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Prince Charles urges action, not words at UN COP26 climate summit
- The environmentalist, who runs one of his cars on white wine and cheese, has urged world leaders to take action at the upcoming UN climate summit
- Prince Charles is due to attend events at the two-week COP26 summit in Glasgow starting on October 31, along with the queen
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Prince Charles, a lifelong environmentalist who has championed organic gardening and runs one of his cars on white wine and cheese, has urged world leaders to turn talk into action at the upcoming UN climate summit.
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Queen Elizabeth’s eldest son and heir, 72, is due to attend events at the two-week COP26 summit in Glasgow starting on October 31, along with his 95-year-old mother.
But in an interview with the BBC broadcast on Monday, he said he worried that world leaders would “just talk”, adding: “The problem is to get action on the ground.”
The UN summit will try to persuade major developing economies to do more to cut their carbon emissions, and get the rich world to cough up billions more dollars to help poorer countries adapt to climate change.
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When asked if Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s UK government was doing enough itself against climate change, Charles replied: “I couldn’t possibly comment.”
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