World Nov 01 WATCH LIVE: Biden holds news conference at COP26 President Joe Biden will hold a news conference from the summit on Nov. 2 at 3:30 p.m. ET.
World Nov 01 Funders promise investment into Indigenous communities, forests to fight climate change A coalition of governments and private funders announced plans at COP26 Monday to invest $1.7 billion to aid Indigenous communities and protect biodiverse tropical forests in the next four years.
World Nov 01 Queen Elizabeth urges leaders to act quickly on climate The 95-year-old monarch had been expected to attend the Glasgow summit, but she had to cancel the trip after doctors said she should rest and not travel.
World Nov 01 'We are watching you,' activists say outside of Glasgow summit Youth campaigners from several countries marched on the opposite bank of the River Clyde from where the U.N. climate summit was being held, holding banners with slogans such as “We are watching you.”…
World Nov 01 Australia's leader says technology will provide solutions to climate change Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has insisted that curbing climate change must not come at a high cost to people and businesses, saying technology will provide solutions to the climate crisis.
Politics Nov 01 WATCH: U.S., Indonesia urge Myanmar army to end violence The White House said the two leaders agreed on Monday that the military must “provide a swift return to democracy.”…
World Nov 01 India pledges to get to 'net zero' by 2070, long after U.S. and China Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India announced a new target for his country -- to cease adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere by 2070.
World Nov 01 Brazil steps up its emissions commitment, and critics are wary The announcement in Glasgow represents another effort by the Brazilian government to project itself as a responsible environmental steward in the wake of surging deforestation and fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest and Pantanal wetlands in recent years. But critics cautioned…
Politics Nov 01 Biden apologizes for Trump's exit from Paris climate accord Standing before world leaders gathered in Scotland, Biden sought to portray the enormous costs of limiting carbon emissions as a chance to create jobs by transitioning to renewable energy and electric automobiles.
World Nov 01 Biden apologizes for Trump administration pulling out of Paris Agreement President Joe Biden offered a public apology to a U.N. climate conference over his predecessor Donald Trump’s move to pull the U.S. from the Paris accord.