COP30 snub: US to skip top-level presence in Brazil; Donald Trump ‘directly engaging’ with leaders on energy issues

File photo: US President Donald Trump (Picture credit: AP) The United States will not send any top officials to the COP30 climate talks in Brazil later this month, a White House official confirmed on Saturday, as President Donald Trump focuses on boosting fossil fuels rather than global climate negotiations.Trump, who withdrew from the Paris Agreement […]

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Don’t make ‘disappointing’ retreat on climate, COP30 CEO urges EU

PARIS: Europe is “absolutely vital” to the fight against global warming and its leadership must not waver as climate ambition backslides elsewhere, the CEO of November’s COP30 summit in Brazil told AFP.In an interview in Paris, Ana Toni urged the European Union to unite around a strong emissions reduction target as the 27-nation bloc squabbles […]

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