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08 November 2021 Former US president, Barack Obama, speaks at COP26 underway in Glasgow. "I am an 'island kid'", that is an "island kid", began Obama referring to the fact that he was born and raised in Hawaii. "As you all probably know, I was shaped by my experience as a person raised in Hawaii," said the former White House tenant, and "while I was president I was proud of the work we have done with island countries, most vulnerable to climate change "," in many ways our islands are the wake-up call "of the climate crisis.



 The former US president, explains his spokeswoman Hannah Hankins to CNN, "will talk about the important progress made in the 5 years since the Paris agreement on climate came into force and will highlight the leadership of young people in the world by calling for more action. decided by everyone, from governments to the private sector, to civil society to philanthropists ".



The intervention, in accordance with the summit program, is scheduled between 2pm and 2.30pm.



During the day there is also a session on the fashion sector and another on resilience. 



The McKinsey & Company study


If we exceed 1.5 degrees of warming from pre-industrial levels, nearly half of the world's population will be exposed to the risk of heat waves, droughts, floods or water shortages over the next decade, compared with 43% at risk today.



This is supported by a study by McKinsey & Company presented this morning at Cop26 in Glasgow, on the day dedicated to adaptation to climate change. 



According to the report, in this scenario, areas subject to heat waves could experience temperatures that would make it impossible to work outside in 25% of the working hours of a year. 



In a worst-case scenario, 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels by 2050 (beyond the minimum target of the Paris Agreement), 800 million more people than now would be living in urban areas with severe water problems, due to increased demand for water.

About 100 million people (1 in 7 of the world's farmers in 2050) would be exposed to severe levels of drought, reducing their ability to produce food.

Four hundred million people living on the coasts of seas and rivers would risk coastal flooding, with deaths and extensive material damage.