14 DAY TRIAL // Researchers working with the Climate Action Tracker are not in the least happy about what is being done on a global scale to curb climate change and global warming and, by the looks of it, neither is Prince Charles.
On the contrary, the latter is quite frustrated about the fact that, despite “seemingly endless discussions, debate and negotiations,” it is becoming increasingly obvious that the world will not manage to limit global warming to just 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of this century.
Speaking at a meeting at the Royal Society in London, the Prince of Wales stressed that immediate measures to curb emissions must be implemented.
The goal of these measures would be to keep natural disasters such as Typhoon Haiyan from becoming a thing of the day.
“The Chief Minister of that state bent my ear about the disaster and the problems they were having trying to come to terms with what are likely to be even more extreme weather events. And so all around the world we are faced increasingly with the complications caused by the inability to take the necessary action,” the Prince said, as cited by The Telegraph.
“As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report so clearly tells us, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events has increased and is set to increase in many parts of the world, as a direct result of anthropogenic climate change,” he added.
The way Prince Charles sees things, what high officials now participating in a round of international climate change negotiations in Warsaw must do is focus on figuring out ways to curb global deforestation. This is because, once deforestation rates drop, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gas emissions will also be reduced.
Lastly, the Prince of Whales stresses that private companies must also become actively involved in limiting deforestation and emissions.
To prove that he meant what he said, Prince Charles announced that Britain, together with Norway and the United States, was to invest $280 million (€207.1 million) in a green initiative intended to limit emissions by reducing deforestation for agriculture.
The project, dubbed the Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes, is a result of a collaboration between said three countries and the World Bank.