Prince William—set to announce the winner of the inaugural Earthshot Prize on Sunday—said that he hopes the £1 million award will promote optimism about the environment.
might have been surprised to see a personal message from the prince in his Instagram stories. “Taking questions on the Earthshot Prize tomorrow. W,” it read, with a finger emoji pointing towards the question box. In a video shot in his Kensington Palace office Friday morning, the prince later donned a bright blue sweater and discussed his hopes for, the £1 million award for activists addressing climate change he helped establish last year.
The inaugural prize will be awarded on Sunday during a live-streamed ceremony, but in his Instagram session, William said he already knew who the winner will be. He also said that he hoped the prize could promote optimism about the environment, something that it has already given him. “I think Earthshot has given me a lot of hope,” he said.
He also explained his motivations for starting the prize in the first place and why its 10-year window is meaningful. “The most important thing about the prize is that the time is absolutely crucial. We are on a ticking clock unfortunately and the next 10 years are critical,” he said. “We reach a threshold point where it’s irreversible to bring us back to what we currently have and better.”
Unsurprisingly, there were a few irreverent questions mixed in, like one reading “Come to Brazil.” William was game and answered in the affirmative. “I’d love to come to Brazil. I’ve been longing to come down there for years,” he said. “It gives me a good excuse now to pop in and seeWhen asked if unicorns are real, he gave a nuanced answer meant to please his daughter,“Well, I think if you talked to my daughter, she’d say they were real,” he said.
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