Overview
- Speaking at a United for Wildlife summit in Rio, he urged governments, businesses and civil society to disrupt criminal networks driving environmental destruction, citing 1.7 million hectares of Amazon loss in the past year and 120 environmental defenders killed or disappeared.
- He announced a Royal Foundation partnership with the Coordination of Indigenous Organisations of the Brazilian Amazon and the Podaali Fund to create an emergency support fund for at‑risk Indigenous frontline defenders through Indigenous‑led mechanisms.
- Earlier in Guanabara Bay’s Guapimirim conservation area, he joined local teams to plant mangrove saplings and spotlighted restoration work that officials say captures significantly more carbon per hectare than rainforest.
- On Paquetá Island near Rio, he met residents during a public walkabout, briefly held a 10‑month‑old boy, and highlighted community efforts to protect local mangrove ecosystems.
- An Earthshot drone show lit up Ipanema Beach ahead of Wednesday’s awards ceremony, with the Prince scheduled to travel to Belém for COP30 to represent King Charles and the UK government.