HILLARY Clinton has issued a warning over COP26 success one week before the Scottish climate summit.
Scotland will host the UN climate change talks, which start on October 31 and run until November 12.
As many as 30,000 people are expected to attend the event in Glasgow, with delegations coming in from all over the world. Argentinian president Alberto Fernandez, Emmanuel Macron of France and Canada's Justin Trudeau are amongst those expected. There was a question mark over India's Narendra Modi, but his attendance was confirned two days ago.
However, Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chinese president Xi Jingping are not set to join America's Joe Biden and others.
In an interview with The Andrew Marr Show, Clinton today said she was "very disappointed" that "major emitters" including China and Russia will not be present.
The former US secretary of state said: "I think we will have an agreement, I think we will have a lot of countries showing up, saying 'we are getting serious, we have seen the results in our country, we have seen floods and droughts and terrible intense storms, wildfires everywhere'.
READ MORE: Scotland 'faces a four-fold Covid spike at COP26 in a best-case scenario'
"I think we will have an agreement, but if these three big emitters — most particularly China — don't come to the table, whether their leaders are there or not, and say 'we have got to be part of the solution', then it's not a failure for Glasgow, it's a failure for them and they are going to reap the consequences but so will we all."
Why are you making commenting on The National only available to subscribers?
We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
So that’s why we’ve decided to make the ability to comment only available to our paying subscribers. That way, all the trolls who post abuse on our website will have to pay if they want to join the debate – and risk a permanent ban from the account that they subscribe with.
The conversation will go back to what it should be about – people who care passionately about the issues, but disagree constructively on what we should do about them. Let’s get that debate started!
Callum Baird, Editor of The National
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel