{"id":116095,"date":"2026-02-17T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/116095\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:00:09","slug":"william-hails-mumbai-as-city-named-2026-earthshot-prize-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/116095\/","title":{"rendered":"William hails Mumbai as city named 2026 Earthshot Prize host"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>William will stage his environmental awards in India\u2019s financial capital in November, and sees the Commonwealth country\u2019s huge number of young people as a potential driving force for change.<\/p>\n<p>Mumbai was unveiled as the Earthshot host during the city\u2019s inaugural Climate Action Week \u2013 where leaders from science, business, politics and the arts heard from past Indian Earthshot finalists about their work trying to repair and restore the planet.<\/p>\n<p>William said: \u201cWe must continue to look to the future with urgency and optimism, which is why I am delighted that Mumbai will host the Earthshot Prize 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia is one of the world\u2019s most important forces for climate and nature. What succeeds in India at scale has the power to inspire progress everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2.78104327.jpg\" alt=\"Royal visit to South Africa \u2013 Day Two\" data-title=\"Royal visit to South Africa \u2013 Day Two\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Archive\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Archive\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Aaron Chown\" data-usage-terms=\"\"  \/>The Prince of Wales founded the Earthshot Prize to help repair the planet (Aaron Chown\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the largest population of young people in the world, there is a real sense of momentum \u2013 to not only imagine a better future, but to inspire change and make it a reality. Together we can rise to meet our greatest challenge, to repair and restore our planet by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The future king\u2019s project is halfway through its decade-long cycle to recognise and reward ideas to help save the planet \u2013 and Earthshot has already been staged in London, Singapore, Cape Town, Boston and Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n<p>He has managed to attract a host of stars to his cause, from Hollywood actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey and\u00a0Cate Blanchett to broadcaster\u00a0and\u00a0naturalist Sir David Attenborough\u00a0and\u00a0former prime minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern.<\/p>\n<p>Awards are presented in five categories, or Earthshots \u2013 Protect\u00a0and\u00a0restore nature; Clean our air, Revive our oceans; Build a waste-free world;\u00a0and\u00a0Fix our climate.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative was inspired by former US president John F Kennedy\u2019s Moonshot project, which set scientists the challenge of placing an astronaut on the Moon and returning him safely and in the process helped advance mankind\u2019s achievements.<\/p>\n<p>Devendra Fadnavis, chief minister of the state Maharashtra \u2013 which has Mumbai as its capital, said: \u201cThe Earthshot Prize is the world\u2019s most prestigious environmental award and I\u2019m proud to announce that it will be hosted in Mumbai in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSustainability and climate action remain top priorities for Maharashtra, and the Earthshot Prize will create global attention for India\u2019s leadership and commitment to turning our goals into meaningful action on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"William will stage his environmental awards in India\u2019s financial capital in November, and sees the Commonwealth country\u2019s huge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":{"0":"post-116095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reading","8":"tag-reading-city","9":"tag-reading-city-headlines","10":"tag-reading-city-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}