King Charles tells President Trump: 'We must reflect on our shared responsibility to safeguard nature'

                                                          

King Charles - 'nature is our most precious and irreplaceable asset'

During this week's visit to the USA, King Charles issued a reminder to his hosts on the importance of nature. As far as President Trump and Vice-president J.D. Vance were concerned, his words, alas, probably fell on deaf ears, but they were greeted warmly by other politicians. This is what the King said in his speech to Congress:

"As we look toward the next 250 years, we must reflect on our shared responsibility to safeguard nature - our most precious and irreplaceable asset.

"Millennia before our nations existed, before any border drawn, the mountains of Scotland and Appalachia were one - a single, continuous range,forged in the ancient collision of continents.

"The natural wonders of the United States of America are indeed a unique asset.

"Generations of Americans have risen to this calling: indigenous, political and civic leaders, people in rural communities and cities alike, have all helped to protect and nurture what President Theodore Roosevelt called 'the glorious heritage' of this land’s extraordinary natural splendour on which so much of its prosperity has always depended.

"Yet, even as we celebrate the beauty that surrounds us, our generation must decide how to address the collapse of critical natural systems which threatens far more than the harmony and essential diversity of nature.

"We ignore at our peril the fact that these natural systems - in other words, nature’s own economy - provide the foundation for our prosperity and our national security."