{"id":80198,"date":"2023-10-21T01:20:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T01:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=80198"},"modified":"2023-10-21T01:20:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T01:20:28","slug":"king-charles-gets-the-green-light-to-speak-at-cop28-dubai-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/world-news\/king-charles-gets-the-green-light-to-speak-at-cop28-dubai-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles gets the green light to speak at COP28 Dubai summit"},"content":{"rendered":"
The King will travel to the Middle East next month to make the first major climate change speech of his reign.<\/p>\n
It comes a year after Charles was blocked by Downing Street from attending the COP27 summit in Egypt.<\/p>\n
At the time, Palace officials tried to play down any suggestions of a rift with then-prime minister Liz Truss, who felt it was \u2018not the right occasion\u2019 for Charles to attend so soon after his accession.<\/p>\n
The sovereign held a reception at Buckingham Palace for leading lights in the field instead, but it was well known that he was disappointed by the decision.<\/p>\n
However, Rishi Sunak has provisionally sanctioned the monarch to attend COP28 \u2013 the UN climate change conference \u2013 in Dubai at the end of next month, the Evening Standard reported.<\/p>\n
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It comes a year after Charles was blocked by Downing Street from attending the COP27 summit in Egypt. Pictured:\u00a0King Charles III listens to speeches during his visit to the Museum of Natural History to meet business leaders and talk about biodiversity in Paris<\/p>\n
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Palace officials tried to play down any suggestions of a rift with then-prime minister Liz Truss, who felt it was \u2018not the right occasion\u2019 for Charles to attend so soon after his accession. Pictured: King Charles and Camilla attend a reception at Mansion House on October 18<\/p>\n
He would be expected to address other world leaders while there.<\/p>\n
Plans haven\u2019t been set in stone, the Mail understands, not least because of the volatility in the Middle East, but it is certainly \u2018intended\u2019 that King should go.<\/p>\n
As Prince of Wales, Charles was a vociferous campaigner for the environment and was lauded for his stance on issues such as organic farming, plastics, biodiversity loss and climate change \u2013 half a century before they became mainstream.<\/p>\n
His most recent initiative before his accession was to set up a Sustainable Markets Initiative to firm up links between private industry and government, which he believes is crucial to solving the climate crisis.<\/p>\n
Charles\u2019s attendance in Dubai alongside world leaders will be a clear sign that he wants to use his position to continue to highlight environmental issues.<\/p>\n
As Prince of Wales, Charles delivered the opening speech at Cop21 in Paris in 2015, calling for a \u2018vast military-style campaign\u2019 to fight climate change and urging world leaders to commit \u2018trillions, not billions, of dollars\u2019. He played a vital role in convening and encouraging world leaders to sign up to the landmark Paris Climate Agreement at the event.<\/p>\n
Charles also delivered a speech on home soil at the opening ceremony of Cop26 in Glasgow, calling on world leaders to adopt a \u2018warlike footing\u2019 to deal with the issue.<\/p>\n
In a video address to the same conference in 2021, the late Queen hailed Charles\u2019s work.<\/p>\n