King Charles will attend the Cop28 climate change conference in Dubai next month after missing last year’s event in Egypt

King Charles will attend the Cop28 climate change conference in Dubai next month, where he will again play a key role after missing last year’s event.

Charles will deliver the opening speech at the World Climate Action Summit on December 1.

The monarch missed Cop27 in Egypt last year after advice from the government when Liz Truss was prime minister, despite it being widely reported he had hoped to attend in person.

Downing Street later acknowledged that it would have been possible for the head of state to leave if Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had been in power earlier this year.

As Prince of Wales, he campaigned passionately on green and environmental issues for decades.

King Charles III meets members of the military during a visit to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Nairobi

While Prince of Wales he played a more central role, delivering the opening speech at the main opening ceremonies of Cop26 in Glasgow in 2021 and Cop21 in Paris in 2015.

Buckingham Palace has announced that Charles, who is on a state visit to Kenya, will travel to the UAE and open the World Climate Action Summit, which is part of the Cop28 program and convenes heads of state and government and other leaders to present concrete plans to tackle of climate change. climate change.

The king was invited by UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and will attend at the request of the British government, the palace said.

Charles, who will make the trip from November 30 to December 1, will also attend a reception on November 30 to mark the launch of the inaugural Cop28 Business and Philanthropy Climate Forum.

The two-day event runs in parallel with the summit and is organized by the Cop28 Presidency in collaboration with the Sustainable Markets Initiative, founded by the King.

It will bring together leaders from business, finance and philanthropy and world leaders to try to find climate solutions.

Before the summit, the King will also hold meetings with regional leaders.

King Charles is currently visiting Kenya with Queen Camilla.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla meet veteran Samwel Nthigai Mburia, believed to be 117 years old, during a visit to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Nairobi

At one At the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Nairobi this morning, Charles was being led from one artificial grass path to another when his foot caught under one of the mats and almost fell.

Footage shows the 74-year-old momentarily losing his balance as Camilla, 76, reaches out to grab him. He quickly gets to his feet and smoothly puts on his sunglasses to continue the walk.

Shortly afterwards, the King and Queen took part in an act of remembrance together with British and Kenyan troops. Charles was seen looking down as he crossed the same gap between the two mats to ensure he didn’t stumble again.

The cemetery they visited is associated with the Carrier Corps of the First World War and became known as ‘Kariokor’. Most Kariokor victims were not individually commemorated and their contributions were largely overlooked.

And at a very emotional moment, Charles placed a medal on the chest of a brave Kenyan soldier who was said to be 117 years old.