{"id":47134,"date":"2022-09-09T16:09:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T15:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatechangenews.com\/?p=47134"},"modified":"2022-09-12T16:03:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T15:03:39","slug":"timeline-climate-crisis-queen-elizabeth-life-reign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2022\/09\/09\/timeline-climate-crisis-queen-elizabeth-life-reign\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline: The climate crisis through Queen Elizabeth II’s life and reign"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queen Elizabeth II of Britain died on Thursday 8 September 2022 at the age of 96.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Her life and 70-year reign spanned the decline of the British Empire and drastic changes in the climate.<\/p>\n

At her birth in 1926, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide were 306 parts per million. At her death, the figure was 418ppm.<\/p>\n

Global average temperatures rose<\/a> by nearly 1C. In the second half of her reign, scientific consensus solidified around the causes of climate change and threat it posed to humanity.<\/p>\n

As a constitutional monarch, the Queen served a ceremonial role and rarely made her opinions public. Yet as one of the longest serving heads of state of all time, she had a front row seat for the major events of the twentieth and early twenty-first century.<\/p>\n

There are few countries she did not visit and few world leaders, whether popular heroes or oppressive dictators, she did not meet.<\/p>\n

At last year’s Cop26 summit in Glasgow, UK, she called for climate action<\/a> not words. In unusually personal comments, she spoke of how important the issue was to her deceased husband, her son – now the king – and grandson.<\/p>\n