Environmental concerns and environmental awareness of the new British rule are well known, Charles IIIbecause he left a public record of his concern for the degradation of nature throughout his life. In this sense, the king did not show himself in profile today in the face of ecological problems He has not hesitated to express his views openly, despite the fact that he is threatening humanity, but the peculiarities of his position may suggest more prudence or distance.
On the contrary, the new monarch has abundantly used pro-environmental testimonies since adolescence. This is nothing new to him, nor is it the belated whim of an old man who turns into noble causes. In February 1970, when he was only 22 years old and few people except green activists were talking about these issues, Carlos gave his first speech on the environment.
He then warned of the dangerous effects that the spread of viruses could have. plastic waste on the natural environment. This happened 52 years ago!, this problem was still completely unknown to the vast majority of the population.
“What we do to the ocean and nature, we ultimately do to ourselves”
“What we do to the ocean and nature, we ultimately do to ourselves. The situation is really serious and the consequences of inactivity and work as usual are unimaginable,” he said on the island of Palau a few months ago. an official visit.
On the occasion of the heat waves that the UK also experienced this summer, he said: commitments on net zero emissions have never been more importantWe are all suffocating under today’s alarming record temperatures in the UK and Europe.”
At another point, he said, “The climate crisis is truly a real emergency and it is absolutely necessary to address it.”
But Carlos is not limited to words, they are already important when it comes to a personality like him. He also takes action. In 2019, she launched the Sustainable Markets Initiative, a “rescue plan that puts nature, people and the planet at the center of global value creation”.
In addition to being a member of a wide range of environmental organisations, he brought together Commonwealth leaders last year in a series of roundtables to discuss how to accelerate action on climate change and scale up investment in the process. sustainable type.
New king for all these actions received numerous awards and recognitions of an environmental natureIncluding Global Environment Citizen in 2007 from Harvard University (USA) and the previous winner, the Global Environment handed down by former US Vice President Al Gore. However, in this case, the then prince received criticism from British environmentalists, for crossing the ocean in a Boeing 747 and with a wide circle, he was joined by something unsustainable. “He could have gotten the green hypocrisy award too,” said Joss Garman of the Plane Stupid environmental group.
“The limits of our human ambition”
Later, Carlos took on the task of setting an example even in seemingly small acts. “I’ve always believed in living on a finite planet. “This means that we have to accept that this places certain constraints and limits on our human ambition to be able to live and maintain the viability of the planet.”
The statements he made in the ‘Country Life’ magazine, which he dedicated to the agricultural world on the occasion of his 65th birthday in 2013, went further and revealed that his environmental concerns are next to social concerns:
“Small farmers have become a buffer against economic uncertainty in food production,” writes Prince Charles. “Those who bear all the risks and have the smallest share of the benefits.”
“It is unacceptable for farmers to live on 12,600 pounds (15,000 euros) a year and some live on 8,000. large surfaces take the bulk of the pie”, said the Prince of Wales, recalling how farmers’ incomes had fallen by 29% in the previous decade and the profits of the six large supermarkets were £7,600m.
“It is unacceptable for the farmers to live on 15,000 Euros a year and to take the majority of the cake on large surfaces”
In the same article, he was an ardent advocate of organic farming: “Critics insist we are too naive to consider that 9,000 million people could be fed this way,” the prince recalls. “It’s worth doing some serious thinking: How can we talk about food shortages if we waste 40% of what’s produced, according to UN estimates?”
“We literally throw away the equivalent of £470 billion a year“The Prince of Wales warns. “We are talking about an amount six times greater than that allocated to development aid,” he added.
With this background, and seeing that ideological approaches are deeply rooted in his character from his early teenage years, a reign more devoted to the planet than his predecessors can be expected. However, as experts have pointed out, the King of the UK has to avoid political debate and moreover, he lacks the executive power that actually remains in the hands of the Government. Even so, the media and social influence and power that his monarch wielded in Great Britain is beyond doubt III. It will be used by Carlos to continue spreading his message for the benefit of the planet.
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Environment department contact address:crisclimatica@prensaiberica.es
Source: Informacion
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