Just last week, William launched the road to this year’s awards by taking part in a cricket match on the Mall alongside some of India’s most celebrated players, a nod to the host nation’s sporting heritage ahead of the Prize’s arrival in Mumbai.Since its founding in 2020, Earthshot Prize finalists and winners have together avoided or captured over 18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent emissions, while protecting or restoring 580,000 square kilometres of land, forests and freshwater systems and more than 850,000 square kilometres of ocean and coastline.The initiative’s participants have also removed, avoided or upcycled 465,000 tonnes of waste, saved or recycled 21 million tonnes of water, and improved air quality for communities representing 600 million people.