Steep learning curve for Prince George about future of planet
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Prince George is learning how climate change is affecting the world, Prince Charles revealed as he introduced a documentary ahead of the COP26 summit.
Charles, 72, said his grandson was told how global warming is causing “the big storms and floods, the droughts, fires and food shortages” across the planet.
Charles, shown in the video holding a revolving Earth, told viewers: “Your future depends upon the future of the planet.”
The Sky Kids Original documentary COP26: In Your Hands features six young climate change activists.
They include Darielen, aged 15 from Brazil, Hannah, 17, from the UK, Kynan, 16, from Indonesia, Queen, 17, from Cameroon, Sophia, 15, from Canada, and 16-yearold Tamsyn, from Australia.
They highlight the devastating impact climate change has had on their parts of the world. Charles tells viewers: “I’m old enough to have a grandson. Like you, he is learning how climate change is causing the big storms and floods, the droughts, fires and food shortages we are seeing around the world.
“When I was his age, people had no idea about the damage they were doing.
“But by the time I was a teenager I started to see that if we didn’t stop polluting our planet, we would face a very dangerous future indeed.”
He expressed concern that, “we have forgotten that we have to put back into nature as much as we take out”.
World leaders are preparing to gather at the COP26 United Nations climate change conference in Glasgow at the end of the month.
● COP26: In Your Hands launched yesterday on Sky Kids, Sky News and streaming service NOW.