By Mark Kinvar
The prize was launched in October 2020 in order to search for inspiring and innovative solutions to problems facing the planet.
The finalists were selected by experts who were looking for projects that had a "significant positive impact" on people and the natural world.
Five winners, each receiving £1m, will be announced in a ceremony in October.
The prize was inspired by US President John F Kennedy's "Moonshot" programme, which resulted in the US Apollo lunar launches and the first man setting foot on the Moon in 1969....
Britain's Prince William, (click here) Duke of Cambridge, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George (seated), Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis with Sir David Attenborough in the gardens of Kensington Palace in London after The Duke and Sir David attended an outdoor screening of Sir David's upcoming feature film, on Sept. 24, 2020.
"So George at school recently has been doing litter picking and I didn't realize but talking to him the other day he was already showing that he was getting a bit confused," William said.
"[He was] a bit sort of annoyed by the fact they went out litter picking one day and then the very next day, they did the same route, same time and pretty much all the same litter they picked up was back again," the Prince noted. "And I think that for him he was trying to understand how and where it all came from. He couldn't understand, he's like, 'Well, we cleaned this. Why has it not gone away?'"
The Duke of Cambridge also expressed concern that his son's generation will still be tackling climate change in 30 years, when it "will be too late."
Prince William's Earthshot Prize is his new initiative to help the environment. The Duke developed the prize to find innovative and workable solutions to the world’s biggest environmental challenges. When launching the prize, William pledged to make the "maximum positive personal contribution" so he could "look my children in the eye and say that I did my bit."...
