Each year for the next eight years, five groups of innovators and activists around the world – who’re tackling five massive ecological challenges – will be awarded a $1 million (R20 305 429) prize from the Earthshot organisation. The money and publicity from the awards, founded by Prince William in 2020, will help scale up their local project, and spread it around the world.
For the next five Sundays from 13 November, one Earthshot episode will focus on each of these five challenges, known