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UK's Prince William gets here in South Africa for climate-focused trip

Britain's Prince William landed in Cape Town on Monday for a fourday trip to South Africa centred on his annual Earthshot Prize for ecological innovators.

The beneficiary to the British throne will participate in a global wildlife summit and meet South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during the trip, which is his very first to South Africa because 2010.

On Wednesday he will take part in the awards ceremony for the Earthshot Reward, which gives 5 winners 1 million pounds ($ 1.3 million) each to pursue projects dealing with environment change and other ecological concerns.

William introduced the prize in 2020, motivated by a check out to Namibia. Its name is a nod to former U.S. President John F. Kennedy's ambitious moonshot task which resulted in the 1969 lunar landing.

By the end of the week, I want The Earthshot Prize to have provided a platform to all those innovators causing modification for their communities, encouraged prospective financiers to speed African services to scale and motivated young people across Africa who are engaged in environment problems, he said in a. statement ahead of the go to.

The Prince Of Wales is making the trip alone as his spouse. Kate is still managing a return to work after completing a course. of preventative chemotherapy for cancer.

South Africa is a former British colony and some individuals. there have required the return of diamonds originally. found in the nation and after that embeded in the British crown. gems.

(source: Reuters)