Nigeria’s Reeddi capsules, others are shortlisted for the Prince William Environment Prize | The Guardian Nigeria News

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Fifteen finalists were shortlisted on Friday for Prince William’s Earthshot Environment Award to recognize innovative solutions to the planet’s greatest problems.

These include an Indian teenager who designed a solar powered ironing cart and Costa Rica who is pioneering a project to pay people to restore natural ecosystems.

A clean energy project in Nigeria, a food waste center in Milan, Italy, a coral replacement program in the Bahamas, and a clean air app from China are also on the list.

Five overall winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on October 17th, and each will receive £ 1 million (US $ 1.4 million) to support their initiatives.

William named those on the shortlist for the Inaugural Award “innovators, leaders, and visionaries.”

“They work with the urgency of life on earth in this crucial decade and their optimism will inspire us all to overcome the greatest challenges in human history,” he said.

The Earthshot Prize, which was launched last October, was inspired by US President John F. Kennedy’s “Moonshot” project in the 1960s to put a man on the moon.

Each of the finalists – selected by experts from more than 750 nominations – is supported by leading companies in the private sector in the development of their projects.

They compete in five areas: protecting and restoring nature; purify our air; enliven our oceans; build a waste-free world; and consolidate our climate.

The shortlisted candidates are:

– Protect and restore nature:

Pole Pole Foundation (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Costa Rica

Restorer (Switzerland)

– Clean Air:

The Blue Map App (China)

Takachar (India)

Vinisha Umashankar (India)

– Revitalizing oceans:

Coral Vita (Bahamas)

Untouched Seas (USA)

Living Sea Walls (Australia)

– Build a waste-free world:

Food waste centers of the city of Milan (Italy)

Sanergy (Kenya)

Wota box (Japan)

– Set up our climate:

AEM electrolyser (Thailand / Germany / Italy)

Reeddi capsules (Nigeria)

Solbasar (Bangladesh)