U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres bluntly criticized the final, non-binding communique of the Glasgow climate summit, saying, “We are still knocking on the door of climate catastrophe.”
COP-26: UN SG Blasts Climate Agreement
Author: Consortiumnews.com
COP26: Biden Under Fire for ‘Failing to Act on Fossil Fuels’
“We’re in a five-alarm fire, but Biden refuses to use a firehose,” said one critic of the U.S. performance at the Glasgow climate conference, which ended on Saturday.
COP26: Climate Summit Ends Dangerously Short of Goal
The COP26 climate conference in Glasgow is over with a ‘hollowed-out,’ non-binding final communique being denounced as leaving the 1.5°C goal ‘on life support’.
COP26: Draft Communique Ripped as ‘Polite Request’
“This draft deal is not a plan to solve the climate crisis, it’s an agreement that we’ll all cross our fingers and hope for the best,” Greenpeace International said.
What’s Next for Julian Assange?
The High Court has heard the U.S. appeal. It can agree with it, dismiss it or send it back to Magistrate’s Court. Joe Lauria looks at the possibilities.
WATCH: CN Covers Assange Movie Premiere in Sydney
Ithaka, a film about a father seeking justice for his son, has premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in Australia. Consortium News was there on opening night.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: CIA Torture Finally Rebuked, By Military Jury
The sentencing hearing, and Khan’s two hours of graphic testimony, marked the first time that details of the C.I.A. torture program were laid bare in public.
Murder By Any Other Name
Scott Ritter explains how the murder of Zemari Ahmadi and nine family members by a U.S. drone attack in August was whitewashed by the Pentagon.
4 Years Later, NYT Says Steele Dossier ‘Turned Out to Be Democratic-Funded Opposition Research’
With the arrest of the principal source of the bogus dossier, The New York Times belatedly admits what the dossier was, a fact reported in Consortium News four years ago.
COP26: US Brings Sorry Climate Record to Glasgow
President Joe Biden wants to lecture other countries to make huge commitments to combat climate change while he brings a poor U.S. record to the Glasgow conference, writes Joe Lauria.