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COP30 Summit Contends With Trump’s Disdain for Climate Change

Talks over the next two weeks in Brazil might just show the US as increasingly isolated.
A demonstrator in the Brazilian capital Brasilia last month.Photographer: Ton Molina/Bloomberg

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It’s no secret that green momentum has lost its luster in the past year.