Earthshot Prize: Prince William announces five winners
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Childhood friends in Oman who figured out how to turn carbon dioxide into rock are among five winners chosen for the Prince of Waless prestigious Earthshot Prize. "Winning the Earthshot Prize will help us scale our solution around the world, and ultimately eliminate billions of tonnes of CO2. Climate change is the greatest challenge we have ever faced but being part of this amazing group of finalists give us hope. "Charlot Magayi, the CEO of Mukuru Clean Stoves, said 200,000 households in Kenya have had access to her product since she launched the business in 2017.Pierre Paslier, co-founder of the London start-up Notpla, said when the project started eight years ago in a student kitchen, "we would have never imagined we would be here today". "No one wants to live in a world full of plastic waste but its not too late to act," he said.The ceremony is due to be broadcast at 17:30 GMT on Sunday on the BBC in the UK, and on Monday in the US.