Carbon NewsEarthshot Prize 2022 Winners: Five Winners Announced

Earthshot Prize 2022 Winners: Five Winners Announced

The Earthshot Prize awards ceremony for 2022 was recently held in the United States at the MGM Music Hall in Boston, naming five winners.

Each winner was awarded Earthshot prize funding of $1.2 million to develop their environmental solution. The winning participants were from Kenya, India, Oman, the UK, and Australia, with five categories available.

The five Earthshot Prize 2022 winners were selected for five categories, each representing a specific global environmental challenge. The five categories are:

  • Restoration and Protection of Nature,
  • Air Cleanliness,
  • Ocean Revival,
  • Waste-free Living, and
  • Climate Action.

These five categories were after the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

What is the Earthshot Prize?

The Moonshot challenge launched by President J.F. Kennedy in 1962 inspired the Earthshot Prize. The said challenge set out to reach the monumental goal of landing on the moon within 10 years.

Finding tangible solutions to looming environmental issues that will become critical in the next few years is the main objective of the Earthshot Prize.

Prince William and Sir David Attenborough launched the initiative in 2020 after two years of development, and the prize will run until 2030.

Five annual winners from 15 finalists, will each receive $1.2m in funding. The inaugural Earthshot prize awards ceremony was held in October 2021 at Alexandra Palace in the UK. 

The Earthshot Prize Council selected the winners, a thirteen-member council of global ambassadors in various fields of climate action and environmentalism. Some of the council members include Queen Rania of Jordan, Sir David Attenborough, Prince William, and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the current Director-General of the World Trade Organization.

The Earthshot Prize 2022 Winners

The Earthshot prize winner for the ‘Protect and Restore Nature’ category was Kheyti. It’s an Indian startup that developed a ‘greenhouse-in-a-box’ solution to help smallholder farmers increase their yield. 

Mukuru Clean Stoves won the Clean Our Air prize award. They’re to develop clean and safe cooking stoves in Africa that do not emit harmful chemicals that cause respiratory issues.

The Revive Our Oceans category winner was the Indigenous Women of the Great Barrier Reef. It is an initiative led by the Indigenous women in Australia to protect critical ecosystems around the world.

The Build a Waste Free World Earthshot Prize winner 2022 was Notpla. The firm is a London-based startup that tackles the plastic waste issue by developing an eco-friendly seaweed-based alternative.

Finally, the Fix Our Climate part of the 2022 Earthshot Prize award went to 44.01, a novel carbon removal solution that permanently stores carbon dioxide by mineralizing it inside rocks. Permanent storage of carbon dioxide has been a critical issue in recent years as part of an effort to drastically reduce carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Some of the 2021 Earthshot Prize winners included the Indian-based Takachar, an agricultural waste recycling initiative, and Enapter’s green hydrogen solution, the AEM Electrolyser.

Meanwhile, the Earthshot Prize 2023 nominations are currently open. And the deadline for nominations is on the 31st of January 2023. Submissions can be made via the hundreds of global official nominators for the Earthshot Prize 2023.



Most Popular



Ultimate Guide



Loading...



LATEST CARBON NEWS

A Battery ‘2X Better’ than Tesla’s Is Reshaping the $90B Home Power Storage Market

Disseminated on behalf of StorEn. Demand for home energy storage is booming, with up to 47% of US homes expected to have rooftop solar installations...

Why Madsen Will Work This Time: A Smarter Start for a Legendary Gold Mine

Disseminated on behalf of West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. The Madsen Mine, located in Ontario’s renowned Red Lake gold district, has a legacy of...

France’s New Law to Curb Fast Fashion Carbon Footprint: A Closer Look at SHEIN, Temu, and Inditex

The French Senate has approved a new legislation that puts strict rules on ultra-fast fashion brands like SHEIN and Temu. This bill bans ads...

BP Halts Indiana Carbon Capture Project Amid Safety and Economic Concerns

BP has indefinitely paused its carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Indiana. The plan, aimed at making the state a hub for low-carbon...
CARBON INVESTOR EDUCATION

Planting Trees for Carbon Credits: Everything You Need to Know

As climate change intensifies, nations and industries are seeking innovative ways to cut carbon footprints. Carbon credits have emerged as a key tool in...

What is SMR? The Ultimate Guide to Small Modular Reactors

Energy is the cornerstone of modern life. We need electricity for healthcare, transportation, communication, and more. Many countries are choosing nuclear power because it...

What Is Carbon Dioxide Removal? Top Buyers and Sellers of CDR Credits in 2024

The world must remove 5–16 billion metric tons of CO₂ annually by 2050 to limit global warming to 1.5°C. But with emissions still rising,...

Top 5 Carbon ETFs for Sustainable Investing in 2025

Like stocks, investors can buy and sell Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) whenever the market is open. Often investing in carbon credits through ETFs offers a...