President Joe Biden will not attend the United Nations’ major climate change conference this year as he handles the U.S. response to ongoing crises in Gaza and Ukraine, the White House said Sunday.
The U.N. summit, known as the Conference of the Parties, or COP, begins this week in Dubai. World leaders and envoys are expected to travel to the Emirate as scientists continue to warn the planet has entered “uncharted climate territory” due to the ongoing release of greenhouse gas emissions and a slower-than-necessary response to wean the world off fossil fuels.
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