US President Joe Biden is not planning to attend the COP28 climate summit in the United Arab Emirates set to begin this week, US officials said on Sunday.
Biden’s likely absence from the conference had been expected as he grapples with war in the Middle East and prepares for a tough re-election campaign in 2024.
But the apparent decision to skip the COP28 gathering of world leaders is still striking given that Biden has placed the fight against climate change high on his domestic and international agendas and attended the last two climate summits in the UK and Egypt.
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