The big climate conference starts in the UAE on November 30 – who are the key players and what will they be talking about?
King Charles is one of the world’s most recognised and respected voices on the environment, and was a key figure at the Paris climate summit of 2015 and Cop26 in Glasgow in 2021. Last year, Downing Street prevented him from attending Cop27 in Egypt. Now he is back, at the request of the ruling family of the United Arab Emirates, which enjoyed a cordial horseracing relationship with the late Queen. Listeners will be able to contrast his opening speech at the world climate action summit with his first king’s speech at the opening of parliament in which he was obliged to read out Rishi Sunak’s plans for more oil drilling in the North Sea.
