Prince Charles: Climate sceptics play Russian roulette with future

Prince Charles today launched a scathing attack on climate change deniers.

He spoke of his "dismay and alarm" at attempts to discredit research on global warming. His remarks come amid a worldwide debate, in which critics have questioned leading scientists.

Speaking at the environmental Start initiative in Manchester, Charles said: "If it [climate change] is but a myth, and the global scientific community is involved in some sort of conspiracy, why is it that around the globe sea levels are more than six inches higher than they were 100 years ago? This isn't an opinion — it is a fact."

He accused sceptics of "playing Russian roulette" with the lives of future generations.