Left to Right:
Sartaj Aziz is sleeping. (India)
John Kerry looks dead. (United States)
King Abdullah looks drugged. (Jordon)
Muhammad Nawaz just smelled a fart. (Pakistan)
David Cameron farted!! (Great Britain)
A friend frequently sends humorous emails. He is, in fact, one of my best sources to cheer me up.
“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”
~Mark Twain
The teacher will read a story soon
I think they schedule nap time for just after snacks.
Great Photo
and “most exciting moment…” is a wonderful caption.
Another most exciting moment...HANGZHOU, China
(NYTimes.com) HANGZHOU, China — President Obama and President Xi Jinping of China formally committed the world’s two largest economies to the Paris climate agreement here on Saturday, cementing their partnership on climate change and offering a rare display of harmony in a relationship that has become increasingly discordant.
On multiple fronts, like computer hacking and maritime security, ties between China and the United States have frayed during the seven and a half years of Mr. Obama’s presidency. The friction has worsened since the ascension of Mr. Xi as a powerful nationalist leader in 2013
Yet the fact that he and Mr. Obama could set aside those tensions to work together yet again on a joint plan to reduce greenhouse gases attests to the pragmatic personal rapport they have built, as well as to the complexity of the broader United States-China relationship, a tangle of competing and congruent interests.
At a ceremony in this picturesque lakefront city, the two leaders hailed the adoption of the Paris agreement as critical to bringing it into force worldwide. Though widely expected as the next step in the legal process, the move could provide a boost to those who want to build momentum for further climate talks by bringing the December accord into effect as soon as possible.
Countries accounting for 55 percent of the world’s emissions must present formal ratification documents for that to happen, and together, China and the United States generate nearly 40 percent of the world’s emissions.
“Despite our differences on other issues, we hope our willingness to work together on this issue will inspire further ambition and further action around the world,” Mr. Obama declared.
Mr. Xi praised the Paris agreement as a milestone, adding, “It was under Chinese leadership that much of this progress was made.”
From the moment he stepped off Air Force One on his final visit to Asia as president, Mr. Obama confronted a resurgent China, undaunted by his efforts to restore America’s presence in the region and poised to capitalize on his troubles in winning congressional passage of his ambitious regional trade agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Full text: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/world/asia/obama-xi-jinping-china-climate-accord.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
What does this agreement mean?
This means they’ve agreed to not exceed limits that will be exceeded any moment now, right? So it is symbolic more than practical. A bit like agreeing not to eat too much after 8 of 9 courses have been served.
I’ve heard China is taking climate change seriously. Not so sure we are doing quite as much.
The idea of 'it's too late'
The idea that ‘it’s too late’ is not too far-fetched here. There may very well be decades of climate ups and downs, China taking climate change seriously, notwithstanding. Some the past climate changes, like ice-ages, have lasted hundreds and thousands of years.