Paddington Bear’s Peru Tour includes COP20 appearance
Paddington Bear took a detour today from his tour of Peru to promote his homeland and new hit film to make a stop at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP20, in Lima.
Paddington Bear took a detour today from his tour of Peru to promote his homeland and new hit film to make a stop at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP20, in Lima.
Greenpeace activists sneaked giant banners into Machu Picchu on the eve of today’s UN Climate Summit (COP20) in Lima and unfurled a message urging world leaders to quickly phase out biofuels and adopt a new course toward 100% renewable energy by 2050.
Earlier this year, there was an announcement about Machu Picchu, and it was imminent: An afternoon entry shift was being created for visitors to the Inca citadel, with a deeply discounted rate for Peruvians.
When Hiram Bingham embarked on his second, more thorough, expedition to Machu Picchu in 1912, he came upon two large bowl-shaped objects hewn into a solid granite floor.