Here is a limbless animal, capable of gathering a huge mound of leaves, and then laying her eggs inside, to withstand 5 to 10 meters of rainfall , in order that the eggs can incubate over the next 90 days, and hatch into little baby king cobras.

Who will ensure that the Cancứn climate change conference this December does not meet the same fate as last year s Copenhagen summit? Who will add strength and moral authority to the task of rebuilding the failed and failing states that incubate so many of our problems, from terrorism to illicit drugs?