Prince William will meet with young environmentalists and local fishermen during a visit to South Africa that starts on Monday and will focus on climate change and conservation. He will also see his annual Earthshot Prize award US$1.2 million in grants to five organizations for innovative environmental ideas.
The 42-year-old heir to the throne will also attend a global wildlife summit and spend time at a sea rescue institute during four days of events in Cape Town, with the centerpiece of his trip the Earthshot awards ceremony on Wednesday night.He will use the visit to highlight other issues close to his heart, such as the work of rangers on the front line of conservation efforts, officials said.
William, the Prince of Wales, last visited Africa in 2018, but he has a strong connection to the continent. William travelled to Africa as a boy after the death of his mother, Princess Diana, in a Paris car crash in 1997. He and his wife, Kate, got engaged at a wildlife conservancy in Kenya in 2010. And he said he came up with the idea for the Earthshot awards while in Namibia in 2018.
William formed the Earthshot Prize through his Royal Foundation in 2020 to encourage new ideas to solve environmental problems; it launched in 2021. The first three awards ceremonies were held in Britain, the United States and Singapore. The awards ceremony will be held in a temporary, reusable dome that has been erected on a field next to a sports stadium in Cape Town. The 470-foot-long dome has hosted other events in South Africa and will be dismantled to be used again after the Earthshot prizes, organizers said.
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