Climate Politics

Trump Win Upends the Fight for Climate Cash at COP29

Nearly 200 nations meeting at an annual United Nations summit this week must now consider how to avoid catastrophic climate change without help from the world's biggest economy.

The Baku Stadium ahead of the COP29 climate conference on Nov. 10, 2024. — The Baku Stadium ahead of the COP29 climate conference on Nov. 10, 2024.
Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg

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By John Ainger

November 10, 2024 at 9:00 PM EST

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This year’s United Nations’ climate talks were never going to be easy.