Prince Charles: Global warming big threat

LONDON, March 16 (UPI) -- Prince Charles, addressing a small business group in London, called climate change a bigger danger than terrorism.

The heir to the British throne urged business to take advantage of technology to become more energy efficient. He was speaking at a meeting of the Confederation of British Industry, The Scotsman reported.

The prince quoted John Coomber, a director of an organization that assesses risk who called global warming "the number one risk in the world, ahead of terrorism and demographic change."

"I think he has got a point," Prince Charles said.