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Prince Charles is launching the Sustainable Markets Council later this month to help tackle the world's environmental issues.
Prince William poses with Australian actress Cate Blanchett on the green carpet as he arrives for the Earthshot environmental awards ceremony in Singapore. IMAGES
The world is losing the war against climate change, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres tells business leaders at the Davos forum, urging rapid action to prevent humanity being doomed. SOUNDBITE
Pope Francis spoke out once more about dangers of a global environmental catastrophe, saying that humanity "will go down" if it does not address the issue of climate change as he spoke to press on board his plane on Monday while returning to the Holy See from a trip to Colombia.
The zero-fuel airplane Solar Impulse 2 landed in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday night, completing at 35,000 kilometer trip across all the continents of the earth powered only by sunlight. Mission Control in Monaco cheered as Balloonist Bertrand Piccard piloted the craft back to the same location from which it took off back in March 2015. Although its 236 foot wingspan is wider than a 747 jumbo jet, the Solar Impulse weighs only 2.3 tons.