‘Vote like your life depends on it, because it does’: Former U.S. President Barack Obama, speaking at the COP26 climate summit, urged young people to vote on the issue of climate change and took aim at domestic lawmakers from the Republican Party
"It was particularly discouraging to see the leaders of two of the world's largest emitters, China and Russia, declined to even attend the proceedings" in Glasgow, Obama said.
U.S. former President Barack Obama gives a speech during the UN Climate Change Conference , in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman
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