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Global Leaders Wrestle With Costs of Climate Change in the Wake of the US Election

On today’s Big Take: How COP29 negotiations over funding a clean energy transition are unfolding in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s reelection.

Traffic near the venue of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. The United Nations climate change conference, COP29, runs through Nov. 22.
*Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg*

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By Jessica Beck, Sarah Holder, and Adriana Tapia Zafra

November 15, 2024 at 10:13 PM UTC

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Climate leaders from around the world have convened in Baku, Azerbaijan for the UN’s biggest annual climate conference, COP29. And this year, it’s all about money.