HRH Prince Charles knows what he is talking about.
He was busy when invited to attend a recent conference in London on the very topic of needing to do something NOW to halt or reverse the effects that humankind is having on our environment. However, the message is the same……….
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Telegraph, 7:00AM BST 18 Jun 2012
In a video message for world leaders attending the Rio earth summit. the Prince criticised the lack of urgency by governments in addressing growing global issues.
He said the failure of the global community to act against warming “despite countless such meetings” was made against the background of “increasingly dire warnings”.
“Like a sleepwalker, we seem unable to wake up to the fact that so many of the catastrophic consequences of carrying on with “business-as-usual” are bearing down on us faster than we think, already dragging many millions more people into poverty and dangerously weakening global food, water and energy security for the future,” he said.
In the video filmed at Clarence House he appealed to policy makers to act in a concerted effort “before it is finally too late”.
“It is, perhaps, a trait of human nature to act only when the worst happens, but that is not a trait we can afford to rely on here. Once the worst does happen, I am afraid that this time around it will be too late to act at all.”
