13 November,2026 08:06 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI
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Prince William will attend the sixth Earthshot Prize ceremony in Mumbai on November 17, CEO Jason Knauf announced at a press conference. The awards, founded by the British royal Prince to promote climate solutions, will celebrate India's leadership, stewardship, and culture. Fifteen solutions involving 20 individuals are shortlisted across five categories, with five winners receiving 1 million pounds each.
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Two Indian leaders made the final list. Suman Mishra, MD and CEO of Mahindra Last Mile Mobility, is shortlisted under 'Clean Our Air' for building affordable electric rickshaws. Under 'Fix Our Climate', Mahila Housing Trust executive director Bijal Brahmbhatt is nominated for helping vulnerable Indian communities tackle extreme heat.
In 'Protect and Restore Nature', Bhutan's Princess Chimi Yangzom Wangchuk and forestry officer Karma Tenzin are recognised for protecting Himalayan forests that sustain water systems for 1.6 billion people in South Asia.
Other nominees include Sam Murray, CEO of The Indigenous Alliance, for supporting rangers who care for 270 million hectares of Australian desert, and Dr Jodi Hilty, president and chief scientist, and Chief Harlan Schilling of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative for reconnecting 3400 km of wilderness across Canada and the United States.
For 'Build a Waste Free World', nominees include Sonia Mendoza of the Mother Earth Foundation, the Philippines, for working with informal workers to remove single-use plastic before it reaches dumps, rivers or beaches.
French MP Nicolas Thierry and Maria Pelletier, president of Generation Futures, have been shortlisted for building a cross-party movement to ban toxic forever chemicals in consumer products and make polluters pay for the clean-up. Kim Mi-Hwa, chairperson of the South Korea Zero Waste Network, for helping South Korea increase food waste recycling from 2 per cent in the mid-1990s to 95 per cent.
The Earthshot Prize is a global environmental award founded in 2020 by HRH Prince William and The Royal Foundation to discover, celebrate, and scale innovative solutions that repair and protect the planet. Inspired by President John F Kennedy's "Moonshot," the prize runs a decade of action from 2020 to 2030 with the goal of solving the world's most pressing environmental challenges.
Every year, the prize selects 15 finalists and 5 winners - one for each of the five global goals:
Protect and Restore Nature: Ensuring the natural world is growing, not shrinking, by 2030.
Clean Our Air: Building clean air for everyone to breathe.
Revive Our Oceans: Repairing and preserving marine life and ecosystems.
Build a Waste-Free World: Creating a circular economy where nothing goes to waste.
Fix Our Climate: Cutting out carbon and building a carbon-neutral economy
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