The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are Coming to New England
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are Coming to New England
The royals announced this week they will be coming to Boston in December, as the city has been selected to host their second annual Earthshot Prize awards ceremony.
"In 2022, we're back and bringing Earthshot to the USA where we'll award the next five winners of the Prize," Prince William said in an announcement video posted to Twitter.
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"And we will be doing it right here in Boston,” said Bogaerts.
About the Prize
The Royal Foundation writes of the prize:
Over the last ten years, the evidence that we face urgent challenges to protect the environment has become indisputable, and it’s clear that the time to act is now.
In response, The Royal Foundation and Prince William launched The Earthshot Prize, the most prestigious global prize for the environment in history.
As well as identifying evidence-based solutions to the biggest environmental problems the planet faces, The Earthshot Prize aims to turn the current pessimism surrounding environmental issues into optimism that we can rise to the biggest challenges of our time.
The Prize is about much more than awarding achievement – it is a decade of action to convene the environmental world with funders, businesses and individuals to maximise impact and take solutions to scale, to celebrate the people and places driving change; and to inspire people all over the world to work together to repair the planet.
The Prize will incentivise change and help to repair our planet over the next ten years – a critical decade for the Earth.