Do glitzy awards like the Earthshot Prize actually help fight climate change?
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The History of Climate Innovation Prizes
David Reiner: What is the point of these prizes? Are they useful to whom? We talk a lot about climate change on this podcast and we want it to focus on solutions. These prizes set themselves up to be one of these means of producing solutions, he says. He starts by telling me the story of the first innovation prize in the early 18th century.
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