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Prince of Wales calls for global effort to help climate

19 February 2008

A global partnership must be formed to tackle the problem of climate change, the Prince of Wales told the European Parliament today.

Prince Charles called on the public and private sectors as well as non-governmental organisations to make "corporate social responsibility truly global and truly effective".

"We are simply not reacting quickly enough. We cannot be anything less than courageous and revolutionary in our approach to tackling climate change. If we are not, the result will be catastrophe for all of us, but with the poorest in our world hit hardest of all," he said.

His royal highness warned that a failure to reduce global warming will increase instability and urged the European Parliament to give "determined and principled leadership".

His speech has been warmly welcomed by Friends of the Earth (FoE), which congratulated him for highlighting the scale of the problem of climate change.

"The Prince of Wales has today raised issues of urgent importance that demand immediate political action," said FoE director Tony Juniper.

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