Prince Charles will take the lead at the upcoming Festival of Climate Action on the internet, where he'll make another call to action against climate change. The event, which will happen on Nov. 17 and 18, 2020, is set to be another worldwide endeavor.
The Festival of Climate Action will replace the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which had to be canceled because of the pandemic. According to Daily Mail, Prince Charles will be one of over 100 global contributors expected to show up at the online festival.
Ecologi invited the royal along with activists, artists, academics and experts. The Prince of Wales' appearance is part of his Sustainable Markets Initiative.
Ecologi's founders Elliot Coad and Nick Boles, who was a former member of the Parliament, hatched the Festival of Climate Action after learning that the U.N. event this November will no longer push through. Like Prince Charles, Coad said that immediate action is imperative as there's a small window to course correct the destructions of the planet Earth by humans.
The festival will feature live debates, panel discussions, art exhibits, and video and film showing.
For more than 40 years, Prince Charles has been leading the fight against climate change and the destruction of the environment. He's been a staunch advocate that he's sometimes criticized for politicizing the cause and meddling in the government's decision making on environmental issues.
But the Prince of Wales has been hailed as ahead of his time with his environmental causes despite the criticisms. Prince Charles has been using organic farming methods long before this became a lifestyle trend.
Meanwhile, Clarence House, Prince Charles's office, had to issue a denial on Monday over recent stories that cited the Prince of Wales as a "vociferous supporter" of Scottish Nationalists. A new book about Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, alleged that a young Prince Charles had links to the SNP during his time at the Gordonstoun School, which is also his father's alma mater.
Author Ingrid Seward wrote in the biography Prince Philip Revealed that Prince Charles once shouted "down with Whitehall" during a mock debate in school. The author had a detailed account of what Prince Charles did. He allegedly came prepared with notes to show his support for school's political party.
Clarence House said, however, that the Prince of Wales was forbidden, even then, to take a political stand as the heir to the British throne. The British monarchy is perceived to be apolitical.
