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A lame 1980s-style music video called “Save the World” is about to become compulsory viewing among climate skeptics (watch it at http://bit.ly/122DHzd).

It features a German pop star named Bernadette La Hengst, dressed as a green fairy, along with a man, dressed as — well — a green fairy, doing a very poor imitation of Ziggy Stardust.

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The duo float in space against a backdrop of the earth. The man warbles the English version, samples of whose earnest lyrics include “There is no right, in the wrong climate” and “Sharing your things instead of producing … Talk to your neighbours about something to lend. Instead of a client, you’ll get a new friend.” The song’s chorus, and bottom line, is “Say goodbye to lethargy. Save the world with this melody.”

These are the kind of facile sentiments you might expect from an earnest eighth grader who had been fed too much Suzukinomics, but the intriguing thing about the video is the identity of the man. He is Nick Nuttall, head of communications for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC, which is about to hold yet another cast-of-thousands climate conference, this time in Marrakech.