Prince William to visit Boston for second annual Earthshot Prize

In order to protect the environment, Prince William launched the Earthshot Prize last year. It carries a handsome prize amount to encourage others to dream up concrete projects in order to save the environment. This is a 10-year project. The Prince announced that this year Boston would play host and the ceremony would be held in December at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum. Since Prince William would be in the United States, there is curiosity on whether he would take time off to meet his brother Harry and family who stay in California. However, this might not be feasible because of the enormous distance between the two states. Prince William 'very unlikely' to visit Prince Harry during US trip, experts say

Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, became interested in protecting the environment. He drew inspiration from The Prince of Wales and The Duke of Edinburgh. The elders have tried to pass across this message throughout their lives. An official of the Royal Foundation revealed how Prince William views the subject. These can be summarized firstly as – “what is the maximum positive personal contribution I can make in the next ten years in the fight against climate change?” Next comes - "what am I going to do in the next decade that means I can look my children in the eye and say that I did my bit?” He admits that the challenges our planet faces are immense. He cautions that loss of trees, burning of fossil fuels and generating unwanted waste are damaging the environment. These need to be set right in order to restore the balance of nature.

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Leonardo DiCaprio to donate USD 15.7 million to help solve environmental issues

Climate change and environmental issues are close to his heart and, therefore, Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio’s foundation plans to donate USD 15.7 million to help solve such issues. The 41-year-old actor has announced that the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation is to pledge the huge sum to fund conservation and environmental programs to help combat climate change.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 14 July 2016.

His latest pledge would mean DiCaprio’s organization has donated USD 59 million since 1998. He is a staunch environmental campaigner and had praised Pope Francis for helping to try to combat climate change. Pope Francis had come out and was outspoken about the issue of climate change and endorsed the scientific community.
99 per cent of the scientific community is now saying climate change exists and it is caused by mankind and, anyone who doesn’t believe in climate change doesn’t believe in science. The fact that a spiritual leader has endorsed the scientific movement is unprecedented.
Leonardo says it was an incredible honour to meet him.


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