Australian PM supports Charles’s continuing climate advocacy

By ROD McGUIRK
Associated Press

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says it would be “perfectly acceptable” for King Charles III to continue to advocate for climate change action in his new apolitical role as monarch. Albanese was speaking ahead of his departure for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. Albanese says the new king would decide whether he continues to advocate for reduced greenhouse gas emissions, as he has done for years as a prince. Albanese says it’s important for the monarch distance himself from party politics, but “there are issues like climate change where I think if he chooses to continue to make statements in that area, I think that is perfectly acceptable.” The British monarch is also Australia’s head of state.