Earth05 is the world’s first Strategic Recognition Prize, curating breakthrough innovations through a global co-creation competition that breaks down silos, accelerates innovation, and advances solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.
Our work catalyzes science, entrepreneurship, corporate and impact investments to advance solutions beyond conventional limits. Guided by the Return on Lives (ROL) metric, a proprietary framework measuring how innovations support or displace life, we identify and scale breakthroughs aligned with our 2050 global goals. These include zero wastewater systems, 100 percent renewable energy, elimination of microplastics, responsible AI infrastructure, and robust AI safety. We also advance a Universal AI Safety Framework to ensure that advanced systems remain aligned with human and planetary wellbeing and lead the way in coexisting harmoniously with humanity.
About Us
Our Dual Mission: Water & AI Nexus
Unlock collective intelligence and accelerate global co-creation.
Status Quo
As AI computing demands surge, consuming vast amounts of water and energy, we face a global paradox. The very technology driving humanity’s progress is intensifying pressure on the life-support systems we must protect.
While 2 billion people still lack access to clean water and 733 million face hunger, AI data centers already consume over 1 percent of global electricity. By 2030, AI infrastructure is projected to use more than 1 trillion liters of freshwater annually, enough to meet the daily water needs of 54 million people.
Earth05 is committed to contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Central to Earth05's mission are key SDGs: SDG1 (No Poverty) SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure), SDG 10 (Reduced Inequality), SDG11 (Sustainable Cities & Human settlements), SDG 13 (Climate Change), SDG 14 (Life Below Water), and SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals).
SDGs 6, 9 and 17 serve as foundational and guiding principles, embedded in everything we do, underlining our commitment to fostering innovation and building global partnerships for sustainable development.
"In this era of unprecedented technological advancement, collective intelligence holds the key to addressing climate change. Water, with its vital three-day cycle for human survival, cannot be overstated." – Maria Dahrieh Founder of Earth05