The Earthshot Prize 2025

Planet Earth from space

What is the Earthshot Prize?

Lancaster University’s Centre for Global Eco-Innovation has been invited to return as an official ‘nominator’ for a prestigious prize led by Prince William and Sir David Attenborough. The Earthshot Prize, described as the most ambitious and prestigious of its kind, is designed to provide incentives for change and help to repair our planet over the next ten years. Each year five winners will be awarded £1,000,000 to support their work.

Taking inspiration from President John F. Kennedy’s Moonshot which united millions of people around an organising goal to put people on the moon and catalysed the development of new technology in the 1960s, The Earthshot Prize is centred around five ‘Earthshots’. These are simple but ambitious goals for our planet which, if achieved by 2030, will improve life for us all, for generations to come.

Official Nominator Badge 2023

Open call for applications

The Centre for Global Eco-Innovation is running an open call for applications from individuals, organisations and teams.

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Read about this year’s nominees

Five Earthshots

The prize will reward achievement and action in five areas:

The 5-stage prize process to select a winner for each Earthshot is as follows:

  1. Nominations: the Centre for Global Eco-Innovation and other nominators are seeking out solutions from across the globe that will help us reach our Earthshots
  2. Screening: Nominations will be screened as part of an independent assessment process run by Deloitte, our implementation partner.
  3. Shortlist: A distinguished panel of experts will support the judging process, making recommendations to The Earthshot Prize Council.
  4. Selection: Prince William and The Earthshot Prize Council select the five winners.
  5. Awards: The winners of The Earthshot Prize will be announced at an awards ceremony, which will take place in different cities across the world each year between 2021 and 2030.

Earthshot News

Logo for CGE Lancaster highlighting their role as a nominator for the Earthshot prize 2025

Lancaster University Centre seeks innovative solutions to environmental issues for prestigious prize

Lancaster University’s award-winning Centre for Global Eco-Innovation official ‘nominator’ for The Earthshot Prize 2025 for fifth year running.
Dr James Heath taking measurements at Lancaster University

Warmer nights usher in highest May temperatures since records began at Lancaster University

May 2024 was the warmest since records began at Lancaster University’s Hazelrigg Weather Station - almost 3 °C higher than the long-term average.
Mary Sibande Kinwanje at LEC

Commonwealth Collaborations: Reflections on a Commonwealth Professional Fellowship at Lancaster University with Mary Sibande Kunwanje

The director of research at a Malawian university said her experience at Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) as part of the Commonwealth Professional Fellows programme has given her a stronger voice that she will use to motivate and stimulate people in her home country.
Copiapoa cinerea subsp columna-alba in its natural habitat in Chile.

Lancaster Environment Centre conservation project supports criminal case against cactus smuggling

A Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) wildlife conservation project is involved in its first criminal case in Italy.
Dr Georgina Erifeta at LEC

Commonwealth Collaborations: Reflections on a Commonwealth Professional Fellowship at Lancaster University with Dr Georgina Erifeta

An environmental researcher and academic from Nigeria said her experience at Lancaster University as part of the Commonwealth Professional Fellowship programme has shown her the importance of combining research with entrepreneurship.
North Lancashire celebrated winning a Sustainable Food Places Silver Award

Celebrating our Growing Sustainable Food System in North Lancashire

North Lancashire celebrated winning a Sustainable Food Places Silver Award, which recognises the outstanding efforts of individuals, organisations, businesses, and community groups in promoting healthy, sustainable, and local food.

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You can discover more at the Earthshot Prize website or email earthshot@lancaster.ac.uk