Greta Thunberg "influences" Queen Elizabeth, who joins the chorus against politicians who can only do bla bla on the climate .
The British sovereign, 95 years old, almost 70 of whom on the throne, has beaten the leaders who apparently are preparing to desert the crucial appointment of CoP26, two weeks before the international climate conference scheduled in Glasgow. under the presidency of the British government of Boris Johnson, in partnership with Italy and the UN.
Among those who have not confirmed their presence, the names of Russian President Vladimir Putin or Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stand out. But above all of the Chinese Xi Jinping and the Indian Narendra Modi. The expected summit thus risks turning into a flop: even on the objective of containing harmful emissions in order to curb global warming within the limit of 1.5 degrees higher than in the pre-industrial era set on paper already by the agreements Paris.
"I still don't know who will participate", admitted Elizabeth II on the sidelines of the inauguration of the new legislature of the local parliament of Wales with the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla, wife of her eldest son Charles, and with the rotating president of the assembly, Elin Jones. "I heard about COP26, but I still don't know who will arrive. No idea - he insisted -. We only know of people who are not coming". "It's really annoying when they talk, but they don't," she then blurted out.
Statements "private and not intended to be broadcast" by the media, was quick to point out the Minister of Transportation, Grant Shapps, on behalf of the Johnson government. But by now the mess was done, and now diplomatic incidents are feared.
Even the heir to the throne Charles in recent days publicly denounced, in an interview with the BBC, the attitude of those governments that "speak" instead of "act" concretely, adding that they understand "the frustrations" of Greta Thunberg and of other young activists against the "blah blah". Yesterday, his son William attacked billionaires Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Richard Branson, urging them to invest resources to "save the planet" , instead of wasting them by the billions in the (polluting) race for space tourism.
(Unioneonline / D)
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