Charles the climate king! Monarch receives biodiversity gifts from Amazon tribe at Dubai hotel as he is joined by Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron for Cop28 summit
King Charles received biodiversity gifts from an Amazon tribe at a Dubai hotel along with Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron for the Cop28 summit.
Charles, 75, attended a Commonwealth and Nature reception at the hotel, hosted by Secretary General of the Commonwealth Baroness Scotland.
In addition to the king, indigenous leaders from various Commonwealth countries were also present.
Joenia Wapichana, 59, president of the indigenous organization FUNAI in Brazil and of the Truaru tribe in Roraima state, presented the king with a handmade decorated wooden bird.
The bird, ‘Arara’, is a native Amazonian bird that is a “symbol of biodiversity” and mimics the human voice, she said.
“He really liked the gift and I thanked him for everything he has done to help protect biodiversity in the Amazon,” she added.
King Charles talks to representatives at the Commonwealth and Nature reception during COP28
Charles, attended a Commonwealth and Nature reception at a Dubai hotel hosted by Secretary General of the Commonwealth Baroness Scotland
King Charles unveils a plaque at the Heriot-Watt University Dubai Campus during the Cop28 summit
Joenia Wapichana, 59, president of the indigenous organization FUNAI in Brazil and of the Truaru tribe in Roraima state, presented the king with a handmade decorated wooden bird
The garden party was held to help launch the Wildfire Resilient Landscape Network.
Established by the Circular Bio-energy Alliance (CBA) and the Commonwealth Secretary to combine indigenous knowledge and modern science.
In a speech, Baroness Scotland said the King’s presence was “joyful and appropriate.”
And said the initiative was “inspired” by the King’s idea to pool skills and knowledge from Australian Indigenous communities and Canadian scientists.
Both countries have been hit hard by forest fires.
The King welcomed Lord Cameron to Dubai, who said: ‘I wouldn’t have missed it for the world’.
Charles shook hands and spoke to students at the Heriot-Watt campus in Dubai.
Dozens of people waited outside campus with their cellphones to take photos of the king.
The King is greeted by Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron as he arrives to meet students at the Heriot-Watt University Dubai Campus
King Charles smiles as he chats at the Commonwealth and Nature reception
Charles attended a Commonwealth and Nature Reception today
King Charles speaks with representatives from Ecuador during the Commonwealth and Nature reception
As he left, he unveiled a plaque before taking extra time to shake and greet the waiting students.
Inside, examples of clean technology and innovations to fight climate change were on display ahead of his speech at the COP28 environment summit tomorrow.
Lord Cameron, who recently became Foreign Secretary, is also in Dubai for the COP earlier this month.
Lord Cameron greeted him on the university campus and said: ‘I wouldn’t have missed it for the world’.
Humza Yousaf, the Scottish Prime Minister, also warmly greeted the king.