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Tonight, London hosts the first ever Earthshot Prize,

created by His Royal Highness Prince William.

These are the finalists hoping for one of five

�1 million prizes in the most prestigious

environmental awards ever.

And we're joined by some of the biggest musicians

on the planet - Coldplay,

Ed Sheeran,

Yemi Alade,

and Shawn Mendes.

But first, with a message recorded especially for

the Earthshot Prize, we're leaving our planet and

heading to the International Space Station.

When I look out the window at our Blue Planet I am overwhelmed by the

sheer beauty of it was not mesmerised by the ocean and my very

first Aurora sighting was truly magical. Boom when we are Earth

gazing we cannot help but be struck by the fragility of our precious

atmosphere. It makes you feel very protective towards it as it is the

only thing keeping us safe, keeping our planet habitable. We must

remember that it towers a responsibility to protect our own

spaceship Earth it is our responsibility to protect our own

spaceship Earth.

Wow!

Welcome to the Earthshot Prize here in London!

Tonight, we're turning the capital, and hopefully the world, green.

We're starting with the first ever pedal-powered

pop star performance on the planet.

All the music from this performance is being powered

by 60 people on bikes.

It's going to be electric, as long as they keep pedalling.

That's it.

With My Universe, and featuring BTS, it's Coldplay.

Hello from Alexandra Palace and our cyclists are so happy to be here,

thank you for making this possible. Here we go.

You (you), you are my universe

And I just want (just want) to put you first

And you my universe, and I

In the night, I lie and look up at you

When the morning comes, I watch you rise

There's a paradise they couldn't capture

That bright infinity inside your eyes

Never-ending forever, baby

You (you), you are my universe

And I just want (just want) to put you first

And you (you), you are my universe

And you make my world light up inside

because we come come from different sides.

You (you), you are my universe

And I just want (just want) to put you first

And you (you), you are my universe

And you make my world light up inside

My universe # My universe

My universe

You make my world light up inside

When I'm without you, I'm crazy

We are made of each other, baby

You (you), you are my universe

And I just want (just want) to put you first

And you (you), you are my universe

And you make my world light up inside

My universe (you, you are my universe, and I).

keep pedalling!

What a way to start the show a Coldplay and BTS with a field of

lights and music powered by cyclists who can put their feet up now,

welcome again to the first ever Earthshot Prize, everyone!

This is a unique ceremony where anyone,

an individual, an organisation, even a country,

with an ingenious innovation that makes our world greener

and cleaner, could win �1 million for their project.

Yes, tonight's finalists are tackling

some of the biggest challenges facing our planet,

and have all come up with game-changing solutions,

and over the next hour, we'll meet the winners.

Yes, though in an award ceremony first,

we're delighted to say no-one has flown halfway round the world

just to be here.

What's more, no plastic has been used to build the stage,

and even this murmuration - yes, I said murmuration -

of brass discs is recyclable.

And check out my suit.

I am checking out your suit. Made from recycled textiles.

As for this, it's been in the family for years.

Tonight we'll be giving out five awards,

we'll be hearing from some very special

free range organic guests,

and there's more music from Ed Sheeran,

Shawn Mendes, Yemi Alade, and KSI.

But first, tonight's winners have all been chosen by

the Earthshot Prize Council, a member of which is the creator

of Earthshot, Prince William.

We're delighted he's with us this evening, and earlier,

he settled into a cosy pod on the London Eye to tell us

what inspired these awards.

It's been two decades since the London Eye opened on the eve of the

millennium. The future was in our hands. London greeted the new

millennium. Oh, Wow, indeed. Liquid water has been found on Mars. This

meant so much for South Africa.

That's not all that has happened. Scientists have now undeniably

confirmed that the planet is at a tipping point. Flooding, forest

fires, landslides and air pollution caused by mankind's actions, have

become all too frequent. We are alive in the most consequential time

in human history. This is the decisive decade. Time is running

out. The actions we choose or choose not to take in the next ten years

will determine the fate of the planet for the next thousand. A

decade doesn't seem long enough. Humankind has an outstanding record

of being able to solve the unsolvable.

President John F Kennedy understood this. He challenged the world to do

the impossible, to put a man on the moon within a decade, the moon shot.

