 Science, like music, is a global language. It's a language that is spoken in centers and museums around the world, actively engaging millions of people everywhere. Right now, somewhere in the world, a person working at a science-central museum is engaging people to understand, protect and respect our planet. People are active throughout the exhibition. They are like biologists doing the process of identifying organisms which is one of the foundations of biology. Science centers are unique in that they convey information in their hands on, memorable and social way. They are safe places to be curious, pose questions and use scientific reasoning to grab difficult concepts. These are venues where we don't confuse opinion with fact. More than 180 studies from around the world show that interactive exhibitions increase visitors' knowledge and understanding of science. Our visitors are children and teenagers, the critical agents of change. Teachers, we complement and enrich the approach. Adults, we equip them to grasp the many dimensions of science. Today, our planet is under pressure. The worldwide science-central museum community, a network of hundreds of institutions, is powerful and ready for action. This community is enabling people everywhere to understand and act on issues concerning their environment. I would like to thank you for presenting the world of science, and for listening to me speaking to the world in a very small way. One of my visions is making it more cost-effective. You have to pay for everything, like solar panels, windmills, all the stuff like that. It should be cost-effective for regular people to be able to conserve and reduce and do stuff like that when they can't because sometimes it's really expensive and everybody should be able to do it because everybody needs to do their part saving the planet. The vision is for a sustainable world. This will only be achieved with the support of an informed public and by helping millions to see what role they can play. The first thing we'll look at is the living roof. If more houses in the city and businesses had green roofs, it would reduce the heat island effect they call it, so having green roofs cool down cities would require less air conditioning in the summer. These two components are part of the outreach program, so they're portable travelers that can pack up pretty small and be taken out into the community to various festivals and into classrooms and schools. This exhibit is called Reduce your energy budget and it's all about the individual trade-offs that you can do to reduce your energy. The creativity, ideals and courage of young people are powerful forces, also being harnessed by the Science and Museum Network. You can come down to the Investigate Lab. Here you can choose your specimens to examine. Our common goal is to strengthen the position of science centres as active and successful players in the Rio Plus 20 process and beyond. Success to us would look like this, a plan to harness this momentum and be a partner in advancing the agenda that emerges from the conference and from Rio in June. We call for a strategic plan that channels the energy of science centres and museums to advance a UN outreach strategy. Ladies and gentlemen, let me conclude by saying that our vision is to move toward a sustainable world. We all hope for a powerful plan of action, but even the most ambitious program will need to be complemented by effective public engagement. This is what science centres bring to the table. Else other than science centres is curiosity the only requirement and guiding principle for exploring and learning.