FORMER US President Barack touched down in Glasgow ahead of his speech at COP26 later today. The 60-year-old was spotted in his chauffeur driven car at the airport shortly after 8.30pm. It’ll be th…

Obama is set to speak in Scotland for the first time since 2017.

While former US President Barack Obama will hold a roundtable and meetings with key leaders at the COP26 summit, the It Takes Roots (ITR) delegation will be highlighting the 'Monster of Militarism' and the contradictions of his legacy of militarism. This includes greater military expansion into the Pacific, the expansion of drone warfare and the use of military interventions on water protectors fighting against the Dakota Action Pipeline. The ITR represents over 60 frontline communities leaders and organisers. 

Among the speakers during the action will be Alejandra M. Lyons of the SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP).

The former president arrived at the summit armed with a message for young people. But they greeted him with a message of their own.

The 60-year-old will speak at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC in the city on Monday.

Explainer - New Zealand is part of a coalition pushing for more progressive climate policies in Glasgow.

Former US President Barack Obama arrived in Glasgow to address the United Nations climate conference or COP26. "We have to act now to help with adaptation and resilience," the former US president told the delegates at COP26 as he recalled his childhood experiences while growing up in Hawaii. Also Read: Australia vows to sell coal for 'decades into the future' 

The ex-president tells Glasgow's COP26 summit: "The consequences of not moving fast enough are becoming more apparent all the time."

Here are the latest headlines from Scotland and beyond on Monday, November 8.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama told the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on Monday that most nations failed to meet their commitments made in the 2015 Paris Climate Conference agreement and the world is nowhere near where it needs to be in confronting climate change. Speaking during the second full week of the talks, known as COP26, Obama said that while the Paris conference and subsequent agreement showed what is possible and created a framework from which to address the challenges of the climate crisis, most nations failed to be as ambitious as they needed to be. "The escalation, the ratcheting up of ambition that we anticipated in Paris six years ago has not been uniformly realized," Obama said. He called it "particularly discouraging" that the leaders of China and Russia, two of the largest emitters, declined to even attend the conference, and both nations have demonstrated what he said "appears to be a dangerous lack of urgency" on climate change. China is the world's biggest carbon emitter.…

Former US president says, 'We are nowhere near where we need to be'

Obama said the Paris agreement he helped to broker had created a framework to tackle climate change

BARACK Obama channelled William Shakespeare as he told COP26 delegates our planet’s “wounds” can “be healed by degrees”. The ex-US president gave a nod to the 16th century playwright by quoting a l…

Glasgow: The It Takes Roots (ITR) delegation representing more than 60 frontline communities leaders and organisers will be taking action inside and

ARMED police working undercover pinned down a man suspected of firearms offences just a stone’s throw from COP26 – minutes before Barack Obama’s arrival at the SEC Blue Zone. The arrest took …

(Bloomberg) — Former U.S. President Barack Obama is due to speak at COP26 in Glasgow on Monday as the climate meeting enters its second week. 

Consensus on the text of the final COP26 agreement has been hard to come by so far, and former US president Barack Obama today encouraged negotiators to take partial victories

GLASGOW — Former U.S. President Barack Obama called on Monday for rich nations to end years of deadlock with developing countries over cash for climate change, and criticized China and Russia for their “lack of urgency” in curbing emissions.

At COP26 in Glasgow, the former president was decent, humane, and out of touch with the fierce urgency of now.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama lambasted those who would play politics to avoid acting on climate change, calling out Russia and China in the same breath as Republican politicians back home.

The former president also knocked Xi and Putin for skipping the climate change summit.

Barack Obama took center stage at COP26 in Glasgow on Monday. The former U.S. president, getting the celebrity treatment from delegates, implored nations to work together on climate matters and urged young people to get involved.

Former US President Barack Obama has called for rich nations to end years of deadlock with developing countries over cash for climate change, and criticised China and Russia.

Barack Obama has arrived in Scotland for the COP26 summit but as well as the climate crisis, the former president's connection to a Fife bakery is also on

Several vehicles blocked off the man before more than half a dozen officers threw him to the ground face down before handcuffing them where they lay.

GLASGOW — Former U.S. President Barack Obama called on the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow https://www.reuters.com/business/cop on Monday to address the risks that island nations face from rising sea levels.

GLASGOW, Nov 8 — Former US President Barack Obama called on the UN climate conference in Glasgow today to address the risks that island nations face from rising sea levels. Obama said their tales at the 2015 climate talks had been crucial to the resulting Paris Agreement, which commits countries...

Former US President Barack Obama called on the UN climate conference in Glasgow on Monday to address the risks that island nations face from rising sea levels.

The former US president also expressed regret for Donald Trump's 'four years of active hostility towards climate science'

Former President Barack Obama plans to criticize former President Donald Trump in a speech to the COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland.

Former US President Barack Obama said Monday he understood why young people were "frustrated" with climate inaction from leaders and that "most countries have failed" to live up to promises they made in the Paris Agreement.

The It Takes Roots (ITR) delegation representing more than 60 frontline communities leaders and organisers will be taking action inside and outside the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) meetings in this Scottish city on Monday.

Former President Obama touted international climate progress at the COP26 climate summit on Monday, but warned that “we are nowhere near where we need to be yet.”

Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President Barack Obama warned Monday that much more needs to done to reduce dangerous carbon emissions and stop global warming.

In Glasgow, former US president acknowledges: 'We have not done nearly enough to address this crisis'

In a speech at COP26 reflecting on his legacy, America’s role in climate leadership and the role of young activists in spearheading action, Obama also addressed the current political divide in the U.S.

The former president, who helped seal the Paris climate accord, spoke at COP26 in Glasgow.

The first day of the final week of the summit included a speech from former US president Barack Obama and news that Greta Thunberg had returned home.

Former President Barack Obama made the gaffe at the United Nations COP26 summit in Glasgow, leading many to conclude he’d mixed up Scotland with Ireland.

Former US president Barack Obama on Monday lent his backing to appeals for more help from those on the frontline of global warming, as developing and rich nations engage to try to end years of deadlock over cash for climate change.

Here’s what made headlines today.