A royal source has confirmed that the UK\u2019s King Charles will not attend COP27 which is set to be held in Egypt in November as he distances himself from campaigning roles.<\/p>\n
It was reported that Prime Minister Liz Truss said that it was not right for Charles to attend as it would make Egypt his first trip abroad as king.<\/p>\n
A source at the palace told the Sunday Times that the decision was \u201can error of judgement on the part of the government\u201d as the Queen gave a non-political speech in Glasgow last year.<\/p>\n
King Charles has taken an active role in environmental issues, encouraging businesses and leaders to sign the Paris climate agreement, and calling on world leaders to spend trillions of dollars on fighting climate change.<\/p>\n
At the beginning of September, before he became king, Charles announced the Sustainable Markets Initiative, a forum to bring together private and public sectors to try and speed up the transition to a sustainable future.<\/p>\n
He also spoke at the opening of COP21 in Paris in 2015 and at the opening ceremony of COP26.<\/p>\n
In July, during a phone call between Egypt\u2019s foreign minister and then Prince Charles, Sameh Shoukry praised his efforts to support and promote climate change action and said that Egypt looked forward to working with Charles to confront climate change.<\/p>\n
WATCH: \u2018There is no environmental justice without a free civic space\u2019, Yasmin Omar on the destruction of green space in Egypt and COP27<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n COP27 will be held in Egypt\u2019s Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh in November, where heads of states, ministers and climate change activists will meet to discuss issues which are key to tackling the climate change emergency.<\/p>\n