India’s Mumbai to host UK Prince William’s annual environment award in 2026

MUMBAI: India’s Mumbai will host the annual environment award of Britain’s Prince William in 2026, the Earthshot Prize organizers said in a statement on Tuesday, as the city kicked off its first climate summit.
The Earthshot Prize, founded in 2020, honors five winners with £1 million ($1.36 ⁠million) each to ⁠scale solutions aimed at repairing the planet.
“India is one of the world’s most important forces for climate and nature. What succeeds ⁠in India at scale has the power to inspire progress everywhere,” Prince William said in the statement.
India is the world’s third-largest emitter and has been dealing with worsening air quality in its top cities as well as climate-change linked adverse weather ⁠events. ⁠It has accelerated climate initiatives in recent years, pledging net-zero by 2070.
The Earthshot announcement took place at Mumbai Climate Week, where former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and senior United Nations officials are among those attending.