Former U.S. President Obama says 'act now' to help island nations

FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. October 23, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

GLASGOW (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Barack Obama called on the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow https://www.reuters.com/business/cop on Monday to address the risks that island nations face from rising sea levels.

Obama said their tales at the 2015 climate talks had been crucial to the resulting Paris Agreement, which commits countries to holding the rise in the average global temperature to "well below" 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.