(ANSA) - LONDON, 04 NOV - The 'environmental king' Charles III, after reluctantly renouncing to participate in COP27, the UN conference on the climate emergency that started on Monday in Sharmel-Sheik (Egypt), today hosted a reception at Buckingham Palace to seal the handover between last year's Cop26 in Glasgow and the new crucial appointment.
About 200 leaders, delegates and activists met in the halls of the royal palace, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and US climate envoy John Kerry.
Just the conservative premier, who in recent days, pursued by pressure and criticism received from various parties, had decided to participate in the conference after an initial forfeit, spoke at the reception.
"Every moment we allow climate change to wreak havoc on our planet will result in more suffering for humanity," he said, stressing that we must act now so as not to leave "a desperate situation to our children as a legacy."
In his speech, Sunak also paid tribute to King Charles' great activity in defense of the environment, conducted especially when he was heir to the throne, recalling that for 50 years he had been committed to finding possible solutions long before the first COP conference was organized by the United Nations.
The efforts of the royal family for the climate also emerge from the activity of Prince William, who announced the finalists of the Earthshot Prize, the prize for the defense projects of the planet of which he is patron.
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