Could new inventions save the planet? The Earthshot prize aims to find new answers to the climate crisis. But as the COP27 climate meeting starts, experts say time is running out.
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Prince names finalists of £1m climate prize
Could new inventions save the planet? The Earthshot prize aims to find new answers to the climate crisis. But as the COP27 climate meeting starts, experts say time is running out.
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Bubbles that take plastic out of rivers. Packaging made from seaweed. A plan to turn CO2Carbon dioxide. into rock.
These are some of the ideas that could win one of this year's Earthshot prizes.
The Earthshot Prize aims to find new answers to the climate crisis. Winners will be chosen from five categories: protect and restore nature, clean our air, reviveBring back. our oceans, build a waste-free world and fix our climate.
The finalists were announced by Prince William, who will be Britain's next king.
Some think new ideas like these could one day save the planet. But others think the real answer to stopping climate changeLong-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human action is a major cause of climate change. is to stop burning fossil fuelsFuels made from decomposing plants and animals, including coal, natural gas and oil. These fuels release carbon dioxide, causing global warming..
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Now, a report by the UNUnited Nations. An intergovernmental organisation based in New York that aims to maintain international peace and security. says we are on track to missing the target of only 1.5C warming made in 2015.
Could new inventions save the planet?
Yes! Most new inventions will fail, of course. But we only need one brilliant idea to change the course of the planet's future.
No! We know the answer to stopping climate change in its tracks. We must stop using fossil fuels.
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CO2 - Carbon dioxide.
Revive - Bring back.
Climate change - Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human action is a major cause of climate change.
Fossil fuels - Fuels made from decomposing plants and animals, including coal, natural gas and oil. These fuels release carbon dioxide, causing global warming.
UN - United Nations. An intergovernmental organisation based in New York that aims to maintain international peace and security.
Prince names finalists of £1m climate prize
Future climate king? Prince William will hand £1m each to five winners of this year's Earthshot prize. Glossary
CO2 - Carbon dioxide.
Revive - Bring back.
Climate change - Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human action is a major cause of climate change.
Fossil fuels - Fuels made from decomposing plants and animals, including coal, natural gas and oil. These fuels release carbon dioxide, causing global warming.
UN - United Nations. An intergovernmental organisation based in New York that aims to maintain international peace and security.