Prince William announces Earthshot Award winners - BBC News

Prince William has announced the five winners of the prestigious Earthshot Awards.

The annual awards, which were unveiled at a ceremony in Boston, USA on Friday, were set up by the Prince of Wales to fund projects aimed at saving the planet.

Each winner will receive £1 million ($1.2 million) for him to develop the innovation.

Winning projects are from Kenya, India, Australia, United Kingdom and Oman.

This year's winners were selected from among his 15 finalists by a panel of judges that included Prince William, Sir David Attenborough, actress Cate Blanchett, footballer Dani Alves, Fijian activist Ernest Gibson and singer Shakira. Chosen.