Just two weeks before the UK is to host the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, Queen Elizabeth II was heard venting about the lack of coordinated action being taken to tackle global warming, calling it “irritating”.
Heard on Thursday during the opening of the Welsh parliament, the Queen said she still “did not know who would come” to the conference. The United Nations has warned that the upcoming meeting of world leaders and their representatives is the last best chance to prevent global temperatures from exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Beyond that threshold, climate scientists warn, extreme weather events will become commonplace and drought and sea level rise will pose almost unimaginable threats to past generations.
Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday in Cardiff, Wales
“We only know about the people who are not going to come,” the queen was heard remarking. “It’s really irritating when they talk, but they don’ The Queen is not the only member of the royal family to speak out on the need to tackle climate change. In an interview Wednesday with the BBC, his grandson, Prince William, expressed frustration that humanity seemed more interested in the space travel ventures of billionaires like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and former Virgin Atlantic boss Richard Branson than in solving the climate crisis.”
“We need some of the best brains and minds in the world focused on trying to repair this planet, not trying to find the next place to go live,” he said. “I think ultimately that’s what sold me: that it’s really crucial to focus on this [planet] rather than give up and go out into space to try to think of solutions for the future.”
William’s father, Prince Charles, said in an interview this week that he understood the anger and cynicism that has erupted from young climate activists like Greta Thunberg, who have demanded that world leaders take dramatic action to curb global warming.
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