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BBC: Biden attacks China and Russia leaders for missing COP26

By BBC.

Published Nov. 3, 2021. Updated Nov. 3 at 2:34 am

US President Joe Biden walks out to speak at the Action on Forests and Land Use session, during the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Nov. 2, 2021.

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US President Joe Biden has criticised the leaders of China and Russia for not turning up to the COP26 climate summit. In a speech on Tuesday night, Mr Biden said climate was “a gigantic issue” and China “walked away” – adding it was the “same thing with Russia and Putin”. Neither Russian President Vladimir Putin nor Chinese leader Xi Jinping are at the summit.