{"id":971331,"date":"2021-11-05T08:58:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T12:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=971331"},"modified":"2021-11-05T08:58:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T12:58:45","slug":"barack-obama-to-jet-into-cop26-climate-summit-and-tell-old-folks-to-get-out-of-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barack-obama-to-jet-into-cop26-climate-summit-and-tell-old-folks-to-get-out-of-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama to Jet into COP26 Climate Summit and Tell &#039;Old Folks&#039; to &#039;Get Out of the Way&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbarack-obama-to-jet-into-cop26-climate-summit-and-tell-old-folks-to-get-out-of-the-way%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=971331&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/glasgow-visit-for-barack-obama-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Former U.S. President Barack Obama will jet into Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday for a lightning visit to the COP26 climate conference. While there he will tell \u201cold folks\u201d to clear the way for the younger generation one week after 78-year-old President Joe Biden addressed the same gathering.<\/p>\n<p>It will be Obama\u2019s first visit to Scotland since 2017 when the 60-year-old spoke to a selection of local business leaders and politicians before heading off to play a round golf at St Andrews, the <em>Daily Record<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/politics\/former-president-barack-obama-visit-25379031\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The visit was announced on social media where Obama detailed his hopes for a renewal of \u201cthe fight against climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.457627118644\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Five years ago, the Paris Agreement went into effect. Paris provided an important framework in the fight against climate change, but it wasn\u2019t enough. That\u2019s why I\u2019ll be speaking in Glasgow on Monday about the road ahead and what young people in particular can do to help. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E7P3X6jtny\">pic.twitter.com\/E7P3X6jtny<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1456350991419326466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The ex-U.S. leader has also recorded a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obama.org\/paris-climate-agreement\/\">video message<\/a> saying he was looking forward to joining youth activists in the city and helping them make their voices heard about the state of the environment.&nbsp;He said:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"16\">\n<p>From the perspective of the Obama Foundation, one of the things I\u2019m most excited about is to see the young activists from around the world who are taking up the baton and not just working in their own countries, but now forming a collective movement across borders to tell the older generation that has gotten us into this mess that we all have an obligation to dig our way out of it.<\/p>\n<p>And if old folks won\u2019t do it, get out of the way, because these young folks are coming and they\u2019re ready to make sure that we have a sustainable planet and a better future for our kids and our grandkids.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Obama\u2019s plea for \u201cold folks\u201d to give way in political is not new.<\/p>\n<p>He had the same message in 2019 when he attributed many of the world\u2019s problems to \u201cold people \u2026 not getting out of the way\u201d at a leadership event in Singapore,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-50805822\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" data-analytics-post-depth=\"40\" data-uri=\"040912151fd4acdea90c49b6a0c0b570\">the BBC Asia reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he would consider stepping back into public life or politics, Obama emphasized he believes in passing the torch to a younger generation of leaders.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.8034682080925\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Narcissist Elite Obama held his super spreader birthday bash. And now, here come the consequence. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NskqCbFNGm\">https:\/\/t.co\/NskqCbFNGm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1426861350937145345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at the world and look at the problems it\u2019s usually old people, usually old men, not getting out of the way,\u201d Obama&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-50805822\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" data-analytics-post-depth=\"40\" data-uri=\"040912151fd4acdea90c49b6a0c0b570\">said at the Singapore event.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/01\/watch-sleepy-joe-biden-struggles-to-stay-awake-during-climate-change-summit\/\">reported<\/a>,&nbsp;President Joe Biden struggled to stay awake when he watched the opening speeches at the COP26 climate event.<\/p>\n<p>The president, wearing a mask, sat listening to the addresses with his arms folded as his eyes began to droop. As his eyes closed for several seconds and his breathing changed, a White House aide approached to speak to him.<\/p>\n<p>Video of Biden was shared on social media by&nbsp;<em>Washington Post<\/em>&nbsp;reporter Zach Purser Brown.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.5652173913043\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden appears to fall asleep during COP26 opening speeches <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/az8NZTWanI\">pic.twitter.com\/az8NZTWanI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zach Purser Brown (@zachjourno) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zachjourno\/status\/1455174496164458496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden also used his time in Glasgow to set out his climate plans and apologized for former President Donald Trump withdrawing from the Paris Climate agreement, promising to get the United States back on track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess I shouldn\u2019t apologize, but I do apologize for the fact the United States, in the last administration, pulled out of the Paris Accords and put us sort of behind the eight ball a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former U.S. President Barack Obama will jet into Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday for a lightning visit to the COP26 climate conference. 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