Washington: US President Joe Biden is planning to skip the United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties (COP) that will be held
Washington: US President Joe Biden is planning to skip the United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties (COP) that will be held in Dubai from November 30-December 12, where heads of state and top diplomats from around 200 nations will meet to chalk out future plans for climate control measures.
Biden had attended the UN-sponsored meeting twice before.
The White House said it is sending a climate team, including Special Envoy John Kerry, climate advisor Ali Zaidi, and clean energy advisor John Podesta to Dubai.
“Although we don’t have any travel updates to share for the President at this time, the administration looks forward to a robust and productive COP28,” said White House spokesman Angelo Fernandez Hernandez, adding that Biden’s team would continue to build on the administration actions “to tackle the climate crisis”.
Biden was scheduled to visit Africa by year-end, but that trip doesn’t appear to be happening either.
The White House gave no reasons, but the President has been deeply engaged with the war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas conflict, as well as domestic battles with the Congress over government funding, TIME magazine reported on Monday on its online edition.
