Britain’s Prince Charles warned President Joe Biden and other world leaders on Sunday that a U.N. conference in Scotland is “quite literally” the last chance to save the planet from the ravages of climate change.
Prince Charles’ remarks served as a prelude to the climate change conference and came as G-20 leaders prepared to hold conversations on the role of the private sector in fighting climate change and on the need for sustainable development.
“We can reject the false idea that we can't grow our economy and support American workers while tackling the climate crisis,” he said. “We can do all three of those things. We can and we must do both.”Biden started the second and final day of the G-20 by meeting with Turkish President Recep Erdogan, who came close to creating a crisis last week when he threatened to expel 10 ambassadors from his country. The diplomats, including the U.S.
Only 3% of people who live in the poorest countries have been vaccinated, while 70% of people who live in wealthy countries have gotten at least one shot – a gap that the summit’s host, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, denounced as “morally unacceptable.”
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