“2030 is the threshold on which future generations will judge us; This is a point at which our actions or their absence will forever form the trajectory of our planet. ”

He added: “The people standing behind these projects are the heroes of our time, so let us return them. Because if we do this, we can make the world cleaner, safer and full of possibilities – not only for future generations, but also for life that we want to lead now. ”

The Earthshot prize is currently one of the key works of public work of Prince William.

“He was able to build an unprecedented network of organizations,” said Jason Knauf, the new CEO of the Earthshot Award.

“Philanthropists working together, corporations, which are united as part of the Earthshot prize community, leaders who participate.

“There have never been a group of people working together on the same environmental project as they have with the Earthshot Award.

This year, Earthshot prize events in Rio are on the eve of the COP climate conference, which is held in Belem on the edge of the Amazon tropical forest.