120th on the Environmental Scorecard

Yes Sir-ee, EPI scores are out and we are at 120 out of the 149 countries tabulated.
That by the way puts us in the bottom pile of environmentally responsible nations.

However, Sri Lanka our next door neighbour is at 50.
Which is damn good! I mean I hear more bombings on news than anything else, god knows when they get time to be all clean and dainty.

However the moot point on these ranking was that wealth is a major determinant of environmental success; which simply put means if you are wealthy then there is a greater probablity of you being sensitive to the environment.

This year Switzerland topped the list. Yes thats right, all those swiss accounts of billionaires and millionaires must be in clean rooms. It retains the top slot on luxury, it retains its top slot on the number of banks too. They need money, the folks there are rich and now they have been glorified with the environment friendly tag.

So maybe the way to be environmental friendly is to get rich; which is what the EPI studies suggest.
If we get rich then there is a higher probablity that we will be environmentally friendly.

Well thats what we developing countries have been saying at all WTO meets(World Trade Organisation), and we have been saying the same thing since the past decade.
Let us get rich just like you did at our expense 100 years ago, well we will be kind just give us 50 years.

I don't know if they will grant us our importunity but its good to know that the EPI rankings at WEF(World Economic Forum) agree with what we have been saying repetitively at WTO meets, irrespective we will be stalled at all future WTO meets.

So whats the point, well when it looks good on you, come up with the EPI rankings.
To avoid looking like a sucker, come up with the WTO meets.
Nothing like a 'meeting' to disagree.