Important address

King Charles’ speech in the Australian parliament in which he warned and discussed the burning issue of climate change — the biggest threat to the existence of the world — needs a collective effort and concrete environmental plan (“King Charles says signs of climate change in Australia ‘unmistakable,’” Oct.21, Gulf Today website).

According to the report, King Charles warned of "overwhelming" climate dangers in an address at Australia's parliament on Monday, saying the growing ferocity of bushfires and floods were an "unmistakable sign" of a sweltering planet. The monarch urged Australia — a longtime climate laggard with an economy geared around mining and coal — to assume the mantle of global leadership in the race to slash emissions.

Different countries have enormous personal challenges and also have different issues and disputes with each other, but the issue of global warming is a unanimous threat to the whole world.

The world has witnessed deadly disasters in the shape of heat waves, heavy rain, forest fire, and flooding, which claimed hundreds of precious lives and economic losses in different countries in past years.

I am sure the world leaders have the capability and means to tackle climate change and save the planet from further calamity.

Shahmir Ahmed,

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