Prince of the 惑星: from the boy who roamed 解放する／自由な around Sandringham to the 政治家 in Singapore - the Prince's proud 跡をつける 記録，記録的な／記録する of fighting for the 環境...

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There can be no 疑問ing the 有効性 of Prince William's 環境の （選挙などの）運動をするing.

With a judicious mix of personal passion and celebrity 裏書，是認, the Prince of むちの跡s's Earthshot （選挙などの）運動をする has 証明するd hugely successful at raising public 認識／意識性 - a point 圧力（をかける）d home by the?抱擁する ニュース報道 of William's 現在の visit to Singapore on に代わって of the 事業／計画（する）.?

Singapore is to host the third 年次の awards 儀式, in which five 勝利者s will each be awarded £1million.

The son of Australian 環境の 選挙運動者 Steve Irwin, 19-year-old Robert, spoke for many last week when he credited William with making 気候 change a mainstream 問題／発行する.

Not that the Prince of むちの跡s is the first on the scene - not even in his own family, as he would be quick to 認める.?

William is the third 世代 of Windsors to put the 環境 at the 最前部 of this thinking?behind his father, King Charles and grandfather,?Prince Philip.

William has credited his developing love for nature to a childhood spent outdoors, 特に on the Sandringham 広い地所, where he was 許すd to roam 自由に..

After St Andrews University, the 相続人 to the 王位?spent a year in Chile where he worked on community 事業／計画（する）s with the Raleigh International 探検隊／遠征隊 group.

During the three-month stay, he helped build and decorate houses and playgrounds and was seen 絵 and chopping 支持を得ようと努めるd. He also worked on a 酪農場 farm.

William 報道によれば also spent time in Kenya, Tanzania and Botswana?where he spent his gap year learning about the nation's 野性生物 and the challenges the 地元の 環境 直面するd.

His passion for nature followed him to university after he swapped his?degree course at the University of St Andrews in Scotland - where he met his wife Kate Middleton - from Art History to?地理学.

During his time at university, William undertook a field trip to the ice caps of Jostedalen in Norway.

He and wrote a 10,000-word dissertation on the 珊瑚 暗礁s of Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean.

In December 2005, William became?patron of the Tusk 信用 - a charity that 作品 に向かって 保存するing 野性生物 and 始めるing community 開発 across Africa.

In 2013,? William helped 開始する，打ち上げる the Tusk 自然保護 Awards for 環境の 行動主義者s.

In 2013, he 後継するd his grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, as 大統領，／社長 of Fields in 信用, a charity supporting parks and green spaces.

He is also patron of?Fauna and Flora International and the British 信用 for Ornithology.

The に引き続いて year, William 発表するd the 形式 of the 部隊d for 野性生物 taskforce to find ways of 戦闘ing 野性生物 trafficking.

He has long （選挙などの）運動をするd against 違法な 野性生物 貿易（する）, which 含むs the poaching of elephants for ivory and tigers for their 肌s, calling for a かかわり合い to end the 'abhorrent 罪，犯罪' .

William was followed by cameras for two years as he?encouraged 活動／戦闘 to fight for the 環境?in his ITV? 文書の, Prince William: A 惑星 For Us All, which first 空気／公表するd in October 2020.

He said: 'Now I have got George, Charlotte and now Louis in my life - your 見通し does change. You want to を引き渡す to the next 世代, the 野性生物 in a much better 条件.

'Two years ago a film 乗組員 joined me on my search for ways to 保護する the natural world.

'I've always believed it's poss ible to give the young people hope and belief that things can get 直す／買収する，八百長をするd. I have the belief that if we all work together we can make a difference.'

Speaking of how his children's passion for nature encouraged him to do more to 保護（する）／緊急輸入制限 the 惑星, William 追加するd: 'Seeing my children, seeing the passion in their 注目する，もくろむs and the love for 存在 outdoors. They find a bug or they love watching how bees are forming honey.

'George, 特に, if he's not outdoors, he's やめる like a caged animal. He needs to get outside.'

He 追加するd that all three of his children love to be outdoors and 調査する around their Anmer Hall home in Norfolk.

The 文書の also charted his 旅行 from 存在 熱烈な about 自然保護 to wanting to play a greater 全世界の leadership 役割 in the 環境.

The arrival of the 文書の （機の）カム as Prince William joined a 星／主役にする-studded line-up to give a 事実上の TED talk about 気候 change in October of the same year.

The 王室の appeared と一緒に a パネル盤 of keen 環境保護主義者s and celebrities at TED's Countdown 全世界の 開始する，打ち上げる to discuss how the world can 取り組む 全世界の warming and 確実にする a better, healthier 未来 for the 惑星.

Speaking during Countdown, father-of-three William said failing to take 活動／戦闘 now means the 損失 humans have done to the 惑星 will be 'irreversible'.

'The science is irrefutable. If we do not 行為／法令／行動する in this １０年間, the 損失 that we have done will be irreversible and the 影響s felt not just by 未来 世代s, but by all of us alive today.

'And what's more, this 損失 will not be felt 平等に by everyone. It is the most 攻撃を受けやすい, those with the fewest 資源s, and those who have done the least to 原因（となる） 気候 change, who will be 衝撃d the most.

'These stark facts are terrifying. How can we hope to 直す／買収する，八百長をする such 大規模な, intractable problems? It may seem 圧倒的な. But it is possible.'

A year later in November 2021, Prince William spoke at the?COP26 World Leaders' 首脳会議 in Glasgow, 最高潮の場面ing both the 緊急の need for 活動／戦闘 and the individuals and groups who are already working に向かって a brighter 未来 for our 惑星.

Later, the 王室のs hosted a 歓迎会 for the 重要な members of the 維持できる Markets 率先 and the 勝利者s and Finalists of the first Earthshot Prize Awards.

設立するd by Prince William and The 王室の 創立／基礎 in 2020, The Earthshot Prize is a 全世界の 環境の prize to discover and develop ground-breaking 解答s to solve the 気候 危機.

Five 勝利者s each year over the next １０年間 will be given £1 million each in prize money, 同様に as specialised 助言者ing, to 加速する their ambitions.

The Prize recognises Finalists and 勝利者s across five challenges, or 'Earthshots': 保護する and 回復する Nature, Clean our 空気／公表する, 生き返らせる our Oceans, Build a Waste-解放する／自由な World, and 直す／買収する，八百長をする our 気候.

Last year's 儀式 took place in the US in Boston, when guests arrived in hybrid 乗り物s and were encouraged to wear vintage, 再生利用するd or reusable 着せる／賦与するing.?