In the headlines: after a disappointing G20, the COP26 opens in a gloomy climate in Glasgow
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During the opening speech of COP26 on November 1, 2021 in Glasgow.
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By: Véronique Rigolet Follow
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The disappointment appears in the front page of the entire international press, after a G20 "
which has done the minimum service on the climate
", headlines Le Temps, "
the governments are lagging behind
", for
El Pais
, the "
G20 was not up to par
", slice
The Guardian
while the
Süddeutsche Zeitung
denounces for its part the"
meager results of the Rome summit
", far from the breakthrough hoped to give impetus to the COP26, deplores the German daily, "
the great economic powers have once again revealed that they do not agree on the urgency of the fight against global warming
".
It is a "
bad omen for the COP26
", estimates the Swiss daily
Le Temps
whereas the summit of Glasgow is undoubtedly "
the last hope to limit the rise in temperatures to 1.5 degrees
". "
It is one minute to midnight
", headlines
The
Guardian
, echoing the warning launched by Boris Johnson while the next two weeks of discussions in Glasgow must imperatively "
produce concrete progress
", to "
avoid the worst for humanity
".
The press remains eminently pessimistic, "
even the most powerful man in the world, Joe Biden arrives empty-handed,
" notes
Die Welt,
who underlines that his "
climate package is still blocked in the US Congress
".
“
Another failure is likely in Glasgow
”, worries
The Age as well,
while “
the 20 great nations could not agree, how could they reach 120?
"Asks the Australian daily for whom"
the outlook for COP26 is as gloomy as the weather forecast for Glasgow
".
Conflict over fishing rights continues between Paris and London
The "
dispute has even worsened considerably
", explains
The
Guardian
after the short meeting of the two leaders yesterday in Rome turned to "
dialogue of the deaf
", each believing to be in its right. The showdown will therefore continue in Glasgow, London demanding that France "
withdraw within 48 hours its threats of retaliation
", reports the daily while Paris maintains its ultimatum to November 2, that is to say tomorrow.
"
In the absence of new licenses for fishing rights for French fishermen
", Paris will prohibit the "
unloading of British boats in French ports and will increase customs controls
", for its part, explains
Le Temps
for whom such sanctions could "
destabilize the entire population. seafood industry in the United Kingdom
”. The "
fishing war will therefore be difficult to win for London
", further analyzes the Swiss daily which sees in the British firmness the will of Boris Johnson to "
create a diversion
", while "
his government is weakened by the shortages caused in part. by Brexit
”.
Covid-19: entry into force of the "vaccine obligation", in New York
"
Thousands of firefighters and police officers in New York City will thus lose their wages,
" headlines the
Wall Street Journal,
which reports "
that a little more than 90% of municipal employees in the city have received at least one vaccine, which leaves nearly 23,000 people unvaccinated
”, and who will therefore be“
in the absence of religious or medical exemptions
”, placed on“
unpaid leave
”.
In protest "
over 2
000 city firefighters took sick leave during the last week
," says his side the
New York Times
, which emphasizes that the lack of staff already is straining "
the operations of the fire department
”, and worried about“
other repercussions
”,“
from the garbage collection to the waiting time for ambulances
”.
Air flights resume in Australia after 19 months of isolation
The reopening of the borders is of course the joy of the Australians, but also of the airlines which "
had had to ground a large part of their fleet
", reports
The Age
, hundreds of planes "
parked in the Australian desert, but also in the California Mojave Desert
”, which we will have to prepare to fly again.
And it is not an easy task, notes for its part
The Guardian
which explains "
that in addition to the fight against rust, the engineers had to fight hard against the intrusions of birds, insects and even of snakes in the devices thus placed in hibernation
”.
We will therefore have to hunt the rattlesnakes which are fond of "
particularly the tires and brakes of planes to hide
", underlines the daily which specifies that "
the first flights will be empty, without passengers
", to ensure that the planes can well fly "
safely
".
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