The recipients, who each receive £1m to scale up their pioneering projects in the drive to secure a stable climate, were revealed at a glittering 'green' carpet event in the US city of Boston.
The recipients, who each receive £1m to scale up their pioneering projects in the drive to secure a stable climate, were revealed at a glittering"green" carpet event in the US city of Boston.1:18A seaweed alternative to plastic packaging and turning carbon dioxide into rock were among the environmental innovations to scoop the Prince of Wales's Earthshot Prize.
Founder and chief executive Charlot Magayi said:"Mukuru Clean Stoves began as a solution to a problem that I had felt personally in my own life."Today, we have an opportunity to transform the lives of millions, with cheaper, safer and more sustainable cookstoves and fuels. Managing director Larissa Hale said:"This place has always been our home, but today we risk losing it and the unique culture that has existed here for millennia."We have made big first steps, but we have a long way still to go.
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