Top US officials will not attend this month’s COP30 climate talks in Brazil, the White House said on Sunday. The decision comes as United States President Donald Trump prepares to exit the country from the Paris Climate Agreement at the end of this year, following his stance to end or limit fossil fuel usage.
Officials at the White House confirmed that the US was not planning to send any delegation to Brazil for the upcoming COP30 summit in Brazil.
One of the White House officials said Trump has already made his administration's views on multilateral climate action clear in his speech at last month's United Nations General Assembly, where he called climate change the world's "greatest con job" and chided countries for setting climate policies that he claimed "have cost their countries fortunes".
“US President is directly engaging with leaders around the world on energy issues, which you can see from the historic trade deals signed with partner nations,” the official further said.
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The fact remains that despite the US’s ignorance, there are millions of people, along with other species, facing the risk of potential deaths each year, said a recent report published in the leading international scientific journal.
Lancet's Countdown, a major annual study tracking the health impacts of climate change, found 546,000 people died each year between 2012 and 2021 because of exposure to heat, while toxic fumes from wildfires killed a record 154,000 in 2024. The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) will convene in Belem, Brazil, on November 10.
The two-week-long negotiations will be the first to be held in an Amazon city with a spotlight on one of the world’s largest rainforest conservations. Hosted by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the summit aims to rally world leaders to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, review progress on COP29 finance pledges and advance adaptation strategies for vulnerable nations.
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