Prince Charles has highlighted the world's inability to focus on climate change as a result of the civil war in Syria, terrorism as well as consequent refugee crisis engulfing Europe.
The heir to the British throne is due to provide a keynote speech at the opening of the international climate summit in Paris next week where the heads of 118 countries will gather to establish a deal to restrict increasing greenhouse gas emissions, as per USA Today.
Charles conveys concern in an interview with Sky News, which is due to be aired Monday, that disaster may possibly pursue in case global warming is not acknowledged more urgently. The interview was recorded three weeks ago, before the dreadfulness attacks in Paris that took many lives.
Charles said that we observe a typical situation of not dealing with the situation, due to the fact that a few of us said 20 years ago that if we didn't address these concerns, we would see ever bigger turmoil over scarce resources and ever greater problems over drought, and the piling up impact of climate change, which implies everyone has to take action.
He also added that there is an excellent proof that one of the main reasons behind this terror in Syria was a drought that existed for approximately five to six years, which implied that thousands of people, in the long run, were forced to abandon their nation.
"It's only in the last few years that the Pentagon has actually started to pay attention to this. I mean, it has a huge impact on what is happening," Charles' reply when he was questioned if there is a connection among climate change and the existing conflict in the Middle East.
As outlined by the United Nation approximately 250, 000 individuals have been killed and more than four million refugees have been obligated to run away from Syria since the civil war began in 2011.
