- 27 April, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecurityGlasgow
Pacific island leaders bemoan weak Glasgow climate pact
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Leaders from Pacific islands threatened by rising sea levels said they were disappointed with the Glasgow climate pact, which called for a phase down rather than phasing…
What they are saying about the U.N. climate deal
GLASGOW (Reuters) -Reactions to the climate deal agreed at the COP26 conference in Scotland on Saturday: ALOK SHARMA, COP26 PRESIDENT "I think today we can say with credibility that we’ve…
As countries wrangle over climate pledges, how enforceable are they?
By Andrea Januta GLASGOW (Reuters) -When all is said and done at the U.N. climate talks, and the ink on the COP26 agreement is dry, one awkward question will remain:…
World should respond to climate change as if hit by a global war, pope tells COP26
GLASGOW (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Tuesday that the twin wounds inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change were comparable to those caused by a global conflict and…
Prime Minister Modi’s meeting with Prime Minister of Nepal on the sidelines of COP26 in Glasgow, UK
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met Prime Minister of Nepal Rt. Hon. Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba in Glasgow on the sidelines of COP26 Summit in Glasgow, United Kingdom on 2nd…
Prime Minister Modi Meets President of Ukraine on the sidelines of COP26 in Glasgow, UK
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the President of Ukraine H.E. Mr. Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the sidelines of COP26 in Glasgow on 2 November 2021. The leaders took stock of the…
Johnson apologises to Israeli minister in wheelchair over GOP26 access ‘confusion’
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised to Israel's energy minister after she complained that lack of wheelchair access had stopped her from attending the United Nations COP26 summit…
Israel, Bahrain prime ministers meet in Glasgow
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli and Bahraini prime ministers met on Tuesday for the first time since normalisation of ties, on the sidelines of the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow,…
‘We need to act now’ – UK’s Johnson sends climate alert to COP
By Elizabeth Piper GLASGOW (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell a climate summit on Monday that "it's one minute to midnight and we need to act now"…
‘Time to do the right thing,’ negotiators told as COP26 climate talks open
By Laurie Goering GLASGOW (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - With the UK hosts warning that "lights are flashing red on the climate change dashboard", the COP26 U.N. climate summit kicked off…
Climate set to dominate G20 summit ahead of U.N. conference
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - If high-stakes climate talks are to succeed next month in Glasgow, the initial signs of progress may emerge this weekend when leaders of the…
Britain not expecting China’s Xi in Glasgow – U.N. envoy
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Britain is not expecting Chinese President Xi Jinping to travel to Scotland for a climate conference and China has indicated it will send…
