Democrats to attend Cop31 climate talks boosted by midterms and eager to make up for Trump-era setbacks
US government will have no official presence at UN’s annual climate summit, this year’s Cop31 held in Antalya, Turkey The US will be absent from key UN climate talks that start on Monday, a further sign of Donald Trump’s scornful dismissal of the climate crisis. But Democrats’ crushing win in the US midterm elections has delivered a timely shot of optimism to countries now looking beyond the Trump era of climate obstruction.
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