There was no way this could happen in just ten years, until they made

it. We choose to go to the moon not because they are easy but because

they are hard. Today, the warning signs around the world are clear. We

don't need a moonshot, we need Earthshots. Each year for the next

ten years we will award five prizes, one for each Earthshot, to those who

are bringing hope to our future and can protect and restore nature,

revive our oceans, clean our air, build a waste free world and fix our

climate. To do this the Earthshot Prize has brought together a

remarkable team to find, support and scale the best solution is to repair

our planet. Many of the answers are already out there. We can be part of

a global effort but we need everyone from all parts of society to raise

their ambition and unite in repairing our planet. The future is

ours to determine and if we set our mind to this nothing is impossible.

You heard it there, nothing is impossible,

so tonight we are concentrating on the positives and putting

those who do incredible work in the spotlight.

Absolutely.

And someone who's done that his whole career is

another member of the Earthshot Prize Council.

A man who has dedicated his life to the

natural world and has seen first-hand and shown us

the terrible damage done to our environment.

Please welcome Sir David Attenborough.

It is appropriate that the Earthshot Prize should be

publicly launched here, in this particular building,

for this is where public television started, back in 1936.

Since then, of course, electronic pictures have

enabled people all over the world to see

our planet with an immediacy and clarity that has no precedent.

The most important story that television has ever told is now only

too familiar.

The natural world on which we

entirely depend is declining at a rate faster than at

any time since the global catastrophe that

exterminated the dinosaurs.

We know where this story is heading and we known know we must give it

a different ending.

And there is every reason to believe that

we can indeed do that.

Recent scientific breakthroughs, new technologies, medical advances

and perhaps above all our ability to communicate across the world

in an instant has helped us to break down barriers,

reach mutual understandings,

and cooperate internationally as never before.

Now we need to bring those advances and the brains behind them,

to bear on the five great challenges outlined

by Prince William that must be met if we are to

repair our planet and, by doing so, protect ourselves.

That is what the Earthshot Prize was created to achieve.

The 15 finalists tonight include a truly extraordinary

15-year-old visionary in India, a forward-thinking city,

teams working at the cutting edge of technology,

and an entire country that are already doing great work.

And we will celebrate them all,

as well as announce the five winners.

They all build optimism by finding innovative

and brilliant solutions to the world's challenges,

and they all give us hope which, we are told, springs eternal.

But we don't have eternity.

We need to do this now.

And over the next 10 years, if we all put our minds to it,

I believe we can.

Thank you.

Thank you, Sir David.

For an inspiration.

So, we have 15 finalists,

and we thought about asking them to row here,

though that was a little impractical.

But wherever they are, I'm sure they are waiting nervously

to find out if they are the winner of one of

these sustainably-produced beauties.

Yes, and to present the first Earthshot,

another member of the royal family.

At least, he is to one half of Liverpool,

and the whole of Egypt.

It's footballing legend Mo Salah.

This is Revive Our Oceans.

Good evening.

I'm delighted to be here at this amazing

and incredibly important event.

I am passionate about this because I grew up near water,

the Mediterranean, and it is vital to life in the region,

just like all of our planet's seas and oceans.

By the end of this century, there could be more plastic

than fish in the oceans, unless we do something now.

It's scary, but the finalists have found ingenious solutions

to revive our oceans.

They are Pristine Seas in America,

who are fighting to protect 30% of the world's oceans

by 2030.

Coral Vita in the Bahamas,

who are working to save the world's reefs.

And Living Sea Walls in Australia,

who are bringing life back to our coasts.

But there can only be one winner.

The winner and recipient of �1 million

to scale their solution is...

..Coral Vita!

Congratulations to Coral Vita.

Let's find out more about how they are growing coral

to save and replenish our reefs.

I don't know if best friends is the way to describe it, we are also

business partners, that almost supersedes being best friends. I

would almost describe it as brothers. We started thinking and

dreaming about how we could make an impact on the issues we care so

deeply about, central to which was coral reef degradation. Coral reefs

are one of the most magical ecosystems on earth, and also one of

the most important. They sustain a quarter of all marine life, and the

livelihoods of up to 1 billion people. Unfortunately these

ecosystems are collapsing all around the world. We are losing the

biodiversity that depends on them, but we are also facing a threat to

humanity and life on earth as we know it. So when we founded Coral

Vita to plant resilient corals in the reefs and keep them around for

future generations. We are able to grow corals up to 50 times faster

than they normally take in nature. In each high-tech tank, we can grow

up to 1000 baby corals, and we can train us corals to be more resilient

against conditions like warming and acidifying oceans. We also use our

fans as education centres, to build the next generation of stewards of

the reefs as well as hiring locally as much as possible. We as a people

are especially connected to the ocean. In my lifetime, I have seen a

decline in reef health. I remember when reefs were tall and sparkling

and just filled with creatures. And now I cannot even find those spots

anymore. They were completely different. And then something that

Hurricane Dorian comes along.

