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01 November 2021 It is no longer "the time for words, but the time for action" to tackle the threat of climate change.



This was stated by Queen Elizabeth, 95, addressing the leaders of the Cop26 in Glasgow in a video message.



Forced by the doctors to rest and to give up attending the Scottish appointment, the sovereign showed herself in fairly good shape. He called on leaders to "rise above petty politics" and demonstrate "true statesman" quality to give the planet a "safer and more stable" future.



"Nobody lives forever", he recalled, but we need to think about "the children, the grandchildren", the generations to come.



Elizabeth II, dressed in light green in the video recorded last Friday for the occasion from Windsor Castle, then encouraged nations and their leaders to join forces against an emergency that is global.



"History - he said - has shown us that when nations unite in a common cause all hope is permitted".

"By working side by side, we have the ability to solve the most insurmountable problems and triumph over the greatest adversities", he insisted, not without expressing a final greeting to the participants in the UN climate conference in Glasgow, promoted under the British presidency and in partnership with Italy, of "good luck" for the outcome of these days' works.