It looks like the Rio+20 mega beach party is finally getting into serious business:
On Wednesday, the first session of the high-level summit was addressed by 17-year-old activist Brittany Trilford of New Zealand, who challenged leaders: "Are you here to save face or are you here to save us?"
Ban suggested that the highly criticized final document could still be revised by world leaders before the summit ends on Friday.
When asked by reporters about that possibility, he responded: "Why do we have a summit meeting! Why have I been inviting and urging leaders, heads of state and government? They are the ones who can make political decisions, who can make a choice".
Obama, Merkel and Cameron are among the many leaders not attending. But maybe UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon believes that e.g. King XVI Carl Gustaf of Sweden and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, who have arrived in Rio, are the ones to "make a choice"?
But where is Britain´s bonnie enviro-fundamentalist Prince Charles? Well, he has been busy in Ascot:
Prince Charles, reigning clothes horse of the British Royal family, gave an excellent lesson in how to wear a pocket square yesterday at Royal Ascot.
Chaz knows that a well-chosen pocket square gives even the most formal suit a refreshing change in tone, creating an atmosphere of sartorial friendliness.
Perhaps the Prince thinks that his prerecorded video message about the "catastrophic" consequences of inaction, is enough to save the world?
1 comment:
Well, at least the speaker and the public are on equal competence level. What does she know but what she has been forcefed, and what do they know except at which the dollars roll....
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