After a first day consisting of an official welcome with football in the Maracana Stadium and barefoot beach volleyball on Copacabana, the future king’s second day in Brazil – and reason for visiting – was focused on the environment.<\/p>\n
Hollywood star Leonardo Di Caprio recorded a video message at the summit, urging world leaders meeting in Brazil to “unite with courage and ambition”.<\/p>\n
Tuesday’s wildlife summit organised by William – the first of its kind – highlighted the damage caused by environmental crime, and the prince announced a new fund for wildlife rangers.<\/p>\n
William described Latin America as a “global leader in biodiversity and environmental conservation”.<\/p>\n
He criticised deforestation linked to criminal gangs, saying: “This crime fuels violence and corruption, distorts legitimate economies, and negatively impacts the livelihoods of millions.”<\/p>\n
But he ended on an optimistic note: “We must stand alongside those who everyday are standing up and defending nature. <\/p>\n
“We must recognise and celebrate these protectors, not just in words but through our actions. And we must act together.”<\/p>\n
Prince William is in Brazil to present the Earthshot Prize, the annual award from the charity he set up, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He is also scheduled to give a speech at COP30, the UN’s annual climate meeting where governments discuss how to limit and prepare for further climate change, the following day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a first day consisting of an official welcome with football in the Maracana Stadium and barefoot beach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-244568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}