I am glad to have been among the 1.5 billion people who today watched
the inauguration of President Barack Obama and to have both exulted at
this historic moment and felt the steel of grim resolve in his tone. As
his motto says, Yes We Can, and I hope that We – all of us, around the
world, not just in the US – can step up to the plate and address the
collective failure to take responsibility for our world. We must ‘roll
back’ the threat of climate change, and with this leadership, I hope, We
will.
Let us hope this is the day America, and the world in general, grows up
.