UAE: Up to $3mln on offer for Zayed Sustainability Prize winners

UAE: Up to $3mln on offer for Zayed Sustainability Prize winners

The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE’s pioneering global award for recognising excellence in sustainability, has received some “excellent” and “impressive” solutions and projects as its finalists, a jury member said.

“Every year, the calibre of the submissions and Prize finalists astounds us. This year is no exception,” Dr Andreas Jacobs, a jury member of Zayed Sustainability Prize and chairman of INSEAD, said during an interview.

The jury met recently in Abu Dhabi to elect winners for its current 2023 cycle, who will be announced during the awards ceremony at the 2023 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week in January.

A record 4,538 applications were received from 152 countries. A total of 30 finalists have been selected, who will compete for 10 awards across five categories: health, food, energy, water and global high schools.

With 1,426 entries, the food category has shown a 20 per cent year-on-year increase in submissions.

Dr Jacobs noted that climate change has an impact on all aspects of food security, including access, availability, utilisation, and stability.

“The Prize includes a category for food solutions that aid in the reduction of hunger and malnutrition, the increase of agricultural or other food processing productivity, and the enhancement of sustainable food production. This increase indicates that both