Hurricane Dorian comes along. -- something like. This entire farm was

under 17 feet of water. Some of our coral tanks literally washed ashore

35 miles to the east. As difficult as it was, it also reaffirmed how

important our workers. A healthy coral reef can reduce wave energy by

97%. They are the best natural breakwaters. With our model, where

we can draw more resilient corals at scale, that is a reason for hope. --

grow more resilient corals. We know what we have to do and we have the

tools to do it. It is time to stand up for what needs to be done to save

the beauty of life on our planet.

And we can now speak to the guys.

Sam and Gator, congratulations.

What does winning this mean for you and the planet?

And I know you are a huge Liverpool fan, Gator, so I know the fact that

Mo Salah is giving you this award will mean a lot to you. Thank you to

our loved ones, families and friends, thank you to Prince William

and the Earthshot community, thank you to all the coral practitioners

around the world fighting to protect reefs and the people who have

welcomed us here. This is an idea that Gator and I had in grad school,

and we will now be able to restore the economy.

Our job shouldn't exist, and we hope to be put out of business.

The best thing for coral reefs is to stop killing them.

As we work to deliver ecosystem-scale restoration,

failure is not an option for our political, industrial,

and media leaders solving for climate change

and habitat destruction.

The cost of inaction far exceeds funding solutions today.

And those solutions exist.

All we need is for those with power and resources to act for good.

Revive reefs by planting coral with us one day soon.

Thank you. You'll Never Walk Alone.

Congratulations again to Coral Vita.

Time for more music now,

and a worldwide exclusive especially for the Earthshot Prize.

It's a collaboration between a Nigerian chart star

and a British online sensation.

This is Yemi Alade and KSI!

We are

One people under sun

You know

We are

We are

One people under sun

Send down the rain on my people

Send down the rain

To show we are one heart one soul one love

I know it's hard sometimes

But you keep me moving

No time to look around

You better keep it moving

When you dey roll or you dey high

Whether you dey sad or things dey hard

Yeah yeah aye!

Wumatiniti keyetiya

Together we fit to light the fire

You need me, I need you

You need me, need me, I need you

Oooooo

We are

Send down the rain on my people

Send down the rain

To show we are one heart one soul one love

Send down the rain on my people

Send down the rain

To show we are one heart one soul one love

We are we are we are we are one people under sun

You know we are

We are we are we are we are one people under sun

I wanna wake up every mornin', feelin' better

'Cos I know you're sleeping by my side

And every moment we're together

I remember just to keep it all for you and I

I see that body in the sunlight

Feelin' the heat and it feels right

I wanna do this for the rest of my life

Oh, I know, I know, you know the vibe

I wanna stay with you every night

You and me underneath the lights

I'm always good when you're by my side

I know, you know you're on my mind

You really make me come alive

I wanna be here for the rest of my life

Looking for sun rays, needin' them good days

Fly me away-away, you're my holiday

Cool like the ocean, lost in emotion

Fly me away-away, you're my holiday

Whenever you're here it's a good time

Strawberry shirts in the sunshine

Ice-cold drinks 'til the moonlight

You're my holiday

Whenever you're here it's a good time

Strawberry shirts in the sunshine

Ice-cold drinks 'til the moonlight

You're my holiday

I wanna stay up 'til the mornin' with you talkin'

Ooh, you're my holiday.

Wonderful performance, Yemi Alade and KSI.

Time now for our second Earthshot,

and here to present it, a woman whose work has taken her

from the big screen to the United Nations.

It's actor and activist Emma Watson.

This is Fix Our Climate.

Applause

I've spent much of my working life acting in fictional

make-believe worlds where the impossible can be made possible,

and insurmountable challenges can be overcome.

But we now need to do the same thing here

in the real world with climate change.

The last five years have been the hottest on record globally,

and as we've seen with the recent forest fires

around the world, that can have devastating consequences.

