Government-funded prizes won’t make the news
Daniel Merino, Associate Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation, and Nehal El-Hadi, Science + Technology Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation, ’23, April 6, “Do glitzy awards like the Earthshot Prize actually help solve problems of climate change? – podcast,” THE CONVERSATION, accessed July 1, 2024, https://theconversation.com/do-glitzy-awards-like-the-earthshot-prize-actually-help-solve-problems-of-climate-change-podcast-203384
Every year, tens of billions of dollars are spent by universities, research institutes and private companies to develop solutions for climate change. Yet when a government decides to fund research for a piece of technology or branch of science, it rarely makes news.