Charles says Cop26 pledges must lead to action
THE Prince of Wales has described Cop26 as “amazing” and said the United Nations climate conference produced “quite a lot of success” as he retraced Christ’s footsteps in Jordan yesterday.
Charles’ comments came as he went on a walking tour, with the Duchess of Cornwall, of Umm Qais, the site of the ancient city of Gadara which dates back to the third century BC.
The city is a major tourist attraction for Jordan and is said to be the place where Jesus carried out the “miracle of the Gadarene swine” – freeing a man “possessed by the devil” by casting his demons into pigs, according to the apostle Mark.
Perched on an imposing hilltop, the ancient settlement allowed the couple to view the Jordan Valley and the Sea of Galilee. They were joined by Jordan’s Princess Dana Firas, a global advocate for heritage protection, who quizzed the prince about Cop26, which some commentators believe did not go far enough in attempting to tackle rising global temperatures.
When the princess asked about the UN climate change conference Charles attended in Glasgow, he replied it was: “Amazing. Quite a lot of success, I think.”
The Prince of Wales gave one of the opening addresses at the environmental summit. Charles also spoke about Cop26 in an interview with Sky News, saying: “Always the difficulty, I think, in these exercises is how do you translate commitments into real action?
“So often, in the past, it has been a problem – but, this time, the problem is we cannot go on mucking about any longer because the urgency, as I was trying to say, is so great.”