Our three finalists have developed innovative ways

to reduce climate change,

and they are,

AEM Electrolyser, who create carbon-neutral fuel by converting

electricity into carbon-free hydrogen gas.

Reddi Capsules in Nigeria, who are making energy affordable

through solar-powered capsules.

And Sol Bazaar in Bangladesh,

a solar energy exchange network which allows

people to group together to sell their excess energy.

They are all outstanding,

but let's find out which project has won the award.

The Earthshot for Fix Our Climate goes to...

..AEM Electrolyser!

Congratulations to AEM Electrolyser and their project

that uses green hydrogen, a cleaner, carbon-free alternative

to fossil fuels to power our world.

Take a look at this wonderful initiative.

When we travel, we are using ships or trains or planes and also cars,

and all of these existing technologies are emitting CO2 as

they are burning fossil fuels. 80% of our energy consumption is still

relying on fossil fuels. We are a global energy technology company

that produces a electrolysers. They use green electricity to put water

into hydrogen and oxygen, and green hydrogen as an alternative fuel that

can decarbonise all of our sectors. The idea for our electrolyser came

out of a will to live self sufficiently. In 2015, I finished my

studies, and I moved to Northern Thailand, and I read about this

house that we used solar energy and hydrogen, to not rely on fossil

fuels. So of course I was extremely curious to know who are the people

behind this idea? Because surely they have a vision. And this is how

I met my co-founders. The idea to live self sufficiently drove them to

look for solutions for long-term energy storage. I believe that our

AEM Electrolysers will play a significant role in our future

energy by driving down the cost of green hydrogen and making it more

affordable for everyone. Green hydrogen is the holy Grail because

it emits no CO2. It could also be used for transportation, for

example. Hydrogen planes are being trialled today in the UK, but it is

also providing an alternative fuel for cars, and also trucks and ships

and trains. Hydrogen has a huge potential in decarbonising our

transportation at large, and we want to make it affordable for everyone.

The time has come to save our planet. The AEM Electrolyser is a

solution to fix our climate, and it is a solution worth scaling. I dream

that I will be looking up and seeing a hydrogen plane fly and knowing

that our adapter team was a part of enabling this fossil fuel free

future.

APPLAUSE. Wow.

Congratulations.

It's safe to say you are overjoyed at winning this award. Tell me, how

will this money enable you to continue this incredible work? Thank

you to our phenomenal team, you made this happen, we did it. Thank you

for your hard work and thank you to the Earthshot Prize for this honour.

Winning this prize is recognition that we are going in the right

direction. It will support us to go in to mass production and it will

boost us towards our goal of accelerating the access of green

hydrogen for everyone, and it will significantly cut fossil fuel use by

2030. There has never been a greater opportunity for positive change and

as our inspiring finalists ready capsule and Sol Bazaar and many

other people have shown, they are also working on positive, impactful

solutions, but together we can repair our earth. Thank you.

Such a good reaction.

We now come to tonight's third Earthshot,

and here to make the presentation, an award-winning Hollywood actor.

Star of The Butler, Selma, and A United Kingdom,

to name just three of his films,

it's David Oyelowo.

This is Clean Our Air.

I once had the great honour of playing Dr Martin Luther King,

and, as we all know, he had a dream,

a dream of a better world for everyone to live in.

Tonight, we have a similar dream, but for different reasons,

and it's a dream we have to realise,

otherwise it really will become the worst of all nightmares.

The figures are staggering.

91% of the world's population live in places with dangerous levels

of air pollution, and it's estimated that air pollution kills

seven million people every year.

Our three finalists have set their marvellous minds

to solving this problem,

and have come up with some ingenious solutions.

They are,

In India, Takachar have invented a machine

that takes leftover crops and converts them into fuel

and fertilisers, without creating smoke.

Our youngest finalist,

Vinisha Umashankar,

the brains behind an ironing cart in India that's run by solar power

instead of charcoal.

And the Blue Map app in China which lets users check local

air and water quality, helping them hold polluters to account.

So let's find out who has triumphed.

The Earthshot for Clean Our Air is awarded to...

Takachar!

Congratulations to Takachar.

Here's the story of how they have found an ingenious solution

to the air pollution caused by the burning of agricultural waste.

I remember growing up in New Delhi. Every winter farmers would set their

field on fire in order to clear them of agricultural waste after harvest.

