Prince of Prince William Earthshot 2025 to be held in Brazil

The Prince Award of Wales Earthshot will be held in Brazil later this year, Kensington Palace announced, hosts the COP30 UN in the country the same month Climate change conference.

The main awards ceremonies, together with a few days of events for the nominees, investors and environmental leaders, will be held in Rio de Janeiro in November.

The Global Environmental Protection Award, founded by the Prince, gives £ 1 million for five winners who have been judged to offer the best solution for some of the world’s biggest climate challenges.

The Earthshot Award is a 10-year project with last ceremonies held in London, Boston, Singapore and Cape Town.

Prince William said: “2025 commemorates the Midway point of the country for decades and every year we have witnessed the extraordinary power of human ingenuity in resolving the most advanced challenges of our planet.”

“It is an honor to profile people who make our world a better place for us and for our children,” he added.

The video announcing the plans was presented by the Prince and several supporters of Earthshot, including David Beckham, Cate Blanchett, Hannah Waddingham and former Brazilian footballer, coffee.

Fifteen projects will be shortlisted for the opportunity to win awards.

The evaluation council received 232 nominations from the projects based in South America – more than twice as much as the number of the region received last year.

Christiana Figueres, chairman of the Earthshot Board of Directors, has led a number of negotiations on international climatic agreements over a long career, pushing for global climate solutions.

As a Costa Rica, Mrs. Figueres said it was a significant moment for Brazil to host the award.

“It’s very exciting, for sure for me as a Latin American … .sl -shot is at the center of Earthshot’s face challenges,” she told me.

“To get the reward just before the police officer draws attention to the ground. It is a victory for both police officers and Earthshot.”

This year’s land is viewed as a cultivation of curtains to a cop For starters a few days later in Belém, an input input Amazon.

Comes against the background of the recent return of Donald Trump to the White House in the US.

Trump is a A well -known climatic skeptic that was loud in its criticism over global climate action.

“That doesn’t help, but it doesn’t stop progress either,” Ms. Figueres said.

“It cannot stop the progress of green technologies, it cannot stop public demand for cleaner air and more sustainable world. None of this can stop because of political ignorance.”

On the eve of a police officer, there was a criticism of Brazil from the Conservator for Reduction of tens of thousands of hectares of protected rainforest Amazon For the construction of a new four -lane highway in preparation for climate reference.