THE EXPONENT: Diplomacy ditched its stuffy tie for once at a climate meeting in Belem, Brazil, where Thursday’s Amazonian heat saw leaders and bureaucrats eagerly remove what is normally considered a summit fashion must.
Despite a more relaxed dress code suggested by organizers ahead of time, several heads of state and government donned full business attire as they arrived for a warm welcome from President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Lula — himself wearing a dapper suit and collared shirt — set the tone by forgoing his “lucky tie” in the green, yellow and blue colors of the Brazilian flag, which he wears proudly for most of his international engagements.
As temperatures topped 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) in the humid riverine city on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, many delegates soon followed Lula’s lead and ripped off their own ties.
The prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, did so before even leaving the staging area after a light-hearted exchange with Lula.
Last month, COP30 president Andre Correa do Lago announced the Belem Conference of Parties would be “tie-less” to boost delegates’ comfort and give the event “a certain Brazilian informality.”
As soon as attendees made the long walk Thursday under a blazing sun into the venue, and then realized eating areas and some meetings were another outdoor stroll from the facility, neckwear seemed low priority.
Outside, many summit attendees sported sweaty patches under their arms and on their shirt backs, but inside, most areas of the expansive domed conference center were vigorously air-conditioned.
Brazil has vowed to offset all planet-warming carbon emissions generated as a result of this cooling.
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres and the presidents of Finland, Chile, Mozambique and Colombia were among those to opt for open collars on the first day of a two-day summit preceding the 30th UN climate COP opening Monday.
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Jokers!!!!!
Forgive my ignorance this conference is being held outdoors?
The AC not working?
Editor please get some proper context to this story it is not mathsing.
Yes people, welcome to the beginning of a system where every action you take must be offset by purchasing or working for carbon credits. This will eventually become the global currency. Cashless of course…all controlled by the world gov…I mean United Nations…Sound familiar?
As an aspiring leader, this would have been an excellent opportunity for Pringle to build connections but I honestly think he was afraid that he would have been interviewed or asked to participate. I think his advisors are truly keeping him back. Politics is no longer local, we MUST take our place on the world stage if we want to be heard.
Let’s collectively thank our lucky stars that Pringle lived up to expectations and refused to attend that meeting in Brazil! What could he, would he have contributed to such a meeting of world leaders discussing critical world issues. And to hear his pathetic reasons for refusing to represent the country at this high-level forum makes even me want to cry. Those pseudo-elites, those puppeteers, have really succeeded in totally emasculating a potential leader (of the distant future, of course! ). They have completed their task of transforming this common, black boy into the world’s poorest excuse for a leader. But for his complexion, he would be red-faced 24/7. Look what we come to!!!
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