Thank God for the Google Camp's Climate Change Conference

I agree about the self pity jabberwok.

I think Prince Harry is a shallow, easily influenced weak man, pulled from one situation to another,which is so reminisant of the late Duke of Windsor! Under army influence it brought out the best in him, under his wife it's a disaster!! Only having two children to help save the planet! Goodness how self sacrificing is that!! Most of us only have two children for a variety of reasons! Most of us don't draw attention to what is a personal choice, still less use it as a way of currying popularity! Obviously losing his mother at an early age was an enormous tragedy, but lots of young people lose one or both parents at the same sort of age, and lets face it Prince Harry had every financial benefit that money could buy as well as a supportive father, grandparents and other family members, something that some other youngsters could only dream of! So while we are all very sorry, self pity from this very privileged man has at times become a bit tedious!

It could be that we are being unfair here. These people just might care about the environment. I guess being celebs doesn't necessarily rule tjhem out from that.

And enough good might come out of the conference overall to counteract the harm done by the private jets in this instance.

Perhaps we don't know enough about the whole thing.

How did Harry get there? Was it a scheduled flight?

Apparently when asked, the palace refused to comment, so I would take that as a "no" then

Quoting myself: There is no way you can fault her

Oh yes. Of course you can. This is Gransnet.

Oh, don't start knocking Greta Thunberg. She has done a lot to bring the state of the earth to people's attention. There is no way you can fault her. She is in a totally different category to these glory seeking celebs.

It's all about influencing - getting your brand known and your profile up, which in turn generates money and sales. It's a whole different world.

If they are all so worried about climate change, why couldn’t they have a “video conference”?

Same question to Greta Thunberg(sp)?

How about the great minds stayed at home and no discussion was had, stimulated or otherwise. Where's Andrew Neal when you need him I'm sure if he were to address these dickhead dilettantes concerned and green aware VIPs, he might suggest that if they wish to be taken seriously they ought to just stay where they are instead of flitting about the world prattling on about climate change because WE ALL KNOW now, flying is a great pollutant. As one of those spearheading Extinction Rebellion's London demos informed us, all air travel should only be used in emergencies, as per his own trips shown on his Instagram, Maldives, skiing , essential stuff like that. I bet not one of the attendees at that conference made the wonderful deferential aside "if I could fly clean I would" that Emma magnanimously informed she would do, if she could, but sadly she can't

Bah! to the lot of them. Go back to where you came from and write a 100 lines, or today's equivalent of that, plant a 100 trees!

The Palace is refusing to comment merlot - which roughly translates as 'a plane of some sort - private, probably'.

Unfortunately these are the people that the social media generation look to and they exert a huge influence.

Just realised that I was thinking of Bradley Walsh.

Meghan's probably spitting feathers that she, being on maternity leave an' all, had to stay at home and couldn't add her twopenn'orth of simpering wisdom. Maybe she has snuck off to join the Clooneys in Tuscany to make up for it.

How did Harry get there? Was it a scheduled flight?

Oh, that's a pity.
Just realised that I was thinking of Bradley Walsh.

They are all so flabbergastingly egotistical and so full of hot air they are in danger of raising the global temperature by a couple of degrees just by their witterings.

At least Obama had the sense not to be associated with it.

He's an actor/producer/director Callistemon - starred with Lady Gaga recently in that A Star is Born remake. He really knows about the planet and things.

Who's Bradley Cooper?

Is he that nice bloke who asks the questions on that quiz programme?
Perhaps those big brains from that programme are attending - there could be some hope yet.

who has his own climate change foundation called Do as I Say and Not as I Do

Those attending included Leonardo DiCaprio, Stella McCartney and Katy Perry, Chris Martin,
Harry Styles, Orlando Bloom, Bradley Cooper, Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas and Diane Von Furstenberg. Apparently Barack Obama had been invited but didn't show.

Not that I read the Sun online or anything.

I think Obama was there
With Harry Styles and Katy Perry on the guest list, how serious is the tech giant’s secret summit?
Leonardo DiCaprio — who has his own climate change foundation called Do as I Say and Not as I Do

pagesix.com/2019/07/30/a-listers-flock-to-google-summit-in-private-jets-mega-yachts-to-talk-climate-change/

I can't find anything online to explain what 'barefoot' means other than 'without shoes'

If the the attendees are held up as 'great minds' then there's really no hope for the planet, is there?

I wonder where I could find information bout other people attending the event. Are there scientists? People with real influence in world affairs?

Can't be all about stars and Harry can it?

Is there any good to be had from it?

beckett as far as saving the planet is concerned this is important if only for its hypocrisy:

PRINCE Harry reportedly gave a barefoot speech at a Google climate retreat yesterday - to celebs who flocked in on 114 private jets and superyachts.
And dozens of A-listers are reportedly choosing to stay on giant polluting superyachts during their time in Sicily.

They are also being ferried to-and-from the tech giant’s seventh annual jolly at an exclusive Sicilian resort in fuel-sucking Maseratis.

2014 Conference:

dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/08/04/google-hosts-an-elite-conference-in-sicily/

Here's what one of the Great minds did in 2014:
Arianna Huffington: Arrived at the airport in London for my flight to Palermo and realized I had left my passport at the hotel!

You just couldn't make it up, could you.

How ironic that Google which harvests so much info about its users should indulge in highly secretive conferences.

Are those really the greatest minds they could attract