Wednesday 22 January 2020

Prince Charles calls for green TAXES

Prince Charles today flew into Davos by private jet before meeting Greta Thunberg and giving a radical speech where he demanded global green taxes and warned there is only ten years to save the planet - but did not hold talks with Donald Trump.

The Prince of Wales even sounded like the 17-year-old Swedish activist as he told VIPs at the World Economic Forum this afternoon: 'Do we want to go down in history as the people who didn't do anything to bring the world back from the brink? The only limit is our willingness to act and the time to act is now'. 

Charles then called for new green taxes, greener fuels for transport such as ships and using hydrogen to power planes by 2030, and the ending of 'perverse subsidies' for businesses who must also accept the 'polluter pays' principle when there are environmental disasters.  



In his first keynote speech to the conference in 30 years, hailed by environmentalists as a landmark moment and branded royal meddling in global affairs by critics, he said: 'Global warning, climate change and the devastating loss of biodiversity are the greatest threats humanity has ever faced, and one largely of its own creation'.


And he urged the delegates, which included millionaire and even billionaire business leaders from around the globe: 'Now it is time to take it to the next level. In order to secure our future and to prosper we need to evolve our economic model'.

Earlier today the Prince of Wales flew to Switzerland on a chartered plane costing an estimated £15,000 before jumping in an electric Jaguar - but  he missed Donald Trump who carried out his final press conference and then left the summit just as the royal took to the stage.

The heir to throne later met Greta Thunberg but the US President dodged her for a second year, using his own speech yesterday to blast 'prophets of doom' on climate change and snubbed their 'predictions of the apocalypse' in favour of 'optimism'.

And today Mr Trump lashed out at Miss Thunberg again telling her not to focus on the United States, but other continents that are spewing fumes into the atmosphere before saying demands made by activists like her are 'unrealistic to a point where you can't live your lives'.  





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