William's 'sweaty nights' worrying about climate

THE Prince of Wales has said his sustainability work keeps his "environmental anxiety at bay" as he encouraged some of the world's leading chief executives to be "more courageous" in their efforts to tackle the illegal wildlife trade.

- ERIK OLSSON

William told former US vice president Al Gore he has had some "sweaty nights" worrying about the climate, particularly around "what are we going to do and how is it going to work?"

The comments came after the prince told executives from some of the world's largest companies - including Meta, Amazon and Google - to be business leaders their children would be proud of, adding: "I know many of you get grief when you go home to your children."

Speaking after his appearance at the forum at Frameless in central London, William told Mr Gore: "For me, it keeps my environmental anxiety at bay, because I can actually see some of the things we are doing are bringing change."

The prince told the audience of business leaders that the incentives to be more sustainable are financial more than anything else.