{"id":160419,"date":"2022-10-05T12:43:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T16:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=160419"},"modified":"2022-10-05T12:43:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T16:43:37","slug":"pm-browne-wants-king-charles-iii-to-attend-cop27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-browne-wants-king-charles-iii-to-attend-cop27\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Browne wants King Charles III to attend COP27"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne said:<\/p>

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I made the same appeal to PM, Liz Truss at King Charles\u2019 cocktail at Buckingham Palace and trust that she will reconsider.<\/p>\n

King Charles 111, has been among the most recognized, ardent, and sustaining advocates for climate action to save out planet and preserve our common humanity.<\/p>

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Climate change is a global emergency that requires an all of society response.<\/p>

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It would be a travesty to preclude King Charles from continuing his climate advocacy, even though I accept that he will have to be tactful with his articulations.<\/p>\n

I support Min Sharma\u2019s call.<\/p>

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PM Liz: kindly free up the king; let him speak for the common good of our human civilization.<\/p>\n

He was reacting to the news article below.<\/p>

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A Cabinet minister has urged\u00a0Liz Truss<\/a>\u00a0to let King Charles attend the Cop27 summit in Egypt next month after the Prime Minister reportedly advised the monarch against going to the\u00a0climate change<\/a>\u00a0conference.<\/p>

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The under-fire\u00a0Conservative leader<\/a>\u00a0has come under mounting pressure to say if she will visit the climate talks after it emerged that she had advised the King to stay away from the meeting of world leaders – and that his son the Prince of Wales would also not be going.<\/p>\n

Now\u00a0Alok Sharma<\/a>,\u00a0whose role\u00a0as president of the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow last year gives him a cabinet seat, pressed Miss Truss to attend the conference – and to rethink Charles III’s presence.<\/p>\n

Speaking from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, he said: ‘This is absolutely an issue that transcends politics. This is ultimately about ensuring that we protect our planet for future generations.’<\/p>\n

He added: ‘I would certainly welcome the King’s attendance at Cop27. I know that many people around the world see him as a leader in this area.’<\/p>\n

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King Charles III receives Prime Minister Liz Truss in the 1844 Room at Buckingham Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Alok Sharma arriving in Downing Street in London<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The King was reportedly planning to make a speech at the meeting of world leaders in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, in November.<\/p>\n

It comes amid growing suspicion that the Government is planning to water down or even abandon its target of ‘net zero’ carbon emissions by 2050. The Palace said advice had been sought by the King and was given by Miss Truss. ‘With mutual friendship and respect there was agreement that the King would not attend,’ the Palace said.<\/p>\n

But the decision is likely to have disappointed the King, who as Prince of Wales had a long history of campaigning to reduce the effects of climate change. As heir to the throne he also had a reputation for interfering in government business, most recently expressing his distaste for the Government’s plan to send illegal immigrants to Rwanda.<\/p>\n

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The Prince of Wales attending the United for Wildlife (UfW) Global Summit at the Science Museum in London<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

After the death of his mother, friends insisted he will not cool on the issue of global warming.<\/p>\n

But as monarch he is obliged to remain politically neutral, and in his address to the nation after the Queen’s death, he acknowledged that ‘it will no longer be possible to give so much time to the… issues for which I care so deeply’.<\/p>\n

Before his ascension to the throne last month, King Charles had indicated he would attend the 27th UN Climate Change Conference, known as Cop27, which will run from November 6 to 18.<\/p>\n

A source told the Daily Mail there had never been any firm plans for the King to go, though he has attended previously, leading to speculation he would again this year. As all foreign visits are undertaken at the request of the British Government, advice was sought by the Palace.<\/p>\n

The ‘unanimous’ decision, it has been suggested, is that with so many demands for the King to be deployed abroad, Cop27 would not be the ‘right occasion’ for his first overseas visit as sovereign.<\/p>\n

Sources highlighted his address to the nation following his mother’s death, in which he stressed that he remains ‘ever mindful’ of his constitutional role in light of his change of circumstances.<\/p>\n

As previously highlighted by the Mail, it is understood that the environment will remain central to his work as sovereign.<\/p>\n

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Prime Minister Liz Truss arrives at her hotel ahead of the annual Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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