Prince of Wales’ Meeting on Climate Change

On 1st April 2009 HRH The Prince of Wales hosted an historic meeting of world leaders at St James’s Palace to raise awareness of the need for emergency action to slow down rainforest destruction. The meeting in particular highlighted the need for action to cut the greenhouse gas emissions that are caused by deforestation.
At the meeting, international leaders agreed that emergency interim financing is needed to stop the destruction of the world’s rainforests to help prevent climate change.

In order to build on the consensus that emergency funding is needed now, the leaders agreed to establish an expert level international Working Group to examine the proposals of the Princes Rainforests Project (PRP), together with other proposals. The aim of this Working Group will be to find a way of providing interim emergency funding to help Rainforest Nations make the trees worth more alive than dead before other international financing mechanisms take effect.
Read full article on The Prince of Wales’ website
Read HRH The Prince of Wales’ opening and closing remarks

Online press coverage of the meeting
Telegraph 02/04/09 - G20 summit: leaders agree to look at Prince Charles’s multi billion plan to save the rainforests
Guardian 01/04/09 - Prince Charles calls for emergency rainforest funding
Telegraph 31/03/09 - G20 summit:  convenes rainforest meeting
Press Association 01/04/09 - Prince holds talks on rainforests