Obama: Right city, wrong date

Posted on | October 5, 2009 | No Comments

Denmark was surely buzzing last week when the IOC delegates met to decide where the 2016 Olympic Games were to take place. Most of the fuzz of course came because of Obama’s short visit to boost the Chicago campaign, but the otherwise popular president’s visit also stirred heavy criticism; not so much for taking active part in the American OG-lobby, but rather because he is not likely to attend the pivotal climate summit in Copenhagen later in the year. One can only think that he and his administration seem to give higher priority to getting the economically lucrative games to take place on American soil, than on saving the climate of Mother Earth by attending the summit – that by many is seen as the last call to prevent unstoppable climate change.

Greenpeace Denmark as usual took things into their own capable hands and made sure the whole world could see the tremendously contradictory nature of Obama’s IOC-visit this week.

Greenpeace banner on St. Nicolai Church in Copenhagen.

Greenpeace banner on the parking house in Scandiagade in Copenhagen. The building was on Obama’s route from the airport.

I hope he proves us all wrong by setting Air Force One’s course towards Copenhagen in December.

Read Greenpeace Denmark’s blog-post here (in Danish).

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