Earthshot Prize Awards - 2022 Finalists & Winners

The Finalists were announced on November 4th. The Winners will be announced at the Awards ceremony on December 2nd. 

The Earthshot Prize to Protect and Restore Nature

• Winner
• Kheyti, India
• A pioneering solution for local smallholder farmers to reduce costs, increase yields and protect livelihoods in a country on the frontlines of climate change.
• Finalist
• Desert Agricultural Transformation, China: 
• A team developing cutting-edge agricultural breakthroughs to turn barren desert landscapes into lush, green ones.
• Hutan, Malaysia
• An inspiring conservation model that protects orangutans, supports local jobs and livelihoods and restores forests to their former greatness.

The Earthshot Prize to Clean Our Air

• Winner
• Mukuru Clean Stoves, Kenya: 
• A start-up providing cleaner-burning stoves to women in Kenya to reduce unhealthy indoor pollution and provide a safer way to cook.
• Finalist
• The Ampd Entertainer, Hong Kong
• An emission-free electric battery system to power construction and reduce pollution.
• Roam, Kenya: 
• An organisation building lower emission vehicles, making clean transportation accessible and affordable for urban cities on the African continent.

The Earthshot Prize to Revive Our Oceans

• Winner
• Indigenous Women of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia: 
• An inspiring women-led programme that combines 60,000 years of indigenous knowledge with digital technologies to protect land and sea.
• Finalist
• The Great Bubble Barrier, Netherlands: 
• Inventive and ingenious technique to intercept plastics before they reach oceans by creating a curtain of bubbles.
• SeaForester, Portugal: 
• A truly cutting-edge breakthrough in seaweed farming that can restore the ocean’s forgotten forests.

The Earthshot Prize to Build A Waste-Free World

• Winner
• Notpla, United Kingdom: 
• A circular solution creating an alternative to plastic packaging from seaweed.
• Finalist
• City of Amsterdam Circular Economy, Netherlands: 
• A city-wide initiative to establish a fully circular economy by 2050, wasting nothing and recycling everything.
• Fleather, India: 
• An innovative and regenerative approach to creating leather out of floral waste.

The Earthshot Prize to Fix Our Climate

• Winner
• 44.01, Oman: 
• Childhood friends who have developed an innovative technique to turn CO2 into rock, and permanently store it underground.
• Finalist
• LanzaTech, USA: 
• A circular solution that recycles carbon waste into sustainable fuels and everyday products.
• Low Carbon Materials, United Kingdom: 
• A new and innovative material that uses unrecyclable plastic waste to make traditional concrete blocks carbon-zero.

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