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Explainer-Who Are the Key Voices at the COP29 Climate Summit in Baku?
Nov. 9, 2024
By Gloria Dickie and Kate Abnett
(Reuters)
Nearly 200 countries will gather next week for the U.N. climate summit, COP29. Reaching a consensus for a deal among so many can be difficult.
Here are some of the major players and negotiating blocs involved in the COP29 summit startingNov. 11in Baku, Azerbaijan.
UNITED STATES
The world's second largest emitter, and largest historic emitter, comes to COP29 following an election that will put Donald Trump back in power in 2025.
U.S. negotiators from the outgoing Biden Administration, led by White House senior adviserJohn Podesta, will represent the country at COP29.
But Trump's victory has reduced the chance of a strong deal on a new global finance target, or an agreement to increase the pool of countries that should contribute.
President-Elect Trump has promised to again pull out of the 2015 Paris Agreement and has labelled efforts to boost green energy a "scam".
Although the Biden Administration has provided hundreds of billions of dollars for climate change mitigation and adaptation through the Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S. has continued to break records as the world's biggest oil and gas producer during his presidency.
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