The planet will wait.
King Charles III will not travel to COP27 in Egypt next month but will host a reception next Friday at Buckingham Palace ahead of the UN climate conference, his services announced.
The reception will bring together 200 business leaders, policy makers and NGOs "to mark the end of Britain's COP26 presidency and look ahead to the COP27 summit", which runs from November 6-18, according to a palace statement.
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Third British head of government in two months, the new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, explained that he would not be going to Egypt either to focus on domestic matters, while the United Kingdom is going through a serious economic crisis. and politics.
An absence criticized, in particular by the British president of COP26, Alok Sharma, who said he was "disappointed" in the
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of the absence of Rishi Sunak and estimated that going there would send a "signal" about of "our renewed commitment to this issue".
A king committed to the environment
On Friday, Downing Street admitted for the first time publicly that King Charles, known for his longstanding commitment to the environment, would not go there either, on government advice.
"As is the practice, government advice was sought and provided under a previous Prime Minister and it was unanimously agreed that this would not be the right occasion for King Charles to go there in person," said a Downing Street spokeswoman.
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