Earthshot Prize awards 2022: Know who is performing, how to watch and more

Billie Eilish, Annie Lennox, Ellie Goulding, Beyonce Knowles' proteges, and sisters Chloe and Halle will perform at the Prince of Wales Prize awards ceremony in Boston, USA. The royal couple is expected to fly to give away the prizes this week. Prince William founded the awards ceremony to create a better world and clean up the environment through this method.

The ceremony has become an essential activity for the Prince of Wales, and he is keen to see some movement in helping the earth get a cleaner environment.

What is the Earthshot Prize?

In the same vein that President John F Kenedy began the "Moonshot" challenge to encourage people to go to the moon, Prince William started the Earthshot prize.

In this decade, the prize's objective would be to promote solutions for a cleaner world.
The winners get funding of £1 million to support their innovations.
Five categories are there to compete (1) The restoration and protection of nature, (2) air cleanliness, (3) ocean revival, (4) waste-free living, and (5) climate action.
Fifteen finalists compete for the five categories in this year's ceremony, with the awards beginning last year.

There are finalists from the UK as well this year, and they are

(1) Notpla Hard Material: This is a start-up headed by Pierre Paslier and Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez from London, having created packaging made from seaweed and plants as an alternative to plastic.
(2) Low Carbon Materials: they have created unrecyclable plastic waste manufactured concrete blocks carbon zero, avoiding carbon footprint.

The following celebrities will be presenting and conducting the Earthshot Prize.

• Clara Amfo will be the host again this year, along with actor Daniel Day Kim.
• Sir David Attenborough will initiate the proceedings of the show.
• Oscar winner Cate Blanchett will be giving detail about last year's winners
• Rami Malek (actor) will be giving a prize.
• Catherine O'Hara will be giving away an award.
• Shailene Woodley would also be giving away an award.

Earthshot willbe broadcasted on BBC One at 5:30 PM on December 4th. The show will also be streamed on Youtube the same evening later.