The loose straw and Kane would burn. The smoke would just sit in the air

and the smell would get stuck in your nose. I remember my grandfather

getting so sick from the air pollution he would find it hard to

breathe. I don't think anyone knew how bad things were until they came

to a head in 2016. The Indian government declared Delhi's air

pollution an emergency situation, shutting down schools and requesting

families to stay at home. They found that Delhi schoolchildren had

reduced lung capacity and would never be able to recover. That's

horrific to hear. It's easy to blame farmers, but at present they have no

other choice. It's really about working with rural communities to

provide them a greener way of working. We have a low cost

smokeless machine that can be used by rural communities to process and

convert agricultural waste into usable products like fuels and

fertilisers. The waste goes in at one end and these products come out

at the other. Farmers can then earn extra income by selling these

products to markets locally as well as worldwide. Our technology

eliminates 98% of smoke in the open burning of fields. We are at the

start of our story. My hope for the future is it becomes a normal site

on every rural farm, helping to fight air pollution globally. Air

pollution is an international problem affecting millions and

millions of people worldwide. My grandfather would be proud of me and

the work we are doing. I won't rest until we can help everyone

everywhere breathe cleaner air.

Vidyut is a man on a mission.

Let's clean the airwaves and hear from him.

Congratulations. Thank you, good evening, everyone. It's an honour

for me to receive the Earthshot Prize on behalf of the Takachar

team. The award is a testament to the passion and commitment shown by

the team to cleaner air. A big thank you to friends and family who have

supported us through this journey. This award will help us scale our

solution worldwide and help us realise our vision, to reduce air

pollution by creating new opportunities for rural communities.

In some parts of the world air pollution reduces the life

expectancy of the population by up to nine years. We need to stop

ignoring this problem and act now. I am deeply inspired by all the other

finalists and hundreds of other innovators who are working

tirelessly so that all of us can breathe clean air. I'm optimistic we

can get this done. Thank you.

Time for more music now from one of the world's biggest stars,

who's doing what he can in his corner of the planet

by planting trees and growing his own food.

What's more, he even sings and writes his own songs

using sustainable words.

With Visiting Hours, please welcome Ed Sheeran.

I wish that Heaven had visiting hours

So I could just show up and bring the news

That she's gettin' older and I wish that you'd met her

The things that she'll learn from me

I got them all from you

Can I just stay a while and we'll put all the world to rights?

The little ones will grow, and I'll still drink

Your favourite wine

And soon they're going to close, but I'll see you another day

So much has changed since you've been away

I wish that Heaven had visiting hours

So I could just swing by and ask your advice

What would you do in my situation?

I haven't a clue how I'd even raise them

What would you do?

'Cause you always do what's right

Can we just talk a while until my worries disappear?

I'd tell you that I'm scared of turning out a failure

You'd say, "Remember that the answer's in

The love that we create"

So much has changed since you've been away

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Ah-ah

I wish that Heaven had visiting hours

And I would ask them if I could take you home

But I know what they'd say, that it's for the best

So I will live life the way you taught me

And make it on my own

I will close the door, but I will open up my heart

And everyone I love will know exactly who you are

'Cause this is not goodbye, it is just 'til we meet again

So much has changed since you've been away.

Time now for our fourth Earthshot,

Build A Waste Free World.

God knows I've said some rubbish in my time,

which thankfully will never be recycled.

But this award goes to the heart of how our communities work.

Quite simply, we make waste, but it doesn't have to go to waste.

To present the award, a national, international,

inter-planetary national treasure.

If I listed all her accolades, we'd be here

well into next week, so I'll just say

it's Dame Emma Thompson and this is Build A Waste Free World.

Hello, earth lovers.

The origin of the word "thrive",

which of course means the thing we all want to do, thrive,

is "thrift", from the old English word "thriven".

We thrive and prosper by using what is to hand,

what may even have been overlooked, tossed out,

or even thrown on the fire to keep us warm.

Waste does not make us happy.

Throwing out food makes most of us uncomfortable.

Humans were not designed to waste their resources.

More of us are going to have to go back to making do and mending,

and it will make us happy, truly, and calm the troubled waters

of a collective consciousness that knows full well that the state

of things at the moment is wildly unbalanced and out of kilter

with everything that keeps us healthy as a species.

But there is hope, and there are reasons to be positive,

because our finalists are facing this challenge head on.

They are,

in Italy, the city of Milan food waste hubs take leftover food

from supermarkets and canteens and distribute it to the hungry.

Sanergy in Kenya, who use insects to convert human waste

into safe products for farmers.

And from Japan, Wota Box, a tiny water treatment plant

that turns 98% of waste water into clean water.

One of them will be getting �1 million

to further their wonderful work.

Let's find out who that is.

The Earthshot for Build A Waste Free World goes to...

..the city of Milan!

Congratulations to the city of Milan,

they intend to halve food waste by 2030

through their redistribution of food to people in need.

Let's take a look at their incredible work.

I'm a researcher at the University. Food waste is one of the key

challenges affecting the world. Throwing food away doesn't just

affect the people who need it, but when food weights rocksin landfill

it emits harmful greenhouse gases. -- when food waste rocksin landfill

it emits harmful greenhouse gases. One third of food is wasted, that's

a big environmental issue. With over half of the world's population

living in urban areas it's falling on cities to come up with game

changing solutions to build a waste free world. Milan has been at the

forefront of this movement. One of the most innovative actions is a

system of local food apps. It's where surplus food is collected and

then redistributed to no profit organisations. When I was in

economic difficulties I received it through the local app, I can do the

same thing for other people. It makes me feel great because I know

how it feels to be in difficulties. On a healing basis the system of

local food apps records and distributes around 70 tonnes of

food, reaching more than 3000 families in the city. Milan's

success shows that if everyone involved works together for social

and environmental benefits can be extraordinary. We are 250 and

everyone is a volunteer. If you go around the city actually you can see

people that cannot afford to go to market so we collect from the

sellers, we ask if they have something that's ugly and then

everything is spread around the people. We have quite big

associations like churches, the Red Cross and even active citizens that

decided to help. We are trying to have an impact on two problems, the

environment and the community around you at once.

I feel very satisfied when I see this food not wasted. The city has

engaged its population around the subject of food waste. We are

creating a sense of community and kindness hundreds of thousands of

food have been saved from going to landfill, we can share our knowledge

around the world.

Buona sera.

What does winning this award mean to you?

Buona sera.

Thank you very much. It is a great pleasure.

On behalf of the city of Milan,

I am honoured to accept the first Earthshot Prize

dedicated to building a waste-free world.

I would like to thank all staff, volunteers and partners

who make the Zero Food Waste Hubs possible.

The prize means both recognition and a greater motivation

to halve food waste by 2030.

Winning the prize will help us do more for our community

and also help other cities to follow our example.

The hubs guarantee the reuse of food

and also reduce emissions.

Saving food has an enormous potential,

and can be done everywhere, by all of us.

We want to build a world in which good food

is not thrown away, but rescued,

because this is good to people and the planet at once.

Thank you again.

It's time for the final award now, Protect And Restore Nature,

and to present it,

we asked Prince William to pull a few strings.

Thankfully, he came up trumps,

though I doubt this is what she had in mind

when he mentioned date night.

Please welcome, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge.

Nature is vital to us all.

A thriving natural world regulates our climate,

nurtures our physical and mental health, and helps feed our families.

But for too long, we've neglected our wild spaces.

And now we are facing a number of tipping points.

If we don't act now,

we will permanently destabilise our planet.

And we will rob our children of the future they deserve.

Our Earthshot Prize finalists show us, however, that we can, by 2030,

see the natural world growing, not shrinking,

for the first time in centuries.

The Pole Pole Foundation, in the Democratic Republic of Congo

shows us how communities can take a stand to protect wildlife

whilst feeding their people.

The Republic of Costa Rica has provided an example to the world

that deforestation can be turned around whilst growing your economy.

And Restor from Switzerland is using technology to unite people

all over the planet to protect the environment.

I'm delighted to announce that the first ever Earthshot Prize

to Protect and Restore Nature is awarded to...

..the Republic of Costa Rica.

Congratulations to the Republic of Costa Rica.

Let's find out how their programme of paying citizens to protect

the environment has led to forests doubling in size.

In Costa Rica, our economic model supported people cutting down

forests.

We are honoured to be joined by the President of Costa Rica,

Carlos Alvarado Quesada.

Mr President, how can the people of Costa Rica inspire the world?

