"I am sorry" - Greenpeace 2020 Banners

The UN summit on climate change kicks off in Copenhagen as I write this. Many people have stopped believing in the head of developed countries as having the power and courage to take the right decisions, even if this means sacrifice. Barack Obama received the nobel peace price but ironically decided to send an extra 30,000 soldiers to war in Afghanistan. Let's see if he can do better in terms of environment. The USA have to lead the world in taking action against global warming and other issues. How could we ask China or India to reduce their CO2 emissions if the leading countries are not doing the expected efforts?

Greenpeace, along other associations, are putting pressure on the leaders, or at least trying to. Since last week, travelers arriving in the Copenhagen's international airport will come across the following banners. These depict different leaders of developed nations apologizing in 2020 (ten years from now) for not taking the right decisions. I'll let you judge by yourself.

Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the UK


Stephen Harper, Prime minister of Canada


Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil


Dimitry Medvedev, President of Russia


Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany


Barack Obama, President of the USA


Kevin Rudd Prime Minister of Australia


Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France


Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland


Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Spanish Prime Minister