King Charles III will skip the 2022 UN climate change conference – also known as COP27 – in Egypt next month.
King – widely known for his decades of environmental activism as Prince – was advised by the new prime minister, Liz Truss, against traveling.
“It’s no secret that the king was invited to go there,” a royal source told the Times of London. “What did he have to think very carefully about” steps to take For his first overseas tour, and he is not going to attend COP. ,
According to the paper, the 27th annual conference will be Charles’ first overseas visit as Britain’s sovereign.
King was reportedly looking forward to attending the conference and would likely be “personally disappointed” that he had to call off the trip.
The source said that the government pushed for charles To stay at home “in the spirit of always taking care as the King that he acts on the advice of the Government.”
Charles, 73, has been involved with environmental causes since the 1970s and has emerged as one of the world’s leaders at the forefront of climate change issues, despite being “out of touch” with younger generations because of his age. Some support has been received.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2020, the then prince told the Times that “global warming, climate change and the catastrophic loss of biodiversity” are “the greatest threats humanity has ever faced.” On the same day, he praised Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, calling her “remarkable”.
Last year, Queen Elizabeth II attended COP26 in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she praised the environmental efforts of Charles and his son Prince William.
“I, for one, hope that this conference will be one of those rare occasions where everyone will have a chance to rise above the politics of the moment and achieve true politics,” she said at the time.