{"id":210891,"date":"2025-06-24T17:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/210891\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T17:00:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:00:20","slug":"prince-william-calls-for-more-united-action-on-the-global-environmental-crisis-as-he-opens-london-climate-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/210891\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William calls for more united action on the global environmental crisis as he opens London Climate Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Prince of Wales said today that saving the planet is a \u2018team game\u2019 as he called for more united action on the global environmental crisis.<\/p>\n

The heir to the throne spoke out during a panel discussion at the start of London<\/a> Climate Week as he highlighted the \u2018optimism\u2019 of his passion project, the Earthshot Prize.<\/p>\n

He said: \u2018Everything we want to do here starts with a team game. And the prize is just the pinnacle of the ability to showcase all the brilliant people around who are working in this space to better the planet, to better our futures, and to make life more sustainable in all walks of life.<\/p>\n

\u2018A lot of people think the Earthshot Prize is just about climate change<\/a>; it really isn’t.<\/p>\n

\u2018It’s about waste. It’s about plastic pollution. It’s about the health of our oceans. It’s about the air we breathe.<\/p>\n

\u2018It’s all the things that we as human beings care about. And so it takes a village to raise a family. If you take that into the concept of a planet, it takes all of us who are living on this planet to raise that planet and look after it.\u2019<\/p>\n

The future King was also in audience when other speakers openly criticised President Trump\u2019s green credentials.<\/p>\n

Welcoming William to the event, Mike Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, said: \u2018I\u2019m lucky enough to have known [the Prince of Wales] for a long time<\/a> and his father and I think the UK is very well served.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Prince William (pictured) called for more united action on the global environmental crisis at the start of London Climate Week<\/p>\n

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The Prince of Wales was joined by international government figures, including the former Mayor of New York, Michael R. Bloomberg (left)<\/p>\n

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He told the audience that the Earthshot Prize, which he founded, is not just about climate change but also about waste, plastic pollution and the air we breathe<\/p>\n

He added that while there was \u2018good reason to be optimistic\u2019 about the state of the planet, \u2018America has not been doing its share lately.\u2019<\/p>\n

Eduoardo Paes, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian city that will host the next awards ceremony for the Earthshot Prize, also waded in, saying: \u2018Local governments We don’t want to do any politics here, but we saw what Donald Trump did in his first term.<\/p>\n

\u2018If it was not for the local governments, for the mayors, the U.S. would be in big trouble.<\/p>\n

\u2018We’re going to try to announce also in Rio what the local governments, especially the mayors in the US, have been achieving. So finance is our biggest challenge.<\/p>\n

\u2018We need to look at climate change and sustainability\u2026as something that means a way to develop your country. So I look at Brazil. I see that we’ve got a big opportunity here.\u2019<\/p>\n

His comments came during a panel discussion with Sir Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, who said critically: \u2018Cities and mayors are doers. I say it in a respectful way. Presidents, prime ministers and countries are delayers.\u2019<\/p>\n

Sir Sadiq also had a few tips for Paes when it comes to hosting the next Earthshot award.<\/p>\n

He joked: \u2018A word of warning and advice. So Prince William, in his wisdom, arranged for Coldplay to play at the first Earthshot, but then said 60 cyclists had to power their performance. And these poor cyclists were cycling away because they were worried the lights may go off. So, a word of warning.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Prince William sat on a panel with Uber CEO\u00a0Dara Khosrowshahi (left)<\/p>\n

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He also shared the floor with\u00a0Rita Maria El Zaghloul (right), Director at High Ambition Coalition<\/p>\n

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The Prince of Wales was photographed shaking hands with Uber CEO\u00a0Dara Khosrowshahi<\/p>\n

William added that he was ‘excited’ about travelling to Rio de Janeiro later this year when the city will host the Earthshot Prize ceremony.<\/p>\n

The prize looks to highlight and reward some of the best and most innovative environmental solutions with \u00a31 million prize pots and world-class mentoring.<\/p>\n

He added: \u2018I think South America as a whole, the amount of ecosystem, kind of environmental interest and passion that is there.<\/p>\n

\u2018I think that’s really important. And I think they epitomize the approach to what we can be doing more sustainably. The vibrancy, the energy, the enthusiasm. I think the awards will be spectacular.\u2019<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, William also recorded a voice note to mark climate week which was played on BBC Radio 2 while environmentalist Robert Irwin, son of the late Steve Irwin, was a guest on the show.<\/p>\n

During their panel discussion at Bloomberg\u2019s London HQ, Irwin, 21, thanked the Prince for his ecological efforts on behalf of the next generation, saying: \u2018As a young bloke I want to say a huge thank you.\u2019<\/p>\n

Speaking afterwards, Irwin responded to some of the comments that the prince heard about Trump.<\/p>\n

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The royal met with 2024\u00a0Earthshot Prize finalists during the ‘Leading with Impact’ event as part of London Climate Action Week<\/p>\n

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He appeared focused as he listened to\u00a02024 Earthshot Prize finalists at the London event<\/p>\n

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The prince burst into laughter while meeting with some of the finalists of the 2024 competition\u00a0<\/p>\n

The son of Steve Irwin, the late Australian conservationist, said: \u2018That’s something that Prince William heard loudly and clearly today,<\/a> even if he obviously isn’t in his position able to comment on that himself.<\/p>\n

\u2018But we don’t have climate leadership from America from the American president.\u2019<\/p>\n

Irwin added: \u2018What Prince William is really good at is he is a universal voice that can speak to everyone.<\/a> He can really work to break down barriers. He does a really good job at talking to anyone from any walk of life from any demographic anywhere in the world because he’s been On the front line.<\/p>\n

\u2018He’s seen the working face of conservation and he can use all of that knowledge to spread a message on a huge platform. His platform is incredible and he uses that for good and I really admire that.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Prince of Wales said today that saving the planet is a \u2018team game\u2019 as he called for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[92,728,368,448,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-210891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-environment","10":"tag-femail","11":"tag-royals","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114739415046812244","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}