United States Skips COP31 for 2nd Year as 197 Nations Meet in Turkey
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 11
United States Skips COP31 for 2nd Year as 197 Nations Meet in Turkey
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 11
Summary
COP31 opened in Antalya with 197 nations represented, but the United States again sent no delegation, extending its absence from annual U.N. climate negotiations.
Trump withdrew the U.S. from the 2015 Paris Agreement, stopped participating in the talks, and his administration has halted climate funding, cut research support and abandoned efforts to curb emissions.
That retreat has left other countries trying to fill the gap once occupied by the world's largest historical emitter, with negotiators saying U.S. interventions had previously carried outsized weight.
Last week's midterm gains by Democrats shifted Washington's political backdrop, but with Trump still in office, Congress is expected to have limited ability to reverse federal climate policy quickly.