G20 Leaders Toss Coin For 'Good Luck' To Fight Climate Crisis, Netizens Say, 'We're All Going To Die!'
The group of leaders threw coins from over their shoulders into the fountain. It is believed that if you throw a coin over your shoulder into the fountain water, you will surely return to Rome.
All of us have scoffed at scenes from films when the characters throw a coin in the well/fountain and make a wish because we all know it's a load of BS. Well, turns out it happens in real life too and the characters are actually world leaders.
Do you know the famous Trevi Fountain in Italy's Rome? Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with several other world leaders, were at the largest Baroque fountain in the Italian city on Sunday for the G20 summit.
Loved by tourists from all over the world, the fountain is a sight of beauty.
"Joined the @g20org leaders at Rome''s beautiful Trevi Fountain," Prime Minister Modi tweeted a group photo with the others.
Joined the @g20org leaders at Rome¡¯s beautiful Trevi Fountain. pic.twitter.com/cKDjrKmbOI
¡ª Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 31, 2021
"#G20 Heads of Delegation start the 2nd day of the #G20RomeSummit with a walk to a symbolic place of the city: Trevi Fountain, one of the world's most beautiful fountains and famous for the traditional coin toss. #G20Italy," G20 Italy tweeted on Sunday.
#G20 Heads of Delegation start the 2nd day of the #G20RomeSummit with a walk to a symbolic place of the city: Trevi Fountain, one of the world's most beautiful fountains and famous for the traditional coin toss. #G20Italy
¡ª G20 Italy (@g20org) October 31, 2021
??Watch live: https://t.co/r9JkpLckyu pic.twitter.com/i5PLDD0PeY
The group of leaders threw coins from over their shoulders into the fountain, showed a video released by the G20 Italy. What's the myth? It is believed that if you throw a coin over your shoulder into the fountain water, you will surely return to Rome.
One can say that the world leaders were just carrying out a tradition but do we need this right now, or affirmative action when it comes to the climate crisis? Our bet is on the latter.
World leaders toss a coin at Trevi for good luck fighting the climate emergency pic.twitter.com/zFIDPJnVf7
¡ª Bruno Ma??es (@MacaesBruno) October 31, 2021
Needless to say that this shenanigans backfired and people are not happy.
they literally don¡¯t need good luck? they can just fix it?? https://t.co/dUntsRj65t
¡ª taylor garron (@taylorgarron) November 1, 2021
Why are they tossing a coin for luck when they¡¯re well within their powers to tackle the issue?!
¡ª Kelechi (@kelechnekoff) November 1, 2021
This is madness. https://t.co/7r9y46eCx5
Keep the coins, toss the leaders https://t.co/IJuOxuL4T1
¡ª Samit Basu (@samitbasu) November 2, 2021
Elon Musk: ¡°List out your plan to fight climate change and I¡¯ll sell all of my Tesla shares to fund it¡±
¡ª Alex Cohen (@anothercohen) November 1, 2021
The plan: https://t.co/FHEfB4NAib
when the planet dies you can¡¯t say we didn¡¯t try https://t.co/iYrD22yZFH
¡ª k e i t h ?? (@KeetPotato) November 1, 2021
We¡¯re all going to die. https://t.co/SvO9BDU6wD
¡ª Gugulethu Mhlungu (@GugsM) November 1, 2021
Oh no, that was all the money they set aside to fight climate change https://t.co/lYM9cO2rNO
¡ª Mohanad Elshieky (@MohanadElshieky) November 1, 2021
Siri, show me something more obscene than a Roman orgy. https://t.co/aWCBJ9bXmL
¡ª Prof Julia ??? ClimateAction FightFascism ?? (@JKSteinberger) November 1, 2021
Luck won¡¯t save us. Phasing out coal and gas will. https://t.co/cLL7ehoTYC
¡ª Adam Bandt (@AdamBandt) November 1, 2021
Ngl I was a little worried about climate change before I saw this https://t.co/DkjZnq773z
¡ª Cait? (@CaitCamelia) November 1, 2021
WE'RE SAVED!!! https://t.co/8sQFKEx1Yl
¡ª Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) November 1, 2021
The Indian Prime Minister also attended a session on Sustainable Development and an event on "Supply Chain Resilience".
The Trevi fountain is 26.3 metres high and 49.15 metres wide. It is the largest Baroque fountain in the city, and of course, one of the most famous ones in the world.
Since last year, Italy has been holding the presidency of the G20, which is a prominent global forum that brings together the world's major economies. The members of G20 make up for more than 80 percent of the global GDP, 75 percent of global trade and 60 percent of the population of the world. It has been active since 1999.
This year, the summit is focused on the topic, "People, Planet, Prosperity".
