COP26: A rock star welcome for Barack Obama

The start of week two of the conference was marked by ministers arriving for the political stage of negotiations.

But for all the continued talk in Glasgow, developing nations say they desperately need more cash to cope with the impacts of climate change.

Sky's Science and Technology Editor Tom Clarke reports now on the key developments from a day focused on adaptation.

[hondo]

The poor will always pay while these hypocrites sip champagne

[devilsadvocate]

Rock stars don't drone strike innocent people

[Chasemcloud]

He has a carbon footprint the size of the moon. But WE need to give up things. Go back to America

[erinjames]

The demons rejoice when one of their own is present!!

[davidenko]

Not many individuals have a 3 million beachfront mansion he must be really concerned about rising sea levels

[jimbean]

Worried about climate change & rising sea levels but has recently bought a mansion for 16 million on Martha’s Vineyard surrounded by water 🤦🏻‍♂️

[matthewchandler]

The Devil himself. Watch him in the next years.

[Wordbavk]

I wonder how much impact all the cars, helicopters, private jets and planes had on the environment, classic 'do as I say not as I do'

[peterpan]

Obama need to practice what he preaches.

[normajackson]

why didn't he do something about it when he was in power? What a joke!

[lancastrian]

One does not call one's wife 'Michael' by mistake.

[angelot]

Yeah am Scottish and this man is in Scotland and referred to it as the Emerald Isle which is a term used for Ireland so he did not even know where he was nor bothered to take the time to find out...I wonder what kind of reception he get if in say Italy and he called it France, the only good thing is no Scottish person would be bothered with this as both countries are like brothers but it does show how little thought goes into these things by these self-serving politians he would not even have written this speech COP26 waste of time all just hot air

[katssketches]

He bombed the hell out of Syria. He’s no hero

[Sturmbannfuhrer_OttoGunsche]

'A 100 billion dollar pledge the US unvailed for poorer countries that still hasn't materialised.'

That essentially sums it up, it's all a facade.

[dontuno]

Seriously, why do people rate Obama? He may be a wordsmith, but in practice he did next to nothing for the USA or indeed the world.

[tanchiiann]

Real Rock stars "welcomes Dislike Clicks" reflected in the majority world medias which reported about it.

[Tdr-jvnc]

Why do so many think this man is good?

[Chris-juun]

"What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes."

Obama is here for his next move.

[thundercity]

I wonder how he is getting on with his new multi-million dollar beach front property?

[stoicsceptic]

There was a time that people clapped enthusiastically for Mussolini. Then they didn’t.