King Charles says signs of climate change in Australia 'unmistakable'

King Charles warned of overwhelming climate dangers in an address at Australia’s parliament on Monday, saying the growing ferocity of bushfires and floods were an unmistakable sign of a sweltering planet.

The monarch urged Australia- a longtime climate laggard with an economy geared around mining and coal- to assume the mantle of global leadership in the race to slash emissions. Charles paid particular tribute to Indigenous traditional owners of the lands who had loved and cared for this continent for 65,000 years.