ZERO SUMMIT is one of more than 300 hand-picked official nominees, representing more than 80 countries around the world, who will nominate the world's best and brightest solutions with the potential to repair and regenerate the planet in the Earthshot Prize 2023.
> PROTECT AND RESTORE NATURE:
Species all over the world face extinction as their homes are destroyed, but destroying nature threatens our lives too. Forests and natural land are vital to human health and happiness, helping to prevent global warming and producing oxygen that we breathe. We must act now to protect our future. We choose to repair and preserve the habitats that our animals need to live, from rainforests and grasslands, to wetlands, lakes and rivers.
> clean our air:
Millions of children all over the world breathe toxic air every day, causing countless deaths that could be prevented. We refuse to accept this – clean air and healthy lives are within our reach.
We choose to end outdated transport that emits toxic fumes, remove pollution from the air using both technology and nature, and eliminate the burning of fossil fuels, choosing 100% renewable energy for everyone – from big cities to rural villages
> revive our oceans:
Warmer temperatures, pollution and harmful fishing practices are having devastating impacts on the ocean, putting life underwater in jeopardy. But this decade we can choose to make our ocean healthy. We refuse to accept a world where turtles, dolphins and coral reefs vanish from our seas.
We choose to bring forward a new era where everyone uses the ocean sustainably.
> BUILD A WASTE-FREE WORLD:
The world we have built is not like this; we throw everything away, and this is harming our planet. But we have the power to build something better.
We choose to eliminate food waste, single-use packaging, and inspire a new generation of people, companies, and industries to reuse, repurpose, and recycle.
> fix our climate:
Carbon in the atmosphere is making our planet warmer, to levels which threaten all life on Earth. But it is not too late; if we act now, we can make the world a better, more sustainable home for everyone. We will combat climate change by removing more carbon from the atmosphere than we put into it and ensuring all countries reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
We will build defences to protect innocent people from climate driven disasters and crises.
We choose to fix our climate so that life everywhere can thrive for generations to come.
> joung inspiration:
Celebrate great personalities recognized for their initiatives for nature conservation, for encouraging technology, science and for promoting sustainable development
> startup of the year:
Celebrate promising startups that have contributed to protecting the environment and conserving natural resources for a better world
> lifetime achievement:
Celebrate great personalities who stood out throughout their lives through adverse situations and contributed to a better world
The potential solution should be well beyond the idea stage but may still have development requirements that must be addressed before they are ready to scale their impact. The nominee will:
> Have working prototypes, programs and initiatives, or executed pilots that demonstrate the effectiveness of their solution.
> Have tested their solution with the target users or recipients and have seen early positive impacts or successes.
> May already be in the market with customers, partners or audiences but on a limited scale.
The Earthshot Prize are additionally looking for solutions which:
- Use Web3 and other technologies to enable transformative change.
- Leverage new financial and legal mechanisms to create scalable incentives for global change.
- Are led and informed by indigenous people and local communities
- Promote shared economic opportunity
More information on this year's selection priorities is available in Earthshot Prize Selection Priorities 2023 document ( link here).
Find our Earthshot Solution submission form below. If you are completing the form on behalf of another person or organization, please inform them that you are sharing your details with Zero Summit. This is important to comply with appropriate GDPR and data sharing obligations.
The Zero Summit jury will analyze the solutions and decide which one best meets the criteria to compete in one of the Earthshot Prize categories. If we would like to submit your Earthshot Award nomination, we will contact you.
Those who have not received a response from the Zero Summit team by Tuesday, January 30, 2023 should assume that Zero Summit will not be nominating their solution on this occasion.
This documente (here) outlines the information required to submit a nomination for the 2023 Earthshot Awards. Please use this to gather information on your Solution. Please note that Zero Summit will only accept applications which have been submitted via our electronic form by the stated deadline. (Blue button link below)
Additional Information
Submitted Nominations and Nomination Forms are confidential. The screening process and judging panel reviewing Nominations and Nomination Forms are bound by strict confidentiality terms. Nomination ideas and any associated intellectual property used in connection with any Nomination shall remain the property of the party introducing the same. Nothing contained in the Nomination shall constitute the grant of any licence or rights of ownership or any other rights in respect of the intellectual property and confidential information other than for the purpose of submitting and Earthshot Nomination.
According to the IPCC, which sets out the scientific consensus on climate change, CO2 emissions must be halved between now and 2030 to have a strong chance of keeping global temperature rise below 1.5ºC eventually reaching net zero carbon by mid-century or earlier.
Every year of delay reduces the likelihood we can stave off the worst effects of climate change on humankind and our planet. Zero Summit is tackling this challenge head-on. By uniting on a journey to transform the operations of companies and governments, signatories to Zero Summit can have a cumulatively outsized impact.