Just over three weeks from now, King Charles will make the keynote address at the crucial Cop28 climate summit in Dubai, urging heads of government from around the world to act decisively on the climate emergency before it is too late.
But on Tuesday morning, the king opened the UK’s new parliamentary term by reading out his government’s plans for new oil and gas drilling licences in the North Sea despite warnings from the world’s energy watchdog that new exploration will push the world beyond the 1.5C climate limit.
