Earthshot prize winners: The five projects that received £1 million in funding

Clarence Ford speaks with Natalie Malgas, Eyewitness News Reporter

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5 category winners were selected out 15 finalists as the winners of the 2024 Earthshot Prize.

Each winner receives a £1 million (R22,8 million) prize fund to scale up their plans. 

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Malgas says this event showed how seriously young people, particularly in Africa, are taking the environment and climate change.

“They have set out to change the world.”

- Natalie Malgas, Eyewitness News Reporter

She adds that all the finalists came out with a sense of inspiration and feeling they had won just by being involved.

The following five projects were selected as the winners:

Protect and Restore Nature Winner: Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative  

Clean Our Air Winner: GAYO, Green Africa Youth Organization  

Revive Our Oceans Winner: High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People (HAC)  

Build a Waste-free World Winner: Keep IT Cool (KIC)  

Fix Our Climate Winner: Advanced Thermovoltaic Systems (ATS)

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