In contrast, my own experience has been remarkably chaos free. I had no problems using public transport to reach the venue from Edinburgh, some 50 miles (80 kilometers) away, and waited only around 10 minutes in a fast-moving queue to quickly pass through the airport-style security to access the summit. 

Jan Grenci, a reference specialist for posters at the Library of Congress, said the posters, created for a government agency called the Work Projects Administration (WPA) still have 'many admirers' as they are 'truly American in style.

The New Deal swung to the rescue with the Home Ownersґ Loan Corporation, which bought past-due mortgages with government bonds and blocked a wave of foreclosures. This same cascade of defaults existed in the Great Depression.

Schwartz told the Courier-Post website ) that he will argue that the U.S. General Services Administration has no right to the "1934 Farmer" painting that he purchased several years ago and carefully restore

Jan Grenci, a reference specialist for posters at the Library of Congress, said: 'The Library of Congress has more than 900 posters made by the WPA, which is the largest surviving collection of these beautiful, original prints, most of which are silkscreens.

It said those references disappeared after the GSA contacted Schwartz, who pulled the painting from eBay and then offered it again for three days in November 2015 for $10,50 The complaint also claimed that Schwartz's sales offer initially cited the painting's frame, which had a Works Progress Administration plaque.

There's every reason, he added, that the answer to that question should be yes. When people in the future look back on COP26, all they will ask is whether it was the moment that governments were able to reverse the concentration of carbon in our atmosphere due to commitments made in Glasgow, he said.



A report earlier from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, this year described the climate situation as a "code red for humanity." Wildfires, hurricanes and other forces of nature have ravaged countries around the world, a consequence of warming temperatures.  The conference comes at a critical point in the fight to reverse the climate crisis.

Some historians have suggested it was the massive military spending of the Second World War, after the US belatedly entered in 1941, that finally put the Great Depression to bed and laid the foundations for the late 20th Century superpower.

"We are the greatest problem-solvers to have ever existed on Earth," said Attenborough. "If working apart we are a force powerful enough to destabilize our planet, surely working together we are powerful enough to save it."

The New Deal is the name retrospectively given to the domestic policies brought in by then-President Franklin Roosevelt between 1933 and 1938, which were brought in to revive the US economy after the Wall Street Crash in 1929.

I found it touching to observe the tenderness of the ritual, which showed a respect for the dignity of all people coming to Glasgow -- not just the dignitaries. On Sunday, the COP26 coalition -- a collection of civil society groups organizing for climate justice -- held its own opening event on the sidelines of the summit. It was followed by a ceremony in which Scottish children washed the feet of visiting Indigenous elders to rid them of the dust of their journey.

As Attenborough spoke, footage of climate-based disasters filmed around the world played on the screens behind him, painting a picture for the world leaders in attendance of the apocalyptic chaos the Earth is already enduring.



The WPA said that one key measure would be to reduce the strain by modifying rest periods, substitutions and duration of matches, as soccer had done by allowing five substitutions per team instead of three.



Price Fishback, an economist at the University of Arizona known for his work studying the Depression era, proposes another, more abstract notion as a key to fashioning a New Deal for the 21st century: humility.



But failing to look beyond these narratives obscures the moments of hope and humanity at COP26. Political showboating and logistical difficulties have stolen much of the limelight at the summit so far. There are plenty of them to be found, if you peek past the chaos.

Now, nearly 90 years later, the United States is fighting a disease that presents the country with wrenching life-and-death challenges.
Yet at the same time, it has served up something else as well: a rare opportunity to galvanize Americans for change.

Any recovery will rely on government programs to catalyze the economy so that hiring and commerce can flow again. The public will also expect reforms that make the nation more resilient against future emergencies, so people feel comfortable enough to take the risks that lead to innovation and prosperity.





They carry public health messages, aiming to halt the spread of infectious diseases like syphilis and tuberculosis, and encouraging people to eat a good diet, exercise and seek advice on parenting techniques.