Summary Former US President Barack Obama tells the COP26 climate conference: "We are nowhere near where we need to be" He takes a swipe at his successor, Donald Trump, saying he set the US back in the ...

Former US president Barack Obama has told the Cop26 climate summit that island nations are the “canaries in the coalmine” of climate change and are sending a message on the need for urgent action.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama dropped in on U.N. climate talks Monday to urge young climate activists to stay in the fight. Obama is credited as one of the leaders responsible for the 2015 Paris ...