Activists at a protest during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 14, 2024. Developing countries need at least $1 trillion annually by the end of the decade to cope with climate change, economists told the UN talks. The likely withdrawal of the United States from any future funding deal will raise pressure on delegates to find other ways to secure the needed funds. Climate change deniersArgentina's President Javier Milei, who previously has called global warming a hoax, was due this week to meet Trump, also a climate change denier. When asked whether Argentina would withdraw from the Paris Agreement, Ana Lamas, undersecretary for environment for Argentina, who led the country's delegation at COP29, told Reuters: "We are only withdrawing from COP29."

Source: Daily Nation November 15, 2024 11:42 UTC