Source: Politics
Obama hits Russia, China and Trump in COP26 remarks
1 00:00:00,240 –> 00:00:06,270 >> Back in the United States of course some of our progress stalled when my successor decided 2 00:00:06,270 –> 00:00:11,800 to unilaterally pull out of the Paris Agreement in his first year in office. I 3 00:00:11,800 –> 00:00:17,000 wasn’t real happy about that. And 4 00:00:17,000 –> 00:00:22,600 yet. The determination of our state and local governments. 5 00:00:22,600 –> 00:00:27,920 Along with the regulations and investment that my administration had already 6 00:00:27,920 –> 00:00:33,110 put in place allowed our country to keep moving forward despite hostility from. 7 00:00:33,980 –> 00:00:39,050 >> The White House. Those nations have failed to be as ambitious as they need to be. 8 00:00:39,050 –> 00:00:44,910 The escalation the ratcheting up of ambition that we anticipated in 9 00:00:44,910 –> 00:00:51,600 Paris six years ago. Has not been uniformly realized. 10 00:00:51,600 –> 00:00:57,690 I have to confess it was particularly discouraging to see the leaders of two of the world’s largest emitters China 11 00:00:57,690 –> 00:00:59,970 and Russia declined to even attend the proceedings. 12 00:01:02,280 –> 00:01:08,080 >> And their national plans so far reflect what appears to be a dangerous lack of urgency and 13 00:01:08,080 –> 00:01:13,180 willingness to maintain the status quo on the part of those governments. And that’s a 14 00:01:13,180 –> 00:01:19,290 shame. We need advanced economies 15 00:01:19,290 –> 00:01:22,160 like the US and Europe leading on this issue. 16 00:01:24,790 –> 00:01:30,730 >> But you know the facts. We also need China and India leading on this issue. We 17 00:01:30,730 –> 00:01:36,100 need Russia leading on this issue just as we need Indonesia and South Africa and Brazil leading on 18 00:01:36,100 –> 00:01:39,630 this issue. We can’t afford anybody on the sidelines.