A long-time advocate for nature, the British royal said climate change was rapidly becoming a 'comprehensive catastrophe' that would dwarf the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Prince Charles says climate change poses such a severe threat that the world's only option is to adopt a military-style response reminiscent of the US Marshall Plan to rebuild post-war Europe.
"We must now put ourselves on a warlike footing, approaching our action from the perspective of a military-style campaign," he said. Scientists say the world is on track for catastrophic warming in the coming decades unless governments take rapid action to wean the global economy off fossil fuels and protect and restore forests, wetlands, peatlands and other ecosystems.
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