Prince William declares saving the planet is a a ‘team game' at Climate Week gathering
He told a Climate Week gathering his Earthshot prize is aimed at preserving 'all the things we as human beings care about'.
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Rio's mayor Eduoardo Paes led criticism of US President Donald Trump's green credentials during a panel discussion
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Every year this decade the Prince of Wales awards £1million to each of five winners working to save the planet.
He explained: 'Everything we want to do here starts with a team game.
'And the prize is just the pinnacle of the ability to showcase all the brilliant people around working in this space.'
Wills told the audience at Bloomberg's London HQ: 'It takes a village to raise a family.
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'If you take that into the concept of a planet, it takes all of us to raise that planet.'
It was announced this year's Earthshot awards will be in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro in November.
But with Wills in the audience Rio's mayor Eduoardo Paes led criticism of the US President's green credentials during a panel discussion.
Speaking about investing in green initiatives, Paes said: 'Local governments, we don't want to do any politics here, but we saw what Donald Trump did in his first term.
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'If it was not for the local governments, for the mayors, the US would be in big trouble."
Also during the panel Michael Bloomberg, ex-New York mayor, said: "I'm lucky enough to have known [the Prince of Wales] for a long time and his father and I think the UK is very well served.'
He added that while there was 'good reason to be optimistic' about the state of the planet, 'America has not been doing its share lately.'
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Prince William told a Climate Week gathering his Earthshot prize is aimed at preserving 'all the things we as human beings care about'
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