The competition – the largest XPRIZE in history – was launched in March 2024 by The Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative in partnership with XPRIZE Foundation. It represents the Initiative’s first priority project to support the development and deployment of breakthrough solutions to water scarcity, one of the most urgent and complex challenges facing humanity today. “Desalination remains one of the most promising technologies available to address the growing challenge of water scarcity. “XPRIZE Water Scarcity was established to unlock the full potential of desalination by incentivizing bold, breakthrough thinking that can overcome these barriers. XPRIZE Water Scarcity is incentivizing innovators worldwide to design sustainable, scalable, and affordable approaches that deliver clean water without compromising the ecosystems we all depend on.