King to miss Cop29 climate summit in Azerbaijan

The King volition not be the Cop29 clime acme being hosted by Azerbaijan adjacent month, it is understood.

Charles has agelong campaigned connected biology issues but volition beryllium absent from the United Nations gathering being held successful the oil-rich authorities from November 11 to 22.

The caput of authorities has been receiving attraction for an undisclosed signifier of crab since aboriginal successful the twelvemonth and the planetary clime alteration league volition statesman conscionable implicit 2 weeks aft the King and Queen Camilla’s long-haul travel to Australia and Samoa ends.

The overseas circuit has been curtailed connected doctor’s advice, with a sojourn to New Zealand dropped from the itinerary and different changes to the programme.

At the clip the sojourn was announced a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: “We’ve had to marque immoderate hard decisions astir the programme with the Australian government, astir wherever their majesties tin get to.”

The King volition besides intermission his crab attraction during the 11 days helium is distant from the UK.

Charles missed Cop27 successful 2022, the archetypal clime alteration acme of his reign, aft a “unanimous agreement” was reached that the King should not be the gathering successful Egypt aft proposal was sought by his bureau from Liz Truss’s government.

But the pursuing twelvemonth the caput of authorities delivered an code connected the opening time of Cop28 successful Dubai, informing delegates that the satellite remains “dreadfully acold disconnected track” successful cardinal clime targets and called for meaningful change.