Milan and Costa Rica among winners of the inaugural Earthshot Prize

2021-10-18T19:27:00-04:00

The Duke of Cambridge appeared in apt attire last night as he announced the first slate of winners of his newly-launched Earthshot Prize celebrating innovations in the ongoing fight against climate change.

The city of Milan was among the five inaugural winners of the prize, which is the brainchild of Prince William and famed British naturalist television presenter Sir David Attenborough. Awards were given out across five separate categories each with a £1 million ($1.37 million) prize.

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The Italian city won in the ‘Build a Waste-Free World’ category for its food waste scheme that can recover around 350 kg of food a day from supermarkets and restaurant venues and redistribute it to the city’s different areas of need.

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Costa Rica took home the inaugural ‘Protect & Restore Nature’ award for a Ministry of Environment program begat in the late 90s that pays citizens to plant trees and eventually help restore the country’s greate...

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Milan and Costa Rica among winners of the inaugural Earthshot Prize