Earthshot Prize

The search for the winners of The Earthshot Prize 2022 has begun and The Natural History Museum is an official Nominator. Launched in 2020 and with the first incredible winners announced in October 2021, The Earthshot Prize is the most prestigious global environment prize in history, aiming to find new solutions to the world’s biggest environmental problems.  

As an Official Nominator, the NHM is one of over 300 organisations from across the world, invited to submit nominations across all five Earthshot categories, selected for their ability to identify the most impactful solutions across all sectors, from grassroots to businesses.   

They will be nominating individuals, communities, businesses and organisations whose solutions make the most progress towards achieving the five Earthshots – simple but ambitious goals which if achieved by 2030 will improve life for us all, for generations to come.   

The Earthshot Prize will consider solutions which make tangible progress towards one of the five Earthshots. They should be beyond idea stage, have tested their solution in-field or with target audiences, and are at a ‘tipping point’ for scaling their impact within the next five years.  
 
The Earthshots are:   

• Protect and Restore Nature   
• Clean our Air   
• Revive our Oceans   
• Build a Waste-Free World   
• Fix our Climate   

They are taking a targeted approach, using existing networks in the first instance to reach-out for potential nominees, as well as considering their own projects.  As part of this they have contacted the 1851 Royal Commission to see if we have anyone who we would like to put forward. If you have a solution that may fit the criteria, please email [email protected] for a further discussion or provide:  

• A short description of the solution;   
• Briefly describe the problems/issue areas that the solution addresses;  
• Summarise what interventions the solution makes and the impact these will have;   
• Describe how the solution might be successfully scaled.  

Expressions of interest need to be with the NHM by 7 February. 

Please mention the Commission's support in your entry and copy us in so that we can send a letter of support.

After nominations are submitted to the NHM, they are screened as part of a rigorous assessment process culminating in selection of five winners by the Earthshot Prize Council.   

Finalists and winners are given an incredible platform to amplify their work, as well as tailored support from The Earthshot Prize and our network of NGOs, businesses, governments, funders and expert mentors. The five winners also receive a one-of-a-kind award and a one-million-pound grant to scale their impact.   

Read more: www.earthshotprize.org  
Get in touch: [email protected]