Thank you very much for this award on behalf of all 5 million Costa

Ricans and many generations. We acknowledge that nature conservation

is a shared value. In our society, and it should be in the world. We

receive this recognition with pride but humility. What we have achieved

in this small country in Central America can be done anywhere. The

majesty of our forests is the seed of our developing model. We will

continue recognising nature as our most valuable asset, advancing

towards a carbon neutral in a nature positive world. Indeed, we are

working on the next step, our pura vida ocean conservation model. This

award is for the whole country, based on the leading by example, and

fully thousands of people who have dedicated their lives to preserve

and restore our protected areas and forests. For that, and to you all,

and to Prince William, our eternal gratitude. And also thanks to

Coldplay, they are going to be starting their world tour here in

Costa Rica, because the alignment and our sustainability policies.

Thank you all.

That is nearly it, but as you know, this

is a ten-year initiative, and we will be back

next year with more astonishing solutions

to repair our planet in this decisive decade.

And we can now reveal where Earthshot is heading to.

It s going to be announced by Prince William.

What a night this has been.

I hope everyone watching understands more about the urgent challenges

facing our planet in this decisive decade.

And I hope that our Earthshot winners have shown you that there

is no place for despair.

You should feel inspired to act and to demand that the solutions

you've seen tonight get all the support they need.

I want to say something to all the young people watching tonight.

For too long, we haven't done enough to protect

the planet for your future.

But Earthshot is for you.

In the next ten years we are going to act.

We are going to find the solutions to repair our planet.

Please keep learning, keep demanding change,

and don't give up hope.

We will rise to these challenges.

Now, I hope you agree that London and the UK has put on quite a show

for our first year.

So for the second year, we need to pass the baton

to a country whose leadership is essential for all

five of our Earthshots.

Where better than the nation that inspired the Moonshot

all those years ago?

I'm delighted to announce that Earthshot 2022 will be hosted

by the United States of America.

I'm pleased to introduce Secretary John Kerry,

the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the opportunity to join the first

annual Earthshot Prize ceremony, and to offer well deserved

congratulations to the inaugural winners. This is the decisive decade

of action to put the world on a path that will keep within reach of the

average global temperature rise to 1.5 Celsius. There is reason to be

filled with hope, and even with optimism about our future. The

finalists and winners that we have recognised this evening remind us

that we do have an incredible ability to turn the improbable into

reality, if we work together. As part of our commitment to repair the

planet, I am very proud to invite the Earthshot Prize to the United

States in 2022, and to join you all in celebrating and supporting next

year's breakthrough solutions from around the world. Congratulations

once again, thank you.

And in fact we are off to America right now,

to a living garden on a rooftop in New York

to be precise, and a performance from someone who has worked hard

to support youth climate activists.

This is the brilliant Shawn Mendes, with Wonder.

I wonder if I'm being real

Do I speak my truth or do I filter how I feel?

I wonder, wouldn't it be nice

To live inside a world that isn't black and white?

I wonder what it's like to be my friends

Hope that they don't think I'll forget about them

I wonder

Right before I close my eyes

The only thing that's on my mind

Been dreamin' that you feel it too

I wonder what it's like to be loved by you

Yeah

I wonder what it's like

I wonder what it's like to be loved by

I wonder why I'm so afraid

Of saying something wrong, I never said I was a saint

I wonder, when I cry into my hands

I'm conditioned to feel like it makes me less of a man

And I wonder if someday you'll be by my side

And tell me that the world will end up all right

I wonder

Right before I close my eyes

The only thing that's on my mind

Been dreamin' that you feel it too

I wonder what it's like to be loved by you

Yeah

I wonder what it's like

I wonder what it's like to be loved by you

Yeah

I wonder what it's like to be loved by you.

That's it for this evening.

We've heard about some exceptional projects,

but what's your idea?

Yes, Earthshot is a ten-year project, and if you've

got a brilliant idea we want to hear about it.

Who knows - in years to come you could be

winning an Earthshot Prize.

Thanks to all our guests and presenters.

We'll leave you with a short film from the Royal Foundation.

Goodnight.

The climate crisis is a code red for humanity, but it is not too late to

repair our planet if we vote now. Our goal is to restore balance to

our fragile planet. We are committed to ending coal, running our cars on

clean electricity, and planting millions more trees. We will revive

our oceans to sustain life on earth.

We are committed to restoring our natural world, which is imperative

to human life. I promise to continue using solar power to burn less fuel.

We must provide a better future for all generations to come. The task to

repair our planet lies ahead of us all. Together, we can succeed.