King Charles III has hosted a reception to discuss tackling climate change, as global leaders prepare for the UN climate summit COP27.
About 200 politicians and campaigners met at Buckingham Palace, including PM Rishi Sunak, US climate envoy John Kerry and COP President Alok Sharma.
The King is internationally known for his climate work but it was agreed he would not go to COP27.
The UN conference begins on Sunday in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Mr Sunak told the meeting that the UK's global leadership on climate change will continue after its COP presidency ends this week. The UK hosted COP26 in Glasgow last year.
"Every moment that we allow climate change to ravage our planet we will see more human suffering," he said.
"If we do not act today we will risk leaving an ever more desperate inheritance for our children tomorrow."
Mr Sunak, who will attend the opening days of the summit, had faced fierce criticism from climate activists and opposition politicians for initially saying he would not go due to pressing matters in the UK.
The prime minister paid tribute to King Charles's work on climate, saying he had worked for 50 years to find solutions, long before the first UN COP meeting.
When former PM Liz Truss entered No 10, it was announced King Charles would not go to the summit.
The monarch has a long-standing interest in environmental issues and attended COP26 in Glasgow last year, but the Palace said it had sought advice from then-PM Ms Truss and that "with mutual friendship and respect there was agreement that the King would not attend".
