A new Singapore Prize will reward teams for innovative solutions to climate change and other environmental challenges. The winner will take home a $3 million prize money. There are also other prizes ranging from $1.5 million to $500,000. Customers can find out how much they stand to win by using the Singapore Prize calculator on the Singapore Pools website. The prize amount depends on the winning ticket numbers, the number of tickets sold, and the total prize money. There is a one-in-eleven chance of winning a prize in any Singapore Pools draw.
The Singapore Prize will be managed by Conservation International (CI), which brings a long history of working on biodiversity programmes and sustainability financing across Southeast Asia. CI will help guide the selection of Prize Winners and support their scale-up efforts. It will also help build a network of exemplary finalists to encourage others around the world to adopt and accelerate their ideas for repairing our planet.
Singapore is a global business leader in clean energy, with its solar and wind power industry growing rapidly. The government is taking steps to promote renewable energy and boost efficiency in buildings and appliances. For example, the Green Label scheme was launched to encourage households to switch to greener appliances and install more efficient water heaters and air conditioners. The aim is to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions.
During his visit to the region, Britain’s Prince William joined celebrities and environmentalists at a green carpet event to celebrate this year’s Earthshot Prize winners in Singapore. The prince said that the innovative solutions presented by the 15 finalists from around the world showed “hope does remain” despite the devastating effects of climate change. Celebrities including Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, actors Donnie Yen and Lana Condor, and Australian wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin, helped to present the awards at the first ceremony held in Asia.
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NUS Press is proud to have a number of titles in the shortlist for this year’s Singapore Prize, which was introduced in 2014 as part of SG50 celebrations. The prize was mooted by NUS Asia Research Institute distinguished fellow Kishore Mahbubani, who argued that nations are ‘imagined communities’ and a shared imagination, especially through history, is the critical glue holding societies together.
The award’s jury panel, which reviewed 31 submissions from publishers, includes NUS Press director Professor Kishore Mahbubani and historian John Miksic. The latter was the inaugural winner for his book, Singapore And The Silk Road Of The Sea, 1300-1800, which describes archaeological discoveries at Fort Canning and other sites in the city-state. He says he wrote the book to tell the many volunteers who helped him on his excavations that their contributions mattered. Miksic is considering expanding the prize to include fiction and other formats, such as movies, in future, to reflect the fact that sometimes history can be told more effectively in different media than just books.