William and Catherine arrive in Boston for first climate prize

William and Catherine, Prince and Princess of Wales, arrived in Boston on Wednesday for their first visit to the United States in eight years. The Earthshot Prize, founded in 2020 by William, is designed to support entrepreneurs who are developing breakthrough climate solutions.

The name of the prize is a nod to President John F. Kennedy's speech from 1962, rallying public support for the effort to land American astronauts on the moon within the next decade.

The term has endured as a metaphor for goals so ambitious that they require monumental commitments of brainpower and money. The urgency of the climate challenge has led some to question whether a moonshot could be what is needed to avert catastrophe in the future.

The Earthshot Prize brings a pool of nearly $60 million to be disbursed by the end of the decade, and answers that question with a emphatic yes.