President Biden Plans to Skip COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai

  • China’s Xi Jinping won’t be at the climate gathering either
  • India’s Modi, UK’s Sunak and French President Macron to attend
Preparations for COP28 in Dubai.

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President Joe Biden isn’t planning to attend the COP28 climate summit later this week in Dubai, according to people familiar with the situation.

Although no official announcement has been made, the US delegation preparing for the annual climate talks has been told not to expect the president at this year’s event, the people said, asking to not to be named because the information is private.