The ancient jaguar goddess Ixchel was invoked in the opening address by Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, in her opening address to delegates at Cancun.
"Excellencies, the goddess Ixchel would probably tell you that a tapestry is the result of the skilful interlacing of many threads," said Figueres, who hails from Costa Rica and started her greetings in Spanish before switching to English. "I am convinced that 20 years from now, we will admire the policy tapestry that you have woven together and think back fondly to Cancun and the inspiration of Ixchel."I don't know about you but I personally have strong doubts about implementing "policy tapestry" inspired by Ixchel.