In brief
During an award ceremony held in Rio de Janeiro, Prince William has announced the winners of the Earthshot Prize 2025. The event showcased groundbreaking projects focused on environmental restoration, and each winning initiative will receive £1 million to support their efforts. Celebrities and dignitaries attended, showing a united front in tackling climate issues.
A project to restore tropical forests and a global ocean treaty initiative are among the winners of this year's Earthshot Prize.
The winners, named at an awards ceremony in Brazil on Wednesday, will each be given £1m to scale up their projects to repair the climate.
The Prince of Wales, who founded the global environmental award in 2020, said the winners were an inspiration and proof that progress is possible.
Brazilian football legend Cafu, Olympian Rebeca Andrade, and former Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel were among the presenters, while pop stars Kylie Minogue and Shawn Mendes performed at the ceremony in Rio de Janeiro's Museum of Tomorrow.
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, and London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan were also in attendance.
Prince William, who is the president of the prize, told those gathered at the ceremony that he had founded the award with the aim of making this the decade in which we transformed our world for the better.
There are five Earthshots, or goals, for which an award is given: Protect and Restore Nature; Clean Our Air; Revive Our Oceans; Build a Waste-Free World; and Fix Our Climate.
This year, nearly 2,500 nominees were submitted from 72 countries, and from these, 15 finalists were selected, from which the five winners were chosen.
- Protect and Restore Nature: re.green, in Brazil, helps protect the Atlantic Forest.
- Clean Our Air: Bogotá is leading with policies to create clean air zones.
- Revive Our Oceans: The High Seas Treaty aims to conserve marine life.
- Build a Waste-Free World: Lagos Fashion Week promotes sustainability in fashion.
- Fix Our Climate: Friendship supports vulnerable communities in Bangladesh.
