Earthshot winners announced

The 2024 Earthshot Prize winners were announced at a ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa, on November 6. Established by Prince William of the UK, the prize recognizes efforts to protect and restore Earth’s environment. Each winner will receive about $1.3 million. The Earthshot Prize was first awarded in 2021 and will be given out every year in the 2020s. Each Earthshot winner represents one of the organization’s five goals: protecting and restoring nature, cleaning our air, reviving our oceans, building a waste-free world, and fixing our climate. The prize for protecting and restoring nature went to the Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative, which is working to save the Saiga antelope from extinction and conserving the Kazakhstan golden steppe habitat. The Green Africa Youth Organization, which seeks to reduce pollution through…

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