Former President Obama Hits Russia, China At U.N. Climate Conference
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He criticized the Russian and Chinese presidents for not joining other global leaders at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland.
Former President Barack Obama expressed confidence at U.N. climate talks Monday that the Biden administration will ultimately get its $555 billion climate package through Congress, and faulted U.S. rivals China and Russia for what he called a “dangerous lack of urgency” in cutting their own climate-wrecking emissions.
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As nations bemoaned a lack of trust and progress in the climate talks, Obama, one of the leaders who paved the way for the historic 2015 Paris climate deal, threw in a touch of his trademark hope even while talking about “images of dystopia” creeping into his dreams.
