As a global public figure and one who can use his “soft power” to influence world leaders, Prince William is right to stress how the extreme weather events in the summer cannot be allowed to overwhelm people, and why a spirit of what he terms “urgent optimism” is needed to find practical solutions to the interlocking environmental crises facing humanity.
He is frustrated at slow “inch-by-inch” improvements, and he reflects and voices growing concerns about how the climate crisis is now directly hurting people in unprecedented ways.
