"If working apart we are a force powerful enough to destabilize our planet, surely working together we are powerful enough to save it." "We are the greatest problem-solvers to have ever existed on Earth," said Attenborough.
But regardless of the importance of the prime ministers and presidents in attendance, everyone inside the summit and watching along online seemed to be talking about the same thing: a speech made by conservationist and television presenter David Attenborough during the opening ceremony of the World Leaders Summit.
I had no problems using public transport to reach the venue from Edinburgh, some 50 miles (80 kilometers) away, and waited only around 10 minutes in a fast-moving queue to quickly pass through the airport-style security to access the summit. In contrast, my own experience has been remarkably chaos free.
"A tale of the smartest species doomed by that all-too-human characteristic of failing to see the bigger picture in pursuit of short-term goals?
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