For what Charles has tried to achieve during his adult life, I too respect him, Osipi.
I take his point, too. It is incumbent upon him to strive for world betterment if he believes that he can accomplish change and reform, and very few are better placed to wield their influence as effectively. I think that his sentiments are worthy of honour rather than disdain, though there's a certain journalistic way to tell the same tale to arouse indignation amongst some.
Perhaps he should have said that he believes that being born to his privileged position meant that he could become a wastrel and playboy prince, given over to every wayward indulgence available to the immensely wealthy.
He is one of the, sadly, very few people in the general public purview, who has shown constant commitment and endeavour to improving the environment and leading by example, e.g. only today I read an article about his having converted his Aston Martin, a 21st birthday present from his mother, to bio-fuels (well, wine, actually, which gave me a laugh!).
Exactly so, wyevale. 
This connection has been suggested since quite a few years. Below is an article on a recently published study. It has been theorized that the climate shift will cause population displacement, civil conflict, refugees and basically destabilize whole regions. That it has already been happening has up to now only been surmised.
