Prince Charles: Climate change poses bigger threat than World War II

Jessica Shankleman
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Prince of Wales urges businesses to invoke 'dogged determination' of Sir Winston Churchill in tackling impacts of global warming

The risk posed by climate change through extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and the potential for mass migration is greater today than the threat facing Winston Churchill on the eve of World War...

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