Prince Charles opens Paris climate talks and calls on world leaders to act now

Prince of Wales calls climate change the greatest threat facing humanity and urges leaders to protect the planet for future generations

Global warming is the greatest threat that humanity faces and world leaders meeting in Paris for climate talks on Monday must act now, Prince Charles has told delegates from 195 countries meeting in the French capital.

"On an increasingly crowded planet, humanity faces many threats, but none is greater than climate change. It magnifies every hazard and tension of our existence," the Prince of Wales told the summit, as he opened it along with the UN climate chief, Christiana Figueres and French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius.