Protect and Restore Nature · Brazil
re.green
Finds degraded Atlantic Forest land with AI and satellite data and restores native forest, funded by carbon credits and timber.
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Environmental projects that already work
Every Earthshot Prize winner since 2021 and the fifteen finalists for Mumbai 2026: what each project does and, where an independent source measured it, what it achieved.
You need climate solutions that are proven, for your own decisions or as sourced examples in your writing. Start with the 2026 finalists, then the winners year by year; each new result reaches your inbox every Monday.
Finalists 2026
- Protect and Restore Nature · Australia Indigenous Desert Alliance
- Protect and Restore Nature · Bhutan Bhutan
- Protect and Restore Nature · Canada (with US) Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
- Clean Our Air · Argentina Satellites on Fire
- Clean Our Air · India Mahindra Last Mile Mobility
- Clean Our Air · Uganda AirQo
- Revive Our Oceans · USA (global alliance) Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA)
- Revive Our Oceans · Niue Niue Ocean Wide Trust
- Revive Our Oceans · Spain The City of Barcelona
- Build a Waste-Free World · South Korea South Korea Zero Waste Movement Network
- Build a Waste-Free World · France PFAS-Free France
- Build a Waste-Free World · Philippines Mother Earth Foundation
- Fix Our Climate · Kenya Pula
- Fix Our Climate · Denmark Ørsted
- Fix Our Climate · India Mahila Housing Trust
Winners 2025
Clean our Air · Colombia
City of Bogotá
The city cuts air pollution through cycling and walking priority, green space, cleaner buses and freight limits.
24 % reduction in air pollution since 2018
Revive our Oceans · Global
The High Seas Treaty
A UN treaty creates the first legal framework for marine protected areas in international waters.
Build a Waste-free World · Nigeria
Lagos Fashion Week
A fashion platform that sets sustainability standards for designers and plans a circular hub for textile waste.
Fix our Climate · Bangladesh
Friendship
Plants and protects coastal mangrove belts that shield communities from cyclones and erosion.
660,000 trees planted on 218+ hectares
Winners 2024
Protect and Restore Nature · Kazakhstan
Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative
A large partnership protects and restores Kazakhstan's steppe, helping saiga antelope recover from near-extinction.
2.8 million saiga antelope in 2024 (from 40,000 in 2005)
Clean our Air · Ghana
Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) Zero Waste Model
A youth-led model sorts and recycles waste to avoid open burning and create local income.
Revive our Oceans · Global
High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People
A group of governments pushes to protect 30% of land and ocean by 2030.
Build a Waste-free World · Kenya
Keep IT Cool
Solar-powered cold storage and refrigerated transport keep fish and farm produce fresh for small producers.
Fix our Climate · United States
Advanced Thermovoltaic Systems (ATS)
A solid-state device converts industrial waste heat into electricity.
Winners 2023
Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina (Andes)
Acción Andina
Communities plant and protect native high-Andean Polylepis forests that store water and carbon.
Hong Kong, China
GRST
A water-based process builds and recycles lithium-ion batteries with fewer toxic solvents and lower emissions.
Global (US HQ; 16 countries)
WildAid Marine Program
Trains and equips local partners to enforce rules in marine protected areas and stop illegal fishing.
India
S4S Technologies
Solar-powered dryers let farmers and women entrepreneurs preserve produce and sell processed food, cutting waste.
Earthshot Prize winner
Boomitra
A platform measures soil carbon by satellite and pays farmers for credits earned through better land management.
Winners 2022
Protect and Restore Nature · India
Kheyti
Low-cost greenhouse kits let smallholder farmers grow more reliably with less water and higher yields.
Clean our Air · Kenya
Mukuru Clean Stoves
Locally made stoves burning processed biomass cut household smoke and fuel use in informal settlements.
Revive our Oceans · Australia
Indigenous Women of the Great Barrier Reef (Queensland Indigenous Women Rangers Network)
A state-wide ranger network trains Indigenous women to combine traditional knowledge with modern tools to protect the Reef.
Build a Waste-free World · United Kingdom
Notpla
Packaging and coatings made from seaweed replace single-use plastic for takeaway food and drinks.
Fix our Climate · Oman
44.01
Captured carbon dioxide is dissolved in water and injected into peridotite rock, where it turns permanently to stone.
Winners 2021
Protect and Restore Nature · Costa Rica
Republic of Costa Rica
A national programme pays landowners to protect and regrow forests, backed by wider conservation policy.
34% to 52% forest cover, 1977 to 2022
Clean our Air · India
Takachar
A portable machine converts farm crop residue on site into fuel products instead of it being burned in open fields.
9,000 (with ~5,500 farmers) metric tons of crop residue processed to date
Revive our Oceans · Bahamas
Coral Vita
Land-based coral farms grow corals quickly from fragments and replant them on damaged reefs.
Build a Waste-free World · Italy
City of Milan Food Waste Hubs
Neighbourhood hubs collect surplus food from shops and restaurants and hand it to people in need.
130 tonnes food recovered per year per hub (as reported at award time; Planet Ark reads it as city total)
Fix our Climate
AEM Electrolyser (Enapter)
A compact modular electrolyser makes green hydrogen from water using anion exchange membrane